1997 French Open – Men's doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek successfully defended their title defeated Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final, 7–6(14–12), 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's doubles title at the French Open.

Men's doubles
1997 French Open
Final
ChampionRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Runner-upAustralia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Score7–6(14–12), 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw64
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends −45 45+ women
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Woobridge and Woodforde (collectively known as The Woodies) attempted their chance to make history to complete all four Grand Slams at once, having won the previous year's Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open earlier that year. But they lost to Kafelnikov and Vacek, ending their 23-winning match streak. This feat would later achieve by Bob and Mike Bryan in the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

01.     Todd Woodbridge /   Mark Woodforde (final)
02.     Jacco Eltingh /   Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
03.     Mark Knowles /   Daniel Nestor (second round)
04.     Yevgeny Kafelnikov /   Daniel Vacek (champions)
05.     Sébastien Lareau /   Alex O'Brien (second round)
06.     Ellis Ferreira /   Patrick Galbraith (second round)
07.     Rick Leach /   Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)
08.     Luis Lobo /   Javier Sánchez (second round)
09.     Jonas Björkman /   Nicklas Kulti (second round)
10.     Mark Philippoussis /   Patrick Rafter (third round)
11.     Martin Damm /   Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
12.     Sandon Stolle /   Cyril Suk (first round)
13.     Neil Broad /   Piet Norval (second round)
14.     Donald Johnson /   Francisco Montana (first round)
15.     Libor Pimek /   Byron Talbot (first round)
16.     Trevor Kronemann /   David Macpherson (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
6 77
7   Rick Leach
  Jonathan Stark
2 65
1   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
4 6 6
    Lucas Arnold Ker
  Daniel Orsanic
6 4 3
    Tomás Carbonell
  Francisco Roig
6 4 4
    Lucas Arnold Ker
  Daniel Orsanic
4 6 6
1   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
612 6 3
4   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Daniel Vacek
714 4 6
    Karsten Braasch
  Jens Knippschild
6 62 3
4   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Daniel Vacek
4 77 6
4   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Daniel Vacek
77 77
2   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
64 63
    Joshua Eagle
  Andrew Florent
78 4 2
2   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
66 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   T Woodbridge
  M Woodforde
6 6
WC   J-F Bachelot
  J-B Perlant
2 1 1   T Woodbridge
  M Woodforde
77 6
  W Arthurs
  A Kratzmann
6 77   W Arthurs
  A Kratzmann
64 3
  M Mirnyi
  K Ullyett
3 60 1   T Woodbridge
  M Woodforde
2 6 9
  B Haygarth
  TJ Middleton
1 65   P Korda
  J Salzenstein
6 3 7
  S Davis
  C van Rensburg
6 77   S Davis
  C van Rensburg
4 62
  P Korda
  J Salzenstein
7 6   P Korda
  J Salzenstein
6 77
15   L Pimek
  B Talbot
5 0 1   T Woodbridge
  M Woodforde
6 77
9   J Björkman
  N Kulti
6 6 7   R Leach
  J Stark
2 65
WC   S Grosjean
  O Mutis
1 4 9   J Björkman
  N Kulti
3 6 3
  N Marques
  T Vanhoudt
4 2   T Kempers
  M Oosting
6 1 6
  T Kempers
  M Oosting
6 6   T Kempers
  M Oosting
3 77 2
  G Kuerten
  F Meligeni
6 4 8 7   R Leach
  J Stark
6 65 6
  N Pereira
  J Tarango
1 6 6   G Kuerten
  F Meligeni
3 3
WC   G Marx
  O Morel
5 3 7   R Leach
  J Stark
6 6
7   R Leach
  J Stark
7 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   M Knowles
  D Nestor
6 78
  M Barnard
  J-L de Jager
3 66 3   M Knowles
  D Nestor
69 1
  T Carbonell
  F Roig
6 6   T Carbonell
  F Roig
711 6
  E Sánchez
  F Wibier
3 4   T Carbonell
  F Roig
3 6 6
  M Bhupathi
  L Paes
6 6   S Groen
  J Siemerink
6 3 2
  D Randall
  J Waite
2 2   M Bhupathi
  L Paes
77 65 3
  S Groen
  J Siemerink
2 78 6   S Groen
  J Siemerink
65 77 6
14   D Johnson
  F Montana
6 66 4   T Carbonell
  F Roig
6 4 4
11   M Damm
  A Olhovskiy
6 4 6   L Arnold Ker
  D Orsanic
4 6 6
  S Hiršzon
  G Ivanišević
4 6 1 11   M Damm
  A Olhovskiy
1 6 3
  O Delaître
  F Santoro
3 77 6   O Delaître
  F Santoro
6 3 6
  P Albano
  P Nyborg
6 64 4   O Delaître
  F Santoro
61 1
  L Arnold Ker
  D Orsanic
6 6   L Arnold Ker
  D Orsanic
77 6
  N Djordjevic
  D Flach
2 1   L Arnold Ker
  D Orsanic
78 4 6
  M Petchey
  D Rikl
4 611 5   S Lareau
  A O'Brien
66 6 1
5   S Lareau
  A O'Brien
6 713

