See main article: 1997 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia.
Andrew Kratzmann and Marcos Ondruska were the defending champions, but Ondruska chose to compete at Beijing during the same week, losing in the first round.
Kratzmann teamed up with Libor Pimek and successfully defended his title, by defeating Hendrik Jan Davids and Daniel Orsanic 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final.[1]