Nicole Arendt and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix | |
| Champions |  Martina Hingis  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Runners-up |  Lindsay Davenport  Jana Novotná |
| Score | 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 |
Davenport and Novotná lost in the final 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 against Martina Hingis and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Lindsay Davenport / 
Jana Novotná (final)- Mary Joe Fernández /
Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals) 
Martina Hingis / 
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
Larisa Neiland / Helena Suková (first round)
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 | L Davenport J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 2 | 4 | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  B Schett P Schnyder
| 6 | 7 | Q | B Schett P Schnyder
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Appelmans M Oremans
| 3 | 6 | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  L Neiland H Suková
| 6 | 6 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Basuki C Vis
| 7 | 7 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams K Boogert
| 6 | 6 | K Adams K Boogert
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Farina R Grande
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Babel A Huber
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| 7 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
B Schultz-McCarthy I Spîrlea
| 6 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy I Spîrlea
| 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Martínez P Tarabini
| 3 | 1 | 3 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | 3 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Bollegraf E Callens
| 6 | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Raymond R Stubbs
| 7 | 6 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R Dragomir I Majoli
| 2 | 4 | 2 | M J Fernández N Zvereva
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M J Fernández N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||