Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Chanda Rubin and Zvereva with Gigi Fernández.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Acura Classic | |
| 1996 Champions |  Lindsay Davenport  Natasha Zvereva |
| Champions |  Yayuk Basuki  Caroline Vis |
| Runners-up |  Larisa Savchenko  Helena Suková |
| Score | 7–6, 6–3 |
Fernández and Zvereva lost in the first round to Anna Kournikova and Ai Sugiyama, as did Davenport and Rubin to Katrina Adams and Patricia Tarabini.
Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Larisa Savchenko and Helena Suková.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Gigi Fernández / 
Natasha Zvereva (first round)
Martina Hingis / 
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (first round)- Nicole Arendt /
Manon Bollegraf (first round) 
Larisa Savchenko / 
Helena Suková (final)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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 | G Fernández N Zvereva
| 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  A Kournikova A Sugiyama
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Q | A Kournikova A Sugiyama
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 S Appelmans L Wild
| 0 | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Raymond R Stubbs
| 6 | 6 | Q | A Kournikova A Sugiyama
| 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Savchenko H Suková
| 6 | 7 | 4 | L Savchenko H Suková
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Fusai N Tauziat
| 3 | 5 | 4 | L Savchenko H Suková
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 R Dragomir E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 4 | 6 | R Dragomir E Likhovtseva
| 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L McNeil I Spîrlea
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Frazier K Po
| 6 | 6 | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| O Barabanschikova L Pleming
| 2 | 4 | A Frazier K Po
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Basuki C Vis
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Davenport C Rubin
| 2 | 5 | R Hiraki N Kijimuta
| 3 | 1 | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
K Adams P Tarabini
| 6 | 7 | K Adams P Tarabini
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Hiraki N Kijimuta
| 6 | 6 | R Hiraki N Kijimuta
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||