Kristie Boogert and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but only Boogert competed that year with Amanda Coetzer.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 SEAT Open | |
| Champions |  Larisa Neiland  Helena Suková |
| Runners-up |  Meike Babel  Laurence Courtois |
| Score | 6–1, 6–0 |
Boogert and Coetzer lost in the quarterfinals to Annica Lindstedt and Caroline Schneider.
Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková won in the final 6–1, 6–0 against Meike Babel and Laurence Courtois.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Larisa Neiland / 
Helena Suková (champions)
Sabine Appelmans / 
Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals)- Eva Melicharová / Helena Vildová (semifinals)
- Kristie Boogert /
Amanda Coetzer (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 | L Neiland H Suková
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Glass J Kruger
| 3 | 3 | 1 | L Neiland H Suková
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Å Carlsson P Schnyder
| 6 | 4 | 3 | W Probst A Sugiyama
| 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W Probst A Sugiyama
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | L Neiland H Suková
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Melicharová H Vildová
| w/o | 3 | E Melicharová H Vildová
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B Rittner A-G Sidot
| 3 | E Melicharová H Vildová
| 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Olsza S-A Siddall
| 2 | 4 | LL | C Dhenin M Maleeva
| 6 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | C Dhenin M Maleeva
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Larisa Neiland Helena Suková
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Lindstedt C Schneider
| w/o | Meike Babel Laurence Courtois
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Halard-Decugis S Testud
| A Lindstedt C Schneider
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Freye S Meier
| 2 | 2 | 4 |  K Boogert A Coetzer
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | K Boogert A Coetzer
| 6 | 6 | A Lindstedt C Schneider
| 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Kremer M Serna
| 2 | 4 | M Babel L Courtois
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Babel L Courtois
| 6 | 6 | M Babel L Courtois
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Habšudová F Labat
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||