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6   E Ferreira
  P Galbraith
6 6
  A Kitinov
  G Van Emburgh
3 2 6   E Ferreira
  P Galbraith
4 6 8
  K Braasch
  J Knippschild
5 6 9 6   K Braasch
  J Knippschild
6 3 10
  HJ Davids
  S Schalken
7 4 7   K Braasch
  J Knippschild
6 77
  L Jensen
  M Jensen
6 6   L Jensen
  M Jensen
4 62
  M Keil
  C Woodruff
3 4   L Jensen
  M Jensen
4 6 11
  E Couto
  B Mota
6 610 6   E Couto
  B Mota
6 4 9
12   S Stolle
  C Suk
2 712 2   K Braasch
  J Knippschild
6 62 3
13   N Broad
  P Norval
6 6 4   Y Kafelnikov
  D Vacek
4 77 6
  B Black
  J Gimelstob
3 2 13   N Broad
  P Norval
65 6 8
  W Black
  J Grabb
6 77   W Black
  J Grabb
77 2 10
  K Kinnear
  P Vízner
3 63   W Black
  J Grabb
4 64
  T Nijssen
  S Noteboom
6 6 4   Y Kafelnikov
  D Vacek
6 77
WC   A Boetsch
  M Rosset
4 2   T Nijssen
  S Noteboom
1 4
  R Bergh
  D Ekerot
1 7 3 4   Y Kafelnikov
  D Vacek
6 6
4   Y Kafelnikov
  D Vacek
6 5 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8   L Lobo
  J Sánchez
6 4 6
  M Ondruska
  G Stafford
3 6 3 8   L Lobo
  J Sánchez
2 61
WC   A Clément
  N Escudé
6 4 2   J Eagle
  A Florent
6 77
  J Eagle
  A Florent
4 6 6   J Eagle
  A Florent
6 68 6
WC   J-P Fleurian
  S Simian
5 6 6 10   M Philippoussis
  P Rafter
2 710 3
WC   R Gilbert
  G Raoux
7 4 1 WC   J-P Fleurian
  S Simian
7 3 4
  B MacPhie
  G Muller
77 66 6 10   M Philippoussis
  P Rafter
5 6 6
10   M Philippoussis
  P Rafter
65 78 8   J Eagle
  A Florent
78 4 2
16   T Kronemann
  D Macpherson
4 714 6 2   J Eltingh
  P Haarhuis
66 6 6
  J Frana
  N Lapentti
6 612 3 16   T Kronemann
  D Macpherson
5 4
  C Brandi
  F Messori
6 7   C Brandi
  F Messori
7 6
  K Jones
  S Melville
4 5   C Brandi
  F Messori
3 3
  P Cash
  R Reneberg
5 7 6 2   J Eltingh
  P Haarhuis
6 6
  P Kilderry
  M Tebbutt
7 5 3   P Cash
  R Reneberg
6 1 4
  D Adams
  W Ferreira
4 6 1 2   J Eltingh
  P Haarhuis
3 6 6
2   J Eltingh
  P Haarhuis
6 4 6

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