Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Fernández with Martina Hingis and Zvereva with Lindsay Davenport.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Toray Pan Pacific Open | |
| 1996 Champions |  Gigi Fernández  Natasha Zvereva |
| Champions | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
| Runners-up | Gigi Fernández  Martina Hingis |
| Score | 6–4, 6–3 |
Fernández and Hingis lost in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Davenport and Zvereva.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Gigi Fernández / 
Martina Hingis (final)- Lindsay Davenport /
Natasha Zvereva (champions) - n/a
- Lisa Raymond /
Rennae Stubbs (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 | G Fernández M Hingis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 K-A Guse A Lettiere
| 3 | 2 | 1 | G Fernández M Hingis
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  S Graf P Shriver
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Q | S Graf P Shriver
| 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Graham K Radford
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | G Fernández M Hingis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 3 | 6 | 7 |  K Boogert I Spîrlea
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G Helgeson-Nielsen B Schultz-McCarthy
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Boogert I Spîrlea
| 7 | 6 | K Boogert I Spîrlea
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams L McNeil
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Dechaume-Balleret N Miyagi
| 3 | 2 | K Adams L McNeil
| 6 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Martínez P Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | K Nagatsuka Y Yoshida
| 1 | 1 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Hiraki K Po
| 6 | 7 | 2 | L Davenport N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Dragomir E Likhovtseva
| 4 | 5 | R Hiraki K Po
| 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | N Kijimuta A Sugiyama
| 3 | 4 | 2 | L Davenport N Zvereva
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Davenport N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||