| Doubles | ||||
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| 1997 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon | ||||
| Final | ||||
| Champions |  Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith | |||
| Runners-up |  Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | |||
| Score | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |||
| Details | ||||
| Draw | 16 | |||
| Seeds | 4 | |||
| Events | ||||
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Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Grabb partnered Wayne Black, losing in the first round. Reneberg partnered Sjeng Schalken, losing in the first round.
Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, against Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.
Seeds
- Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (champions)
Mark Knowles / 
Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
Neil Broad / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
Wayne Black / Jim Grabb (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Randall J Waite
| 2 | 1 | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | A Boetsch L Roux
| 6 | 5 | 3 |  M Oosting B Steven
| 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Oosting B Steven
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Broad P Norval
| 7 | 7 |  À Corretja S Groen
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C Pioline G Raoux
| 6 | 6 | 3 | N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| À Corretja S Groen
| 7 | 7 | À Corretja S Groen
| 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | R Reneberg S Schalken
| 6 | 6 | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 4 | 6 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J-P Fleurian S Simian
| 3 | 6 | 4 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 L Pimek F Wibier
| 6 | 6 | 6 | L Pimek F Wibier
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | W Black J Grabb
| 4 | 7 | 1 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 P Rafter M Tebbutt
| 6 | 6 | P Rafter M Tebbutt
| 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kitinov B Talbot
| 3 | 4 | P Rafter M Tebbutt
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 P Albano M-K Goellner
| 3 | 4 | 2 | M Knowles D Nestor
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Knowles D Nestor
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||