| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Wismilak International | |
| 1996 Champions |  Alexandra Fusai  Kerry-Anne Guse |
| Champions | Kerry-Anne Guse  Rika Hiraki |
| Runners-up |  Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic |
| Score | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Alexandra Fusai and Kerry-Anne Guse were the defending champions but only Guse competed that year with Rika Hiraki.
Guse and Hiraki won in the final 6–1, 7–6 against Maureen Drake and Renata Kolbovic.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Rachel McQuillan / Nana Miyagi (first round) Kerry-Anne Guse / Rika Hiraki (champions)
Sung-Hee Park / 
Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
Henrieta Nagyová / 
Dominique Van Roost (first round)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | R McQuillan N Miyagi | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | H Inoue M Inoue | 6 | 6 | H Inoue M Inoue | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G Biggs  N Köves | 4 | 2 |  C-B Khoo Y Yamagishi | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C-B Khoo Y Yamagishi | 6 | 6 | C-B Khoo Y Yamagishi | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | H Nagyová D Van Roost | M Drake R Kolbovic | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 E deLone N Pratt | w/o | E deLone N Pratt | 7 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  W Prakusya W Sawondari | 5 | 6 | M Drake R Kolbovic | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Drake R Kolbovic | 7 | 7 | Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Drake-Brockman A Ellwood | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Kerry-Anne Guse Rika Hiraki | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Dechy S Pitkowski | 3 | 6 | 6 | N Dechy S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 L Němečková  A Olsza | 1 | 0 | 3 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | N Dechy S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Endo  M Kochta | 1 | 4 | 2 | K-A Guse R Hiraki | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C Barclay  T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | C Barclay T Tanasugarn | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Jones S Obata | 1 | 4 | 2 | K-A Guse R Hiraki | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | K-A Guse R Hiraki | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claudia Porwik and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
Katrina Adams and Mariaan de Swardt were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
Conchita Martínez and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
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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.
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki were the defending champions but only Hiraki competed that year with Amy Frazier.
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.
Defending champion Martina Hingis and her partner Mirjana Lučić defeated the other defending champion Natasha Zvereva and her partner Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1998 Australian Open. It was the first step in an eventual Grand Slam for Hingis.
Lisa Raymond and Chanda Rubin were the defending champions, but none competed this year.