1997 French Open – Men's doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek successfully defended their title defeated Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final, 7–6^(14–12), 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's doubles title at the French Open.

Men's doubles
1997 French Open
Final
Champion	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek
Runner-up	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Score	7–6^(14–12), 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	16
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Woobridge and Woodforde (collectively known as The Woodies) attempted their chance to make history to complete all four Grand Slams at once, having won the previous year's Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open earlier that year. But they lost to Kafelnikov and Vacek, ending their 23-winning match streak. This feat would later achieve by Bob and Mike Bryan in the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

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

01.     Todd Woodbridge /   Mark Woodforde (final)

02.     Jacco Eltingh /   Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)

03.     Mark Knowles /   Daniel Nestor (second round)

04.     Yevgeny Kafelnikov /   Daniel Vacek (champions)

05.     Sébastien Lareau /   Alex O'Brien (second round)

06.     Ellis Ferreira /   Patrick Galbraith (second round)

07.     Rick Leach /   Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)

08.     Luis Lobo /   Javier Sánchez (second round)

09.     Jonas Björkman /   Nicklas Kulti (second round)

10.     Mark Philippoussis /   Patrick Rafter (third round)

11.     Martin Damm /   Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)

12.     Sandon Stolle /   Cyril Suk (first round)

13.     Neil Broad /   Piet Norval (second round)

14.     Donald Johnson /   Francisco Montana (first round)

15.     Libor Pimek /   Byron Talbot (first round)

16.     Trevor Kronemann /   David Macpherson (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	6	7^7
	7	Rick Leach   Jonathan Stark	2	6^5
								1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	4	6	6
									Lucas Arnold Ker   Daniel Orsanic	6	4	3
		Tomás Carbonell   Francisco Roig	6	4	4
		Lucas Arnold Ker   Daniel Orsanic	4	6	6
															1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	6^12	6	3
															4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Daniel Vacek	7^14	4	6
		Karsten Braasch   Jens Knippschild	6	6^2	3
	4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Daniel Vacek	4	7^7	6
								4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Daniel Vacek	7^7	7^7
								2	Jacco Eltingh   Paul Haarhuis	6^4	6^3
		Joshua Eagle   Andrew Florent	7^8	4	2
	2	Jacco Eltingh   Paul Haarhuis	6^6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	6
	WC	J-F Bachelot   J-B Perlant	2	1				1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	7^7	6
		W Arthurs   A Kratzmann	6	7^7					W Arthurs   A Kratzmann	6^4	3
		M Mirnyi   K Ullyett	3	6^0											1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	2	6	9
		B Haygarth   TJ Middleton	1	6^5												P Korda   J Salzenstein	6	3	7
		S Davis   C van Rensburg	6	7^7					S Davis   C van Rensburg	4	6^2
		P Korda   J Salzenstein	7	6					P Korda   J Salzenstein	6	7^7
	15	L Pimek   B Talbot	5	0																		1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	7^7
	9	J Björkman   N Kulti	6	6																		7	R Leach   J Stark	2	6^5
	WC	S Grosjean   O Mutis	1	4				9	J Björkman   N Kulti	3	6	3
		N Marques   T Vanhoudt	4	2					T Kempers   M Oosting	6	1	6
		T Kempers   M Oosting	6	6												T Kempers   M Oosting	3	7^7	2
		G Kuerten   F Meligeni	6	4	8										7	R Leach   J Stark	6	6^5	6
		N Pereira   J Tarango	1	6	6				G Kuerten   F Meligeni	3	3
	WC	G Marx   O Morel	5	3				7	R Leach   J Stark	6	6
	7	R Leach   J Stark	7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	M Knowles   D Nestor	6	7^8
		M Barnard   J-L de Jager	3	6^6				3	M Knowles   D Nestor	6^9	1
		T Carbonell   F Roig	6	6					T Carbonell   F Roig	7^11	6
		E Sánchez   F Wibier	3	4												T Carbonell   F Roig	3	6	6
		M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	6												S Groen   J Siemerink	6	3	2
		D Randall   J Waite	2	2					M Bhupathi   L Paes	7^7	6^5	3
		S Groen   J Siemerink	2	7^8	6				S Groen   J Siemerink	6^5	7^7	6
	14	D Johnson   F Montana	6	6^6	4																		T Carbonell   F Roig	6	4	4
	11	M Damm   A Olhovskiy	6	4	6																		L Arnold Ker   D Orsanic	4	6	6
		S Hiršzon   G Ivanišević	4	6	1			11	M Damm   A Olhovskiy	1	6	3
		O Delaître   F Santoro	3	7^7	6				O Delaître   F Santoro	6	3	6
		P Albano   P Nyborg	6	6^4	4											O Delaître   F Santoro	6^1	1
		L Arnold Ker   D Orsanic	6	6												L Arnold Ker   D Orsanic	7^7	6
		N Djordjevic   D Flach	2	1					L Arnold Ker   D Orsanic	7^8	4	6
		M Petchey   D Rikl	4	6^11				5	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6^6	6	1
	5	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6	7^13

