Doubles
1997 Welsh International Open
1996 Champions	Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt
Champions	Debbie Graham Kerry-Anne Guse
Runners-up	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe
Score	6–3, 6–4

Katrina Adams and Mariaan de Swardt were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Debbie Graham and Kerry-Anne Guse won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Julie Pullin and Lorna Woodroffe.

Seeds

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

1. Debbie Graham / Kerry-Anne Guse (champions)
2. Ann Grossman / Tami Whitlinger-Jones (quarterfinals)
3. Miho Saeki / Yuka Yoshida (quarterfinals)
4. Sonya Jeyaseelan / Janet Lee (quarterfinals)

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
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	D Graham K-A Guse	6	6
	Q	O Barabanschikova L Richterová	2	0				1	D Graham K-A Guse	6	6
		S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual	6	6					S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual	2	2
		V Martinek S Pitkowski	1	2											1	D Graham K-A Guse	6	7
	4	S Jeyaseelan J Lee	6	6												A Ellwood M Murić	3	6
		R Jensen L Lee	3	0				4	S Jeyaseelan J Lee	5	4
		A Ellwood M Murić	6	6					A Ellwood M Murić	7	6
		E deLone N Pratt	3	4																		1	Debbie Graham Kerry-Anne Guse	6	6
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	4	7	7																		Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	3	4
		S-A Siddall A Wainwright	6	5	5				P Langrová R Zrubáková	3	5
		C Cristea D Jones	0	2				3	M Saeki Y Yoshida	6	1	r
	3	M Saeki Y Yoshida	6	6												P Langrová R Zrubáková	5	2
		J Pullin L Woodroffe	3	6	7											J Pullin L Woodroffe	7	6
		C Barclay C Wood	6	4	6				J Pullin L Woodroffe	6	6
		S Smith M Tu	4	1				2	A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones	2	3
	2	A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6

External links

• 1997 Welsh International Open Doubles Draw