| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Welsh International Open | |
| 1996 Champions |  Katrina Adams  Mariaan de Swardt |
| Champions | Debbie Graham  Kerry-Anne Guse |
| Runners-up |  Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe |
| Final 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.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Debbie Graham / Kerry-Anne Guse (champions) Ann Grossman / Tami Whitlinger-Jones (quarterfinals)
Miho Saeki / Yuka Yoshida (quarterfinals)
Sonya Jeyaseelan / 
Janet Lee (quarterfinals)| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kyoko Nagatsuka and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Nagatsuka competed that year with Yayuk Basuki.
Manon Bollegraf and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only Stubbs competed that year with Lisa Raymond.
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Petra Kamstra and Tina Križan were the defending champions but only Križan competed that year with Noëlle van Lottum.
Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Sugiyama competed that year with Shinobu Asagoe.
Rika Hiraki and Naoko Kijimuta were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Kijimuta with Nana Miyagi.
Alexandra Fusai and Kerry-Anne Guse were the defending champions but only Guse competed that year with Rika Hiraki.
Rika Hiraki and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Amy Frazier and Miyagi with Rachel McQuillan.
Mariaan de Swardt and Ruxandra Dragomir won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Kerry-Anne Guse and Patricia Hy-Boulais.
Chen Li-Ling and Li Fang won in the final 6–0, 6–2 against Kerry-Anne Guse and Valda Lake.
Kerry-Anne Guse and Kristine Radford won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Rika Hiraki and Sung-Hee Park.
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Martina Hingis.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.
Katrina Adams and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Monica Seles and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Seles competed that year with Anna Kournikova.
Mark Woodforde and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but Navratilova did not compete. Woodforde competed with Meredith McGrath but lost in the quarterfinals to Byron Black and Pam Shriver.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but they did not play together this year. Davenport played with Natasha Zvereva as the second seed, and Novotná played with Martina Hingis as the first seed.
Lori McNeil and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year. She competed with Rennae Stubbs but lost in the second round to Catherine Barclay and Kerry-Anne Guse.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but Fernández retired from tennis at the end of 1997. Zvereva partnered Lindsay Davenport, and the pair lost in the final to Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná 1–6, 6–7(4–7).
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but Fernández retired at the end of the 1997 season.