1997 ATP Tour
The 1997 ATP Tour was the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP that year. The ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships, the ATP Super 9, the Championship Series and the World Series tournaments.
Schedule
The tables below summarises the results for the 1997 ATP Tour.;Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
ATP Super 9 |
ATP Championship Series |
ATP World Series |
Team events |
January
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
30 Dec | Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard – 8 teams | 2–1 | |||
30 Dec | Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships Adelaide, Australia World Series $303,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Todd Woodbridge 6–2, 6–1 | Scott Draper | Mikael Tillström Jeff Tarango | Andrei Cherkasov Alex O'Brien Jonas Björkman Karol Kučera |
30 Dec | Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships Adelaide, Australia World Series $303,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | Mikael Tillström Jeff Tarango | Andrei Cherkasov Alex O'Brien Jonas Björkman Karol Kučera |
30 Dec | Qatar Mobil Open Doha, Qatar World Series $600,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Jim Courier 7–5, 6–7, 6–2 | Tim Henman | Sergi Bruguera Hicham Arazi | Thomas Muster Petr Korda Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson |
30 Dec | Qatar Mobil Open Doha, Qatar World Series $600,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 6–3, 6–2 | Patrik Fredriksson Magnus Norman | Sergi Bruguera Hicham Arazi | Thomas Muster Petr Korda Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson |
6 Jan | Sydney International Sydney, Australia World Series $303,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Tim Henman 6–3, 6–1 | Carlos Moyà | Goran Ivanišević Albert Costa | Sandon Stolle Alex O'Brien Byron Black Patrick Rafter |
6 Jan | Sydney International Sydney, Australia World Series $303,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 | Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink | Goran Ivanišević Albert Costa | Sandon Stolle Alex O'Brien Byron Black Patrick Rafter |
6 Jan | BellSouth Open Auckland, New Zealand World Series $303,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Jonas Björkman 7–6, 6–0 | Kenneth Carlsen | Marcos Ondruska Jiří Novák | Marcelo Ríos Jan-Michael Gambill Hernán Gumy Alex Rădulescu |
6 Jan | BellSouth Open Auckland, New Zealand World Series $303,000 – Hard – 32S/16D | Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | Marcos Ondruska Jiří Novák | Marcelo Ríos Jan-Michael Gambill Hernán Gumy Alex Rădulescu |
13 Jan 20 Jan | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $3,538,866 – Hard – 128S/64D/32XD | Pete Sampras 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 | Carlos Moyà | Thomas Muster Michael Chang | Albert Costa Goran Ivanišević Félix Mantilla Marcelo Ríos |
13 Jan 20 Jan | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $3,538,866 – Hard – 128S/64D/32XD | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | Thomas Muster Michael Chang | Albert Costa Goran Ivanišević Félix Mantilla Marcelo Ríos |
13 Jan 20 Jan | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $3,538,866 – Hard – 128S/64D/32XD | Rick Leach Manon Bollegraf 6–3, 6–7, 7–5 | John-Laffnie de Jager Larisa Neiland | Thomas Muster Michael Chang | Albert Costa Goran Ivanišević Félix Mantilla Marcelo Ríos |
27 Jan | Croatian Indoors Zagreb, Croatia World Series $375,000 – Carpet – 32S/16D | Goran Ivanišević 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 | Greg Rusedski | Javier Sánchez Thomas Enqvist | Alex Rădulescu Gastón Etlis Martin Damm Hicham Arazi |
27 Jan | Croatian Indoors Zagreb, Croatia World Series $375,000 – Carpet – 32S/16D | Sasa Hirszon Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–3 | Brent Haygarth Mark Keil | Javier Sánchez Thomas Enqvist | Alex Rădulescu Gastón Etlis Martin Damm Hicham Arazi |
27 Jan | Shanghai Open Shanghai, China World Series $305,000 – Carpet – 32S/16D | Ján Krošlák 6–2, 7–6 | Alexander Volkov | Brett Steven Leander Paes | Doug Flach Gérard Solvès Jeff Tarango Jérôme Golmard |
27 Jan | Shanghai Open Shanghai, China World Series $305,000 – Carpet – 32S/16D | Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 | Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido | Brett Steven Leander Paes | Doug Flach Gérard Solvès Jeff Tarango Jérôme Golmard |
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
ATP rankings
Statistical information
List of players and singles titles won:- Julian Alonso - Santiago
- Hicham Arazi - Casablanca
- Alberto Berasategui - Palermo
- Jonas Björkman - Auckland, Indianapolis, Stockholm
- Michael Chang - Memphis, Indian Wells Masters, Hong Kong, Orlando, Washington, D.C.
- Francisco Clavet - Mexico City, Bogotá
- Àlex Corretja - Estoril, Rome Masters, Stuttgart
- Albert Costa - Barcelona, Marbella
- Jim Courier - Doha, Los Angeles, Beijing
- Filip Dewulf - Kitzbühel
- Slava Doseděl - Amsterdam
- Thomas Enqvist - Marseille
- Marcelo Filippini - Atlanta, St. Poelten
- Richard Fromberg - Bucharest
- Magnus Gustafsson - Singapore
- Tim Henman - Sydney, Tashkent
- Goran Ivanišević - Zagreb, Milan, Vienna
- Thomas Johansson - Copenhagen, St. Petersburg
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov - Halle, New Haven, Moscow
- Nicolas Kiefer - Toulouse
- Petr Korda - Stuttgart Masters
- Ján Krošlák - Shanghai
- Karol Kučera - Ostrava
- Gustavo Kuerten - French Open
- Richard Krajicek - Rotterdam, Tokyo, Rosmalen
- Félix Mantilla - Bologna, Gstaad, Umag, San Marino, Bournemouth
- Andrei Medvedev - Hamburg Masters
- Carlos Moyà - Long Island
- Thomas Muster - Dubai, Miami Masters
- Magnus Norman - Båstad
- Mark Philippoussis - Scottsdale, Munich, London
- Cédric Pioline - Prague
- Patrick Rafter - US Open
- Marcelo Ríos - Monte Carlo Masters
- Marc Rosset - Antwerp
- Greg Rusedski - Nottingham, Basel
- Pete Sampras - Australian Open, San Jose, Philadelphia, Wimbledon, Cincinnati Masters, Paris Masters, Season-Ending Championships, Grand Slam Cup
- Fabrice Santoro - Lyon
- Sargis Sargsian - Newport
- Sjeng Schalken - Boston
- Jason Stoltenberg - Coral Springs
- Mikael Tillström - Chennai
- Todd Woodbridge - Adelaide
- Chris Woodruff - Canada Masters
- 16
- 15
- 9
- 7
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- Julian Alonso - Santiago
- Hicham Arazi - Casablanca
- Jonas Björkman - Auckland
- Tim Henman - Sydney
- Thomas Johansson - Copenhagen
- Nicolas Kiefer - Toulouse
- Gustavo Kuerten - French Open
- Magnus Norman - Båstad
- Fabrice Santoro - Lyon
- Sargis Sargsian - Newport
- Mikael Tillström - Chennai
- Chris Woodruff - Canada Masters