Doubles
1997 Kroger St. Jude International
1996 ChampionsThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
ChampionsSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
Runners-upUnited States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
Score6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Draw24
Seeds8

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.

Ferreira and Galbraith won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

  1. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
  2. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
  3. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (quarterfinals)
  4. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Patrick Galbraith (champions)
  5. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
  6. Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien (second round)
  7. United States Rick Leach / United States Jonathan Stark (final)
  8. United States Jim Grabb / United States Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
4
6 3 6
7
3 6 1

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
7 6  
 
7 7    
6 2  
 
6 6   1
3 6 7
 
7 6 6 8
6 4 6
WC
6 7 4  
4 4  
8
6 6  
1
6 4  
4
7 6  
4
6 6 6
 
6 7    
4 7 4
WC
4 6   4
6 7 7
 
6 6   5
7 6 5
 
3 4    
6 3  
5
7 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6
6 3 4
Q
6 6   Q
3 6 6
 
2 3   Q
6 4 6
WC
6 2   3
3 6 3
 
7 6    
3 4  
3
6 6  
Q
6 7 1
7
7 6 6
7
6 6  
 
6 6 2  
2 3  
 
7 3 6 7
7 7  
WC
4 2   2
6 6  
 
6 6    
3 4  
2
6 6  
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