Kristie Boogert and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Boogert with Irina Spîrlea and Novotná with Martina Hingis.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Open Gaz de France | |
| 1996 Champions |  Kristie Boogert  Jana Novotná |
| Champions |  Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
| Runners-up |  Alexandra Fusai  Rita Grande |
| Score | 6–3, 6–0 |
Boogert and Spîrlea lost in the first round to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.
Hingis and Novotná won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Alexandra Fusai and Rita Grande.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Martina Hingis / 
Jana Novotná (champions)
Larisa Savchenko / 
Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Nicole Arendt / 
Manon Bollegraf (first round)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (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 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Likhovtseva O Lugina
| 3 | 3 | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A-G Sidot M Strandlund
| 2 | 6 | 3 |  A Huber I Majoli
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Huber I Majoli
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 4 | 7 | 6 |  S Appelmans M Oremans
| 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan N van Lottum
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
K Boogert I Spîrlea
| 2 | 5 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 7 | 1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Å Carlsson F Labat
| 3 | 6 | 1 | Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
| 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina B Schett
| 6 | 3 | 6 | S Farina B Schett
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy
| 2 | 7 | 7 | C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy
| 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | 6 | S Farina B Schett
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Fusai R Grande
| 6 | 4 | 6 | A Fusai R Grande
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Callens A Ellwood
| 2 | 6 | 3 | A Fusai R Grande
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud
| 2 | 6 | 2 |  L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||