| Doubles | ||||
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| 1997 Shanghai Open | ||||
| 1996 Champions |  Mark Knowles Roger Smith | |||
| Final | ||||
| Champions |  Max Mirnyi  Kevin Ullyett | |||
| Runners-up |  Tomas Nydahl  Stefano Pescosolido | |||
| Score | 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 | |||
| Events | ||||
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Mark Knowles and Roger Smith were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ctislav Doseděl and Ján Krošlák.
Max Mirnyi and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 against Tomas Nydahl and Stefano Pescosolido.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Mark Knowles / Roger Smith (quarterfinals)
- David Ekerot /
Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals) 
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (quarterfinals)- Bill Behrens / Brian MacPhie (quarterfinals)
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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Knowles R Smith
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  S Iwabuchi T Suzuki
| 3 | 4 | 1 | M Knowles R Smith
| 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 C Doseděl J Krošlák
| 6 | 6 | C Doseděl J Krošlák
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
F Messori E Ran
| 1 | 2 | C Doseděl J Krošlák
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 6 | T Nydahl S Pescosolido
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  B Pan J Xia
| 2 | 2 | 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Nydahl S Pescosolido
| 7 | 1 | 7 | T Nydahl S Pescosolido
| 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Golmard S Matsuoka
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido
| 6 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Flach T.J. Middleton
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett
| 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Olhovskiy B Steven
| 4 | 7 | 6 | A Olhovskiy B Steven
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 W Black N Pereira
| 2 | 2 | 4 | B Behrens B MacPhie
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | B Behrens B MacPhie
| 6 | 6 | A Olhovskiy B Steven
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Mirnyi K Ullyett
| 7 | 6 | M Mirnyi K Ullyett
| 7 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
K Kinnear S Sargsian
| 5 | 3 | M Mirnyi K Ullyett
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Gimelstob M Joyce
| 1 | 2 | 2 | D Ekerot J Tarango
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Ekerot J Tarango
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||