| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 EA-Generali Ladies Linz | |
| 1996 Champions |  Manon Bollegraf  Meredith McGrath |
| Champions |  Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
| Runners-up |  Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová |
| Final score | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Manon Bollegraf and Meredith McGrath were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 against Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
Sabine Appelmans / Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)
Silvia Farina / 
Barbara Rittner (semifinals) Laura Golarsa / Christina Singer (first round)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 V Csurgo C Schneider | 1 | 5 | 1 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A-G Sidot  M Strandlund | 6 | 6 | A-G Sidot M Strandlund | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Habšudová R Zrubáková | 1 | 2 | 1 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S Farina B Rittner | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | S Farina B Rittner | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 F Labat S Testud | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | S Farina B Rittner | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 P Hy-Boulais W Probst | 6 | 6 | P Hy-Boulais W Probst | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  M Maruska B Schwartz | 3 | 1 | 1 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan  P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adriana Barna Anca Barna | 1 | 4 | T Križan P Schnyder | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Melicharová H Vildová | 6 | 6 | E Melicharová H Vildová | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Golarsa C Singer | 2 | 4 | E Melicharová H Vildová | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Schett J Wiesner | 6 | 4 | Å Carlsson F Perfetti | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Å Carlsson F Perfetti | 7 | 6 | Å Carlsson F Perfetti | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M Schnell P Wartusch | 4 | 4 | 2 | S Appelmans C Rubin | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Appelmans C Rubin | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yayuk Basuki and Nicole Bradtke were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Meredith McGrath was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.
Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf won in the final 6–7, 6–3, 6–2 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Katrina Adams and Debbie Graham.
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions but only Davenport competed that year with Jana Novotná.
Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Jana Novotná.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 against Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko.
Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Chanda Rubin.
Helena Suková and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion and was one of the four semifinalists.
Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva.
Martina Hingis and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Chanda Rubin and Irina Spîrlea.
Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Martina Hingis and Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková were the defending champions but only Neiland competed that year with Elena Tatarkova.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles and Natasha Zvereva.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Martina Hingis.