Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer were the defending champions but only O'Brien competed that year with Justin Gimelstob.
Justin Gimelstob and Scott Humphries were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Jörn Renzenbrink and Markus Zoecke were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Jakob Hlasek and Yevgeny Kafelnikov were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hlasek with Guy Forget and Kafelnikov with Daniel Vacek.
Grant Stafford and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions. Stafford chose to compete at Indianapolis in the same week. Ullyett partnered with Piet Norval but lost in the semifinals to the eventual champions Justin Gimelstob and Sébastien Lareau.
Justin Gimelstob and Sébastien Lareau won in the final over David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager, 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–3.
Gustavo Kuerten and Fernando Meligeni were the defending champions. Kuerten did not participate this year. Meligeni partnered Filippo Messori, losing in the quarterfinals.
The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions.
Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.
Patrick Galbraith and Justin Gimelstob were the defending champions, but did not partner together this year. Galbraith partnered Brian MacPhie, losing in the quarterfinals. Gimelstob partnered Jared Palmer, losing in the first round.
Justin Gimelstob and Byron Talbot were the defending champions, but Talbot did not partner this year. Gimelstob partnered Patrick Galbraith.
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This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1997 Australian Open.
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to tournament runners-up Justin Gimelstob and Patrick Rafter.
Doug Flach and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Flach teamed up with Mark Merklein and lost in the first round to David DiLucia and Laurence Tieleman, while Stolle teamed up with Max Mirnyi and lost in the first round to Wayne Ferreira and Nenad Zimonjić.
Patrick McEnroe and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions, but McEnroe did not compete this year. Stark teamed up with Gary Muller and lost in the first round to tournament runners-up Diego Nargiso and Peter Nyborg.
Michael Chang was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, by defeating Petr Korda 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 in the final.
Grant Connell and Scott Davis were the defending champions, but Connell did not compete this year. Davis teamed up with Kelly Jones and lost in the quarterfinals to Geoff Grant and Mark Merklein.
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