Rika Hiraki and Naoko Kijimuta were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Kijimuta with Nana Miyagi.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Danamon Open | |
| Champions |  Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford |
| Runners-up |  Lenka Němečková  Yuka Yoshida |
| Score | 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Hiraki and Dechaume-Balleret lost in the first round to Lenka Němečková and Yuka Yoshida.
Kijimuta and Miyagi lost in the semifinals to Kerry-Anne Guse and Kristine Radford.
Guse and Radford won in the final 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 against Nemeckova and Yoshida.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (semifinals)
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Rika Hiraki (first round)
Sung-Hee Park / 
Shi-Ting Wang (first round)
Kerry-Anne Guse / Kristine Radford (champions)
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 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Chernovita M Gunawan
| 1 | 2 | 1 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 S Haas N Vaidyanathan
| 6 | 5 | 6 | S Haas N Vaidyanathan
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Hosoki K Nagatomi
| 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi
| 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | K-A Guse K Radford
| 6 | 6 | 4 | K-A Guse K Radford
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Hotta Y Yamagishi
| 3 | 4 | 4 | K-A Guse K Radford
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Lee T Tanasugarn
| 4 | 6 | 6 | J Lee T Tanasugarn
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Chi M Tu
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford
| 6 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LL | L Andriyani I Iskandar
| 7 | 6 | Lenka Němečková Yuka Yoshida
| 4 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  E-H Kim M Kuki
| 5 | 3 | LL | L Andriyani I Iskandar
| 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 N Feber G Helgeson-Nielsen
| 6 | 5 | 6 | N Feber G Helgeson-Nielsen
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S-H Park S-T Wang
| 4 | 7 | 3 | N Feber G Helgeson-Nielsen
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Takuma K Yazawa
| 5 | 7 | 6 | L Němečková Y Yoshida
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M-R Jeon B Sangaram
| 7 | 6 | 3 | K Takuma K Yazawa
| 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Němečková Y Yoshida
| 6 | 6 | L Němečková Y Yoshida
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  A Dechaume-Balleret R Hiraki
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||