| Doubles | ||||
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| 1997 Infiniti Open | ||||
| Final | ||||
| Champions |  Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | |||
| Runners-up |  Mahesh Bhupathi Rick Leach | |||
| Score | 7–6, 6–4 | |||
| Details | ||||
| Draw | 16 | |||
| Seeds | 4 | |||
| Events | ||||
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The 1997 Infiniti Open was a men's tennis tournament played on hardcourt in Los Angeles, United States that was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. It was the seventieth edition of the tournament and was held from 21 – 27 July 1997.
Marius Barnard and Piet Norval were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Norval opted to rest in order to compete at Montreal the following week.
Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien won the title by defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Rick Leach 7–6, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds
- Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (champions)
Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
Cyril Suk / Sandon Stolle (semifinals)- Mahesh Bhupathi / Rick Leach (final)
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 | S Lareau A O'Brien
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Gimelstob B MacPhie
| 4 | 2 | 1 | S Lareau A O'Brien
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 R Bergh O Delaître
| 3 | 7 | 5 | L Jensen M Jensen
| 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Jensen M Jensen
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | S Lareau A O'Brien
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S Stolle C Suk
| 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | S Stolle C Suk
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| WC | B Bryan M Bryan
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | S Stolle C Suk
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
K Kinnear A Kitinov
| 7 | 3 | 6 | K Kinnear A Kitinov
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | G Raoux S Simian
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | S Lareau A O'Brien
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S Davis K Jones
| 1 | 2 | 4 | M Bhupathi R Leach
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Ondruska G Stafford
| 6 | 6 | M Ondruska G Stafford
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Groen G Ivanišević
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | M Bhupathi R Leach
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Bhupathi R Leach
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | M Bhupathi R Leach
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | D Flach P McEnroe
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | M Philippoussis P Rafter
| 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | L Smith E Taino
| 5 | 6 | 3 | WC | D Flach P McEnroe
| 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
B Coupe R Smith
| 6 | 4 | 2 | M Philippoussis P Rafter
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Philippoussis P Rafter
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- "ATP Los Angeles Doubles 1997 scores". Tennis 24. Retrieved December 12, 2021.