1997 US Open – Boys' doubles

Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but none competed this year as both were playing for Stanford University during this season.

Boys' doubles
1997 US Open
Final
Champions	Fernando González Nicolás Massú
Runners-up	Jean-René Lisnard Michaël Llodra
Score	6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends men women mixed
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Main article: 1997 US Open (tennis)

Fernando González and Nicolás Massú won the title by defeating Jean-René Lisnard and Michaël Llodra 6–4, 6–4 in the final. It was the 1st Grand Slam title for González, and the 2nd Grand Slam title for Massú, in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds

The top seed received a bye into the second round.

1.   Fernando González /   Nicolás Massú (champions)
2.   José de Armas /   Luis Horna (first round)
3.   Jaco van der Westhuizen /   Wesley Whitehouse (first round)
4.   Arnaud Di Pasquale /   Julien Jeanpierre (semifinals)
5.   Nathan Healey /   Lleyton Hewitt (semifinals)
6.   Simon Dickson /   David Sherwood (first round)
7.   Federico Luzzi /   Robin Vik (quarterfinals)
8.   Iain Bates /   Thomas Messmer (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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Fernando González   Nicolás Massú	6	6
	5	Nathan Healey   Lleyton Hewitt	3	4
								1	Fernando González   Nicolás Massú	6	6
									Jean-René Lisnard   Michaël Llodra	4	4
	4	Arnaud Di Pasquale   Julien Jeanpierre	3	5
		Jean-René Lisnard   Michaël Llodra	6	7

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	F González   N Massú	6	6
		J Haehnel   V Sanon	1	1					N Frocassi   R Rizo	1	2
		Nohuel Frocassi   Ricardo Rizo	6	6											1	F González   N Massú	7	4	6
		Davor Grgic   I Neumüller	6	4	4										8	I Bates   T Messmer	5	6	2
		Bob Borella   Zoltán Papp	4	6	6				B Borella   Z Papp	1	4
		T Dent   D Martin	3	6	5			8	I Bates   T Messmer	6	6
	8	Iain Bates   T Messmer	6	2	7																	1	F González   N Massú	6	6
	3	Jaco van der Westhuizen   W Whitehouse	6	5																		5	N Healey   L Hewitt	3	4
		J Blake   B Vahaly	7	7					J Blake   B Vahaly	6	6
		I Labadze   Kobi Ziv	6	6					I Labadze   K Ziv	4	1
		S Lipsky   Jeremy Wurtzman	3	3												J Blake   B Vahaly	6	3	4
		Manoj Mahadevan   H Mankad	3	3											5	N Healey   L Hewitt	0	6	6
		D Elsner   Tomas Zivnicek	6	6					D Elsner   T Zivnicek	6	4	6
		Cheng Wei-jen   T Terachi	6	2	6			5	N Healey   L Hewitt	4	6	7
	5	N Healey   L Hewitt	2	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	Simon Dickson   D Sherwood	4	6
		Federico Cardinali   Ladislav Chramosta	6	7					F Cardinali   L Chramosta	7	6
		El Mehdi Belbacha-Jawhari   Z Fleishman	4	6					F Aniola   J Ilowski	5	2
		Filip Aniola   Jakub Ilowski	6	7												F Cardinali   L Chramosta	0	4
		Jorge Dueñas   A Qureshi	2	6											4	A Di Pasquale   J Jeanpierre	6	6
		A Park   T Parrott	6	7					A Park   T Parrott	7	3	2
		E Ağayev   A Ram	2	1				4	A Di Pasquale   J Jeanpierre	6	6	6
	4	A Di Pasquale   J Jeanpierre	6	6																		4	A Di Pasquale   J Jeanpierre	3	5
	7	F Luzzi   R Vik	7	4	6																		J-R Lisnard   M Llodra	6	7
		N Overholser   R Rake	6	6	1			7	F Luzzi   R Vik	6	6
		J Levinský   L Zovko	7	6					J Levinský   L Zovko	3	2
		Simone Amorico   Chad Carlson	5	2											7	F Luzzi   R Vik	3	6	5
		P Handoyo   Marwan Zewar	6	4	5											J-R Lisnard   M Llodra	6	3	7
		J-R Lisnard   M Llodra	4	6	7				J-R Lisnard   M Llodra	6	6
		D Ayala   Rafael de Mesa	6	6					D Ayala   R de Mesa	4	1
	2	J de Armas   L Horna	4	1

References

• Official Results Archive (ITF)