Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti were the defending champions but only Kulti competed that year with Daniel Vacek.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 European Community Championships | |
| 1996 Champions |  Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti |
| Champions |  David Adams  Olivier Delaître |
| Runners-up |  Sandon Stolle  Cyril Suk |
| Score | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Kulti and Vacek lost in the quarterfinals to Hendrik Jan Davids and Marc-Kevin Goellner.
David Adams and Olivier Delaître won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Nicklas Kulti / 
Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
Libor Pimek / 
Byron Talbot (first round)- Martin Damm /
Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals) - Marius Barnard / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
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 Kulti D Vacek
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 P Albano P Nyborg
| 5 | 6 | 1 | N Kulti D Vacek
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 H J Davids M-K Goellner
| 4 | 6 | 6 | H J Davids M-K Goellner
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  S Hiršzon G Ivanišević
| 6 | 0 | 2 | H J Davids M-K Goellner
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Barnard P Norval
| 7 | 5 | 6 | D Adams O Delaître
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G Forget T Nijssen
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | M Barnard P Norval
| 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Eagle A Florent
| 2 | 2 | D Adams O Delaître
| 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Adams O Delaître
| 6 | 6 | David Adams Olivier Delaître
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Noteboom F Wibier
| 6 | 6 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk
| 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  W Neefs D Norman
| 0 | 4 | S Noteboom F Wibier
| 7 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | J-L de Jager M Keil
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | M Damm A Olhovskiy
| 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Damm A Olhovskiy
| 7 | 6 | 3 | M Damm A Olhovskiy
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kratzmann P Vízner
| 4 | 4 | S Stolle C Suk
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Stolle C Suk
| 6 | 6 | S Stolle C Suk
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | F Dewulf J Van Herck
| 6 | 6 | 6 | WC | F Dewulf J Van Herck
| 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Pimek B Talbot
| 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||