1997 Italian Indoor – Doubles

Andrea Gaudenzi and Goran Ivanišević were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Gaudenzi with Marc Rosset and Ivanišević with Sasa Hirszon.

Doubles
1997 Italian Indoor
Champions	Pablo Albano Peter Nyborg
Runners-up	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy
Final score	6–4, 7–6

Gaudenzi and Rosset lost in the first round to Pablo Albano and Peter Nyborg, as did Hirszon and Ivanišević to David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy.

Albano and Nyborg won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Adams and Olhovskiy.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Guy Forget / Daniel Vacek (Quarterfinals)
2. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (Semifinals)
3. David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (Final)
4. Marius Barnard / Piet Norval (First Round)

Draw

Key

• 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

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	G Forget D Vacek	7	7
		S Noteboom F Wibier	5	6				1	G Forget D Vacek	4	6
		P Albano P Nyborg	6	7					P Albano P Nyborg	6	7
	WC	A Gaudenzi M Rosset	3	6												P Albano P Nyborg	7	6
	4	M Barnard P Norval	6	6	4										WC	O Camporese D Nargiso	6	4
		H J Davids M Oosting	7	1	6				H J Davids M Oosting	6	5
	WC	O Camporese D Nargiso	7	6				WC	O Camporese D Nargiso	7	7
		J-L de Jager M Keil	6	1																			P Albano P Nyborg	6	7
		T Kempers T Nijssen	7	6																		3	D Adams A Olhovskiy	4	6
	Q	N Bruno M Martelli	6	2					T Kempers T Nijssen	7	4	4
		S Hirszon G Ivanišević	6	6				3	D Adams A Olhovskiy	6	6	6
	3	D Adams A Olhovskiy	7	7											3	D Adams A Olhovskiy	6	7
		D Prinosil P Vízner	6	6	4										2	L Pimek B Talbot	4	6
	WC	A Medvedev M Stich	3	7	6			WC	A Medvedev M Stich	6	4	2
		J A Conde J Sánchez	4	4				2	L Pimek B Talbot	3	6	6
	2	L Pimek B Talbot	6	6

References

• 1997 Italian Indoor Doubles Draw