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Doubles
1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Final
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
Score	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	28 (4WC/2Q)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Knowles did not compete this year. Nestor teamed up with Cyril Suk and lost in quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 in an all-Australian final.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
3. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
4. Daniel Nestor / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
5. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
6. Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (first round)
7. Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (final)
8. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (second 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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	6
	3	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	2	1
								1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7	4	6
								7	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	6	6	4
		Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6	6	4
	7	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	4	7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	4	7
		J Eltingh J Siemerink	7	7					J Eltingh J Siemerink	2	6	5
	Q	B Bryan M Bryan	6	6											1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	2	7	6
		J Waite F Wibier	0	4												M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6	1
		M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6					M Bhupathi L Paes	7	5	6
	Q	S Draper J Stoltenberg	5	1				8	D Johnson F Montana	5	7	4
	8	D Johnson F Montana	7	6																		1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
																						3	S Lareau A O'Brien	2	1
								3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	6
		D Adams K Ullyett	4	4					T Kronemann D Macpherson	2	4
		T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	6											3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	7
		J Grabb P Korda	4	2											5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	4	5
		P Albano À Corretja	6	6					P Albano À Corretja	7	4	3
	WC	G Ivanišević C Woodruff	6	6	6			5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	6	6	6
	5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	7	2	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	R Leach J Stark	6	4
		O Delaître F Santoro	7	6					O Delaître F Santoro	7	6
		B Black B Steven	5	6					N Broad P Norval	6	3
		N Broad P Norval	7	7												O Delaître F Santoro	6	6
	WC	S Groen G Kuerten	4	6	3										4	D Nestor C Suk	4	2
	WC	T Haas M Ríos	6	4	6			WC	T Haas M Ríos	2	5
								4	D Nestor C Suk	6	7
																							O Delaître F Santoro	6	6	4
	7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	7	6																		7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	4	7	6
	WC	W Ferreira T Henman	5	4				7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6	6
		J Eagle A Florent	2	7	3				L Jensen M Jensen	4	4
		L Jensen M Jensen	6	6	6										7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6	6
		J Björkman MK Goellner	6	7												J Björkman MK Goellner	2	3
		M Damm P Vízner	4	6					J Björkman MK Goellner	4	7	7
								2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Kelly Jones / Byron Talbot (qualifying competition)
2. Kent Kinnear / Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)
3. Peter Nyborg / Mikael Tillström (qualifying competition)
4. Vince Spadea / Eric Taino (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Scott Draper / Jason Stoltenberg
2. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Kelly Jones Byron Talbot	6	6
	WC	Craig Boynton Craig Lindner	3	1
								1	Kelly Jones Byron Talbot	3	4
									Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg	6	6
		Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg	6	6
	4	Vince Spadea Eric Taino	3	1

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	6	4
	WC	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7	6
								WC	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7	6
								3	Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström	6	4
	WC	Chris Groer Andrew Rueb	6	3
	3	Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström	7	6

References

1. "About - Past Champions". Western & Southern Open. Cincinnati. Retrieved 15 November 2022. 1997: Todd Woodbridge/AUS & Mark Woodforde/AUS
2. Altavilla, John (18 August 1997). "Doubles Champions on rise in ranking". Hartford Courant. New Haven, Connecticut. Retrieved 15 November 2022. Last week in Cincinnati, they both took a beating from the Woodies -- Bhupathi and Paes in the quarterfinals, Lareau and O'Brien in the semifinals -- as the Woodies won another title.

External links

• Official Results Archive (ATP)
• Official Results Archive (ITF)

• 1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships