1997 President's Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1997 President's Cup (tennis)
Champions	Vincenzo Santopadre Vincent Spadea[1]
Runners-up	Hicham Arazi Eyal Ran
Final score	6–4, 6–7, 6–0

The 1997 Tashkent Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, part of the 1997 ATP Tour, and was held from September 8 to September 15.

Seeds

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

1. Karsten Braasch / Roger Smith (Semifinals)
2. Sander Groen / Andrei Pavel (Semifinals)
3. Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich (Quarterfinals)
4. Vincenzo Santopadre / Vince Spadea (Champions)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final[1]
	1	K Braasch R Smith	7	6
		G Cañas J Delgado	6	3				1	K Braasch R Smith	6	6
		I Heuberger R Weidenfeld	6	6					I Heuberger R Weidenfeld	4	4
	Q	A Ivanov D Mazur	2	0											1	K Braasch R Smith	3	6	4
	3	N Behr E Erlich	6	7												H Arazi E Ran	6	3	6
		V Kucenko D Tomashevich	4	6				3	N Behr E Erlich	6	4	4
		H Arazi E Ran	6	6					H Arazi E Ran	2	6	6
	WC	T Khankodjaev A Kokurin	4	2																			H Arazi E Ran	4	7	0
		N Kiefer O Ogorodov	3	7	6																	4	V Santopadre V Spadea	6	6	6
		K Carlsen C Saceanu	6	6	4				N Kiefer O Ogorodov	1	3
	4	V Santopadre V Spadea	6	6				4	V Santopadre V Spadea	6	6
	WC	M Commandeur B Phau	3	0											4	V Santopadre V Spadea	3	6	7
		S Campbell Ģirts Dzelde	7	6											2	S Groen A Pavel	6	4	6
	WC	T Ganiev A-H Makhkamov	6	1					S Campbell Ģirts Dzelde	2	4
	2	S Groen A Pavel	6	6				2	S Groen A Pavel	6	6
		A Stoliarov N Welgreen	1	3

References

1. "1997 Tashkent". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2015.