1997 Franklin Templeton Classic – Doubles

1997 Franklin Templeton Classic
1996 champions   Patrick Galbraith
Rick Leach
Champions   Luis Lobo
Javier Sánchez
Runners-up   Jonas Björkman
Rick Leach
Final score   6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles   Doubles

Patrick Galbraith and Rick Leach were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Galbraith with Alex O'Brien and Leach with Jonas Björkman.

Galbraith and O'Brien lost in the quarterfinals to Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson.

Björkman and Leach lost in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez.

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Byron Black / Grant Connell (Semifinals)
  2. Patrick Galbraith / Alex O'Brien (Quarterfinals)
  3. Jonas Björkman / Rick Leach (Final)
  4. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Champions)

Draw

Key

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1   B Black
  G Connell
4 6 7  
WC   L Jensen
  M Jensen
6 4 6     1   B Black
  G Connell
6 3 6  
Q   W Black
  B Shelton
3 6         T Ho
  J Waite
1 6 1  
    T Ho
  J Waite
6 7         1   B Black
  G Connell
6 2 3  
3   J Björkman
  R Leach
7 3 7       3   J Björkman
  R Leach
3 6 6  
    B Haygarth
  J Tarango
5 6 6     3   J Björkman
  R Leach
6 6  
    J Eagle
  A Florent
6 6         J Eagle
  A Florent
4 3    
    B MacPhie
  G Muller
2 4         3   Jonas Björkman
  Rick Leach
3 3  
WC   N Pereira
  V Spadea
4 4         4   Luis Lobo
  Javier Sánchez
6 6  
WC   L Lavalle
  M Ruah
6 6       WC   L Lavalle
  M Ruah
6 3 4  
WC   P Cash
  M Ríos
2 2     4   L Lobo
  J Sánchez
4 6 6  
4   L Lobo
  J Sánchez
6 6         4   L Lobo
  J Sánchez
7 7  
    T Kronemann
  D Macpherson
4 6 7           T Kronemann
  D Macpherson
6 5    
    J Grabb
  R Reneberg
6 3 6         T Kronemann
  D Macpherson
6 3 7
    S Stolle
  C Suk
2 5     2   P Galbraith
  A O'Brien
4 6 5  
2   P Galbraith
  A O'Brien
6 7    

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