1997 French Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1997 French Open
Final
Champion	Yevgeny Kafelnikov ; Daniel Vacek
Runner-up	Todd Woodbridge ; Mark Woodforde
Score	7–6(14–12), 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	16
Events

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek successfully defended their title defeated Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final, 7–6^(14–12), 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's doubles title at the French Open.

Woobridge and Woodforde (collectively known as The Woodies) attempted their chance to make history to complete all four Grand Slams at once, having won the previous year's Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open earlier that year. But they lost to Kafelnikov and Vacek, ending their 23-winning match streak. This feat would later achieve by Bob and Mike Bryan in the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

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

01.

Todd Woodbridge /

Mark Woodforde (final)

02.

Jacco Eltingh /

Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)

03.

Mark Knowles /

Daniel Nestor (second round)

04.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov /

Daniel Vacek (champions)

05.

Sébastien Lareau /

Alex O'Brien (second round)

06.

Ellis Ferreira /

Patrick Galbraith (second round)

07.

Rick Leach /

Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)

08.

Luis Lobo /

Javier Sánchez (second round)

09.

Jonas Björkman /

Nicklas Kulti (second round)

10.

Mark Philippoussis /

Patrick Rafter (third round)

11.

Martin Damm /

Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)

12.

Sandon Stolle /

Cyril Suk (first round)

13.

Neil Broad /

Piet Norval (second round)

14.

Donald Johnson /

Francisco Montana (first round)

15.

Libor Pimek /

Byron Talbot (first round)

16.

Trevor Kronemann /

David Macpherson (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	7⁷

7	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	2	6⁵
					1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4	6	6

						Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	6	4	3
	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6	4	4

	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	4	6	6
										1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6¹²	6	3

										4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	7¹⁴	4	6
	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	6	6²	3

4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	4	7⁷	6
					4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	7⁷	7⁷

					2	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6⁴	6³
	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	7⁸	4	2

2	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6⁶	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
WC	J-F Bachelot J-B Perlant	2	1		1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	7⁷	6
	W Arthurs A Kratzmann	6	7⁷			W Arthurs A Kratzmann	6⁴	3
	M Mirnyi K Ullyett	3	6⁰							1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	2	6	9
	B Haygarth TJ Middleton	1	6⁵								P Korda J Salzenstein	6	3	7
	S Davis C van Rensburg	6	7⁷			S Davis C van Rensburg	4	6²
	P Korda J Salzenstein	7	6			P Korda J Salzenstein	6	7⁷
15	L Pimek B Talbot	5	0												1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	7⁷
9	J Björkman N Kulti	6	6												7	R Leach J Stark	2	6⁵
WC	S Grosjean O Mutis	1	4		9	J Björkman N Kulti	3	6	3
	N Marques T Vanhoudt	4	2			T Kempers M Oosting	6	1	6
	T Kempers M Oosting	6	6								T Kempers M Oosting	3	7⁷	2
	G Kuerten F Meligeni	6	4	8						7	R Leach J Stark	6	6⁵	6
	N Pereira J Tarango	1	6	6		G Kuerten F Meligeni	3	3
WC	G Marx O Morel	5	3		7	R Leach J Stark	6	6
7	R Leach J Stark	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

3	M Knowles D Nestor	6	7⁸
	M Barnard J-L de Jager	3	6⁶		3	M Knowles D Nestor	6⁹	1
	T Carbonell F Roig	6	6			T Carbonell F Roig	7¹¹	6
	E Sánchez F Wibier	3	4								T Carbonell F Roig	3	6	6
	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6								S Groen J Siemerink	6	3	2
	D Randall J Waite	2	2			M Bhupathi L Paes	7⁷	6⁵	3
	S Groen J Siemerink	2	7⁸	6		S Groen J Siemerink	6⁵	7⁷	6
14	D Johnson F Montana	6	6⁶	4												T Carbonell F Roig	6	4	4
11	M Damm A Olhovskiy	6	4	6												L Arnold Ker D Orsanic	4	6	6
	S Hiršzon G Ivanišević	4	6	1	11	M Damm A Olhovskiy	1	6	3
	O Delaître F Santoro	3	7⁷	6		O Delaître F Santoro	6	3	6
	P Albano P Nyborg	6	6⁴	4							O Delaître F Santoro	6¹	1
	L Arnold Ker D Orsanic	6	6								L Arnold Ker D Orsanic	7⁷	6
	N Djordjevic D Flach	2	1			L Arnold Ker D Orsanic	7⁸	4	6
	M Petchey D Rikl	4	6¹¹		5	S Lareau A O'Brien	6⁶	6	1
5	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	7¹³

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

6	E Ferreira P Galbraith	6	6
	A Kitinov G Van Emburgh	3	2		6	E Ferreira P Galbraith	4	6	8
	K Braasch J Knippschild	5	6	9	6	K Braasch J Knippschild	6	3	10
	HJ Davids S Schalken	7	4	7							K Braasch J Knippschild	6	7⁷
	L Jensen M Jensen	6	6								L Jensen M Jensen	4	6²
	M Keil C Woodruff	3	4			L Jensen M Jensen	4	6	11
	E Couto B Mota	6	6¹⁰	6		E Couto B Mota	6	4	9
12	S Stolle C Suk	2	7¹²	2											K Braasch J Knippschild	6	6²	3
13	N Broad P Norval	6	6											4	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	4	7⁷	6
	B Black J Gimelstob	3	2		13	N Broad P Norval	6⁵	6	8
	W Black J Grabb	6	7⁷			W Black J Grabb	7⁷	2	10
	K Kinnear P Vízner	3	6³								W Black J Grabb	4	6⁴
	T Nijssen S Noteboom	6	6							4	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	7⁷
WC	A Boetsch M Rosset	4	2			T Nijssen S Noteboom	1	4
	R Bergh D Ekerot	1	7	3	4	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	6
4	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	5	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

8	L Lobo J Sánchez	6	4	6
	M Ondruska G Stafford	3	6	3	8	L Lobo J Sánchez	2	6¹
WC	A Clément N Escudé	6	4	2		J Eagle A Florent	6	7⁷
	J Eagle A Florent	4	6	6							J Eagle A Florent	6	6⁸	6
WC	J-P Fleurian S Simian	5	6	6						10	M Philippoussis P Rafter	2	7¹⁰	3
WC	R Gilbert G Raoux	7	4	1	WC	J-P Fleurian S Simian	7	3	4
	B MacPhie G Muller	7⁷	6⁶	6	10	M Philippoussis P Rafter	5	6	6
10	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6⁵	7⁸	8												J Eagle A Florent	7⁸	4	2
16	T Kronemann D Macpherson	4	7¹⁴	6											2	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6⁶	6	6
	J Frana N Lapentti	6	6¹²	3	16	T Kronemann D Macpherson	5	4
	C Brandi F Messori	6	7			C Brandi F Messori	7	6
	K Jones S Melville	4	5								C Brandi F Messori	3	3
	P Cash R Reneberg	5	7	6						2	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	6
	P Kilderry M Tebbutt	7	5	3		P Cash R Reneberg	6	1	4
	D Adams W Ferreira	4	6	1	2	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	3	6	6
2	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	4	6