Doubles
1997 Shanghai Open
1996 Champions	Mark Knowles Roger Smith
Champions	Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett
Runners-up	Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido
Score	7–6, 6–7, 7–5

Mark Knowles and Roger Smith were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ctislav Doseděl and Ján Krošlák.

Max Mirnyi and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 against Tomas Nydahl and Stefano Pescosolido.

Seeds

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

1. Mark Knowles / Roger Smith (quarterfinals)
2. David Ekerot / Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals)
3. Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (quarterfinals)
4. Bill Behrens / Brian MacPhie (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	M Knowles R Smith	6	6
	Q	S Iwabuchi T Suzuki	3	4				1	M Knowles R Smith	7	4	3
		C Doseděl J Krošlák	6	6					C Doseděl J Krošlák	6	6	6
		F Messori E Ran	1	2												C Doseděl J Krošlák	4	5
	3	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6												T Nydahl S Pescosolido	6	7
	WC	B Pan J Xia	2	2				3	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	4	3
		T Nydahl S Pescosolido	7	1	7				T Nydahl S Pescosolido	1	6	6
		J Golmard S Matsuoka	5	6	5																		Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	6	7	5
		D Flach T.J. Middleton	6	5	2																		Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett	7	6	7
		A Olhovskiy B Steven	4	7	6				A Olhovskiy B Steven	6	6
		W Black N Pereira	2	2				4	B Behrens B MacPhie	4	3
	4	B Behrens B MacPhie	6	6												A Olhovskiy B Steven	6	6	6
		M Mirnyi K Ullyett	7	6												M Mirnyi K Ullyett	7	3	7
		K Kinnear S Sargsian	5	3					M Mirnyi K Ullyett	6	6
		J Gimelstob M Joyce	1	2				2	D Ekerot J Tarango	4	4
	2	D Ekerot J Tarango	6	6

External links

• ATP draw