Katrina Adams and Mariaan de Swardt were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Welsh International Open | |
| 1996 Champions |  Katrina Adams  Mariaan de Swardt |
| Champions | Debbie Graham  Kerry-Anne Guse |
| Runners-up |  Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe |
| Score | 6–3, 6–4 |
Debbie Graham and Kerry-Anne Guse won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Julie Pullin and Lorna Woodroffe.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Debbie Graham / Kerry-Anne Guse (champions)
- Ann Grossman / Tami Whitlinger-Jones (quarterfinals)
Miho Saeki / Yuka Yoshida (quarterfinals)
Sonya Jeyaseelan / 
Janet Lee (quarterfinals)
Draw
editKey
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | D Graham K-A Guse
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  O Barabanschikova L Richterová
| 2 | 0 | 1 | D Graham K-A Guse
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual
| 6 | 6 | S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 V Martinek S Pitkowski
| 1 | 2 | 1 | D Graham K-A Guse
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Jeyaseelan J Lee
| 6 | 6 | A Ellwood M Murić
| 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Jensen L Lee
| 3 | 0 | 4 | S Jeyaseelan J Lee
| 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Ellwood M Murić
| 6 | 6 | A Ellwood M Murić
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E deLone N Pratt
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Debbie Graham Kerry-Anne Guse
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
P Langrová R Zrubáková
| 4 | 7 | 7 | Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S-A Siddall A Wainwright
| 6 | 5 | 5 | P Langrová R Zrubáková
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Cristea D Jones
| 0 | 2 | 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida
| 6 | 1 | r | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida
| 6 | 6 | P Langrová R Zrubáková
| 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Pullin L Woodroffe
| 3 | 6 | 7 | J Pullin L Woodroffe
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Barclay C Wood
| 6 | 4 | 6 | J Pullin L Woodroffe
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Smith M Tu
| 4 | 1 | 2 | A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||