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	E Ferreira   P Galbraith	6	6
		A Kitinov   G Van Emburgh	3	2				6	E Ferreira   P Galbraith	4	6	8
		K Braasch   J Knippschild	5	6	9			6	K Braasch   J Knippschild	6	3	10
		HJ Davids   S Schalken	7	4	7											K Braasch   J Knippschild	6	7^7
		L Jensen   M Jensen	6	6												L Jensen   M Jensen	4	6^2
		M Keil   C Woodruff	3	4					L Jensen   M Jensen	4	6	11
		E Couto   B Mota	6	6^10	6				E Couto   B Mota	6	4	9
	12	S Stolle   C Suk	2	7^12	2																		K Braasch   J Knippschild	6	6^2	3
	13	N Broad   P Norval	6	6																		4	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	4	7^7	6
		B Black   J Gimelstob	3	2				13	N Broad   P Norval	6^5	6	8
		W Black   J Grabb	6	7^7					W Black   J Grabb	7^7	2	10
		K Kinnear   P Vízner	3	6^3												W Black   J Grabb	4	6^4
		T Nijssen   S Noteboom	6	6											4	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	6	7^7
	WC	A Boetsch   M Rosset	4	2					T Nijssen   S Noteboom	1	4
		R Bergh   D Ekerot	1	7	3			4	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	6	6
	4	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	6	5	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	4	6
		M Ondruska   G Stafford	3	6	3			8	L Lobo   J Sánchez	2	6^1
	WC	A Clément   N Escudé	6	4	2				J Eagle   A Florent	6	7^7
		J Eagle   A Florent	4	6	6											J Eagle   A Florent	6	6^8	6
	WC	J-P Fleurian   S Simian	5	6	6										10	M Philippoussis   P Rafter	2	7^10	3
	WC	R Gilbert   G Raoux	7	4	1			WC	J-P Fleurian   S Simian	7	3	4
		B MacPhie   G Muller	7^7	6^6	6			10	M Philippoussis   P Rafter	5	6	6
	10	M Philippoussis   P Rafter	6^5	7^8	8																		J Eagle   A Florent	7^8	4	2
	16	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	4	7^14	6																	2	J Eltingh   P Haarhuis	6^6	6	6
		J Frana   N Lapentti	6	6^12	3			16	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	5	4
		C Brandi   F Messori	6	7					C Brandi   F Messori	7	6
		K Jones   S Melville	4	5												C Brandi   F Messori	3	3
		P Cash   R Reneberg	5	7	6										2	J Eltingh   P Haarhuis	6	6
		P Kilderry   M Tebbutt	7	5	3				P Cash   R Reneberg	6	1	4
		D Adams   W Ferreira	4	6	1			2	J Eltingh   P Haarhuis	3	6	6
	2	J Eltingh   P Haarhuis	6	4	6

References

External links

• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – main draw
• 1997 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation