Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions and won in the final 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 against Rachel McQuillan and Nana Miyagi.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 World Doubles Cup | |
| 1996 Champions |  Nicole Arendt  Manon Bollegraf |
| Champions | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf |
| Runners-up |  Rachel McQuillan  Nana Miyagi |
| Score | 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 |
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Nicole Arendt / 
Manon Bollegraf (champions)- Lori McNeil /
Larisa Savchenko (semifinals) - Gigi Fernández /
Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) 
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
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
 Olga Lugina Elena Pampoulova
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Mercedes Paz Chanda Rubin
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Gigi Fernández Patricia Tarabini
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mercedes Paz Chanda Rubin
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
| 6 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi
| 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi
| 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
| 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lori McNeil Larisa Savchenko
| 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Debbie Graham Kristine Kunce
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lori McNeil Larisa Savchenko
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||