Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual US Open.

Seeds

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Paul Rosner	6	6	4
		Roger Smith Peter Tramacchi	2	7	6
									Roger Smith Peter Tramacchi	4	6	6
								8	Chris Haggard Jamie Holmes	6	4	2
	WC	David Caldwell Adam Peterson	1	4
	8	Chris Haggard Jamie Holmes	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Petr Luxa Oleg Ogorodov	7	6	3
		John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	5	7	6
									John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6	6
								7	Georg Blumauer Gabriel Trifu	2	4
		Marcus Hilpert Myles Wakefield	4	3
	7	Georg Blumauer Gabriel Trifu	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Dinu Pescariu Davide Sanguinetti	7	4	7
	WC	James Blake Thomas Blake	6	6	6
								3	Dinu Pescariu Davide Sanguinetti	6	6
								5	Patrick Baur Tomas Nydahl	4	2
		Doug Flach Tommy Ho	1	6
	5	Patrick Baur Tomas Nydahl	6	7

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Rikard Bergh Maurice Ruah	3	7	6
		Tamer El-Sawy Nenad Zimonjić	6	6	7
									Tamer El-Sawy Nenad Zimonjić	6	2
								6	Óscar Ortiz André Sá	7	6
	WC	Brady Blain Brook Blain	3	7	4
	6	Óscar Ortiz André Sá	6	6	6

References

• 1997 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation