ATP Tour 1997

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The 1997 ATP Tour was the eighth edition of the men's tennis tournament series held annually by the Association of Tennis Professionals .

January

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
12/23/96 QatarQatar Doha Qatar Mobil Open World Series Hard court United StatesUnited States Jim Courier NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
AustraliaAustralia Adelaide Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships World Series Hard court AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton
United StatesUnited States 
06.01. AustraliaAustralia Sydney Sydney International World Series Hard court United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Henman ArgentinaArgentina Luis Lobo Javier Sanchez
SpainSpain 
New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland BellSouth Open World Series Hard court SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States 
13.01. AustraliaAustralia Melbourne Australian Open Grand Slam Hard court United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia 
01/27 CroatiaCroatia Zagreb Croatian Indoors World Series Carpet (i) CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević CroatiaCroatia Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević
CroatiaCroatia 
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai Shanghai Open '97 World Series Carpet (i) SlovakiaSlovakia Ján Krošlák Belarus 1995Belarus Max Mirny Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 

February

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
02/10 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai Tennis Open World Series Hard court AustriaAustria Thomas Muster NetherlandsNetherlands Sander Groen Goran Ivanišević
CroatiaCroatia 
FranceFrance Marseille Open 13 World Series Hard court (i) SwedenSweden Thomas Enqvist SwedenSweden Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson
SwedenSweden 
United StatesUnited States San Jose Sybase Open World Series Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras United StatesUnited States Brian MacPhie Gary Muller
South AfricaSouth Africa 
02/17 BelgiumBelgium Antwerp European Community Championships Championship Series Hard court (i) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Rosset South AfricaSouth Africa David Adams Olivier Delaître
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Memphis Kroger / St. Jude International Championship Series Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Michael Chang South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States 
24.02. ItalyItaly Milan Italian Indoors Championship Series Carpet (i) CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević ArgentinaArgentina Pablo Albano Peter Nyborg
SwedenSweden 
United StatesUnited States Philadelphia Advanta Championships Championship Series Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras CanadaCanada Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
United StatesUnited States 

March

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
03.03. NetherlandsNetherlands Rotterdam ABN / AMRO World Tennis Tournament World Series Carpet (i) NetherlandsNetherlands Richard Krajicek NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
United StatesUnited States Scottsdale Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic World Series Hard court AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis ArgentinaArgentina Luis Lobo Javier Sanchez
SpainSpain 
10.03. United StatesUnited States Indian Wells Newsweek Champions Cup ATP Super 9 Hard court United StatesUnited States Michael Chang BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Open World Series Carpet (i) SwedenSweden Thomas Johansson RussiaRussia Andrei Olchowski Brett Steven
AustraliaAustralia 
17.03. United StatesUnited States Miami The Lipton Championships ATP Super 9 Hard court AustriaAustria Thomas Muster AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia 
RussiaRussia St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Open World Series Carpet (i) SwedenSweden Thomas Johansson RussiaRussia Andrei Olchowski Brett Steven
AustraliaAustralia 
24.03. MoroccoMorocco Casablanca Grand Prix Hassan II World Series sand MoroccoMorocco Hicham Arazi PortugalPortugal João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques
PortugalPortugal 

April

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
04/07 Hong Kong 1959Hong Kong Hong Kong Salem Open World Series Hard court United StatesUnited States Michael Chang Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
PortugalPortugal Estoril Estoril Open World Series sand SpainSpain Alex Corretja BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
BrazilBrazil 
IndiaIndia Chennai Gold Flake Open World Series Hard court SwedenSweden Mikael Tillström IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
04/14 SpainSpain Barcelona Open SEAT-Godó '97 Championship Series sand SpainSpain Albert Costa SpainSpain Alberto Berasategui Jordi Burillo
SpainSpain 
JapanJapan Tokyo Japan Open Championship Series Hard court NetherlandsNetherlands Richard Krajicek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
04/21 MonacoMonaco Monte Carlo Eutelsat Monte Carlo Open ATP Super 9 sand ChileChile Marcelo Ríos United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Orlando US Men's Clay Court Championships World Series sand United StatesUnited States Michael Chang United StatesUnited States Mark Merklein Vincent Spadea
United StatesUnited States 
04/28 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague Paegas Czech Open World Series sand FranceFrance Cédric Pioline IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
United StatesUnited States Atlanta AT&T Challenge World Series sand UruguayUruguay Marcelo Filippini United StatesUnited States Kelly Jones Scott Melville
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Munich BMW Open World Series sand AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis ArgentinaArgentina Pablo Albano Àlex Corretja
SpainSpain 

May

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
05.05. United StatesUnited States Coral Springs America's Red Clay Tennis Championship World Series sand AustraliaAustralia Jason Stoltenberg United StatesUnited States Dave Randall Greg Van Emburgh
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Hamburg German Open ATP Super 9 sand UkraineUkraine Andrij Medvedev ArgentinaArgentina Luis Lobo Javier Sanchez
SpainSpain 
05/12 ItalyItaly Rome Italian Open ATP Super 9 sand SpainSpain Alex Corretja BahamasBahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
19.05. GermanyGermany Dusseldorf ARAG ATP World Team Championship World Team Cup sand SpainSpain Spain
AustriaAustria St. Polten International Raiffeisen Grand Prix World Series sand UruguayUruguay Marcelo Filippini United StatesUnited States Kelly Jones Scott Melville
United StatesUnited States 
May 26th FranceFrance Paris French Open Grand Slam sand BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

June

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
09.06. GermanyGermany Halle (Westphalia) Gerry Weber Open World Series race RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov GermanyGermany Karsten Braasch Michael Stich
GermanyGermany 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom London The Stella Artois Grass Court Championships World Series race AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
AustraliaAustralia 
ItalyItaly Bologna XII Internazionali di Tennis CARISBO World Series sand SpainSpain Félix Mantilla BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
BrazilBrazil 
16.06. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nottingham The Nottingham Open World Series race United KingdomUnited Kingdom Greg Rusedski South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States 
NetherlandsNetherlands 's-Hertogenbosch Heineken Trophy World Series race NetherlandsNetherlands Richard Krajicek NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
June 23 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wimbledon Wimbledon Championships Grand Slam race United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia 

July

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
07.07. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gstaad Rado Swiss Open World Series sand SpainSpain Félix Mantilla RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
United StatesUnited States Newport Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships World Series race ArmeniaArmenia Sargis Sargsian United StatesUnited States Justin Gimelstob Brett Steven
AustraliaAustralia 
SwedenSweden Båstad Investor Swedish Open World Series sand SwedenSweden Magnus Norman SwedenSweden Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström
SwedenSweden 
14.07. GermanyGermany Stuttgart 1997 Mercedes Cup Championship Series sand SpainSpain Alex Corretja BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
BrazilBrazil 
United StatesUnited States Washington, DC Legg Mason Tennis Classic Championship Series Hard court United StatesUnited States Michael Chang United StatesUnited States Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
United StatesUnited States 
07/21 United StatesUnited States los Angeles Infiniti Open World Series Hard court United StatesUnited States Jim Courier CanadaCanada Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
United StatesUnited States 
CroatiaCroatia Umag International Championship of Croatia World Series sand SpainSpain Félix Mantilla RomaniaRomania Dinu Pescariu Davide Sanguinetti
ItalyItaly 
AustriaAustria Kitzbühel Generali Open 1997 World Series sand BelgiumBelgium Filip Dewulf AustraliaAustralia Wayne Arthurs Richard Fromberg
AustraliaAustralia 
07/28 NetherlandsNetherlands Amsterdam Grolsch Open 1997 World Series sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ctislav Doseděl AustraliaAustralia Paul Kilderry Nicolás Lapentti
EcuadorEcuador 
CanadaCanada Toronto you Maurier Open ATP Super 9 Hard court United StatesUnited States Chris Woodruff IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 

August

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
04.08. United StatesUnited States Cincinnati Great American Insurance ATP Championship ATP Super 9 Hard court United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia 
San MarinoSan Marino San Marino Internazionali di Tennis di San Marino World Series sand SpainSpain Félix Mantilla ItalyItaly Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
ItalyItaly 
08/11 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis RCA Championships Championship Series Hard court SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman AustraliaAustralia Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström
SwedenSweden 
United StatesUnited States New Haven Pilot Pen International Championship Series Hard court RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
08/18 United StatesUnited States Boston US Pro Tennis Championships World Series Hard court NetherlandsNetherlands Sjeng Schalken NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
United StatesUnited States long Island Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup World Series Hard court SpainSpain Carlos Moyá South AfricaSouth Africa Marcos Ondruska David Prinosil
GermanyGermany 
08/25 United StatesUnited States new York US Open Grand Slam Hard court AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

September

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
08.09. SpainSpain Marbella Marbella Open World Series sand SpainSpain Albert Costa MoroccoMorocco Karim Alami Julián Alonso
SpainSpain 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bournemouth The Samsung Open World Series sand SpainSpain Félix Mantilla United StatesUnited States Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 
UzbekistanUzbekistan Tashkent President's Cup 1997 World Series Hard court United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Henman ItalyItaly Vincenzo Santopadre Vincent Spadea
United StatesUnited States 
22.09. RomaniaRomania Bucharest Open Romania World Series sand AustraliaAustralia Richard Fromberg ArgentinaArgentina Luis Lobo Javier Sanchez
SpainSpain 
FranceFrance Toulouse Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse World Series Hard court (i) GermanyGermany Nicolas Kiefer NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
23.09. GermanyGermany Munich Grand Slam Cup Grand Slam Cup Carpet (i) United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras
29.09. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing Beijing Open World Series Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Jim Courier IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Basel Davidoff Swiss Indoors World Series Carpet (i) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Greg Rusedski United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Henman Marc Rosset
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
ItalyItaly Palermo International Championships of Sicily World Series sand SpainSpain Alberto Berasategui AustraliaAustralia Andrew Kratzmann Libor Pimek
BelgiumBelgium 

October

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
06.10. SingaporeSingapore Singapore Heineken Open Championship Series Carpet (i) SwedenSweden Magnus Gustafsson IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
AustriaAustria Vienna CA Tennis Trophy Championship Series Carpet (i) CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States 
13.10. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ostrava IPB Czech Indoor World Series Carpet (i) SlovakiaSlovakia Karol Kučera Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Novák David Rikl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
FranceFrance Lyon Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon World Series Carpet (i) FranceFrance Fabrice Santoro South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States 
20.10. GermanyGermany Stuttgart Eurocard Open ATP Super 9 Carpet (i) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Korda AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia 
MexicoMexico Mexico city Abierto Mexicano de Tenis World Series sand SpainSpain Francisco Clavet EcuadorEcuador Nicolás Lapentti Daniel Orsanic
ArgentinaArgentina 
10/27 FranceFrance Paris 12th Paris Open ATP Super 9 Carpet (i) United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
ColombiaColombia Bogotá Cerveza Club Columbia Open World Series sand SpainSpain Francisco Clavet ArgentinaArgentina Luis Lobo Fernando Meligeni
BrazilBrazil 

November

Date 1 place competition series Topping 2 Winner
singles
Winner
double
03.11. ChileChile Santiago de Chile Hellmann's Cup World Series sand SpainSpain Julián Alonso NetherlandsNetherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Andrew Kratzmann
AustraliaAustralia 
RussiaRussia Moscow Kremlin Cup World Series Carpet (i) RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Cyril Suk
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
SwedenSweden Stockholm Stockholm Open World Series Hard court (i) SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman GermanyGermany Marc-Kevin Goellner Richey Reneberg
United StatesUnited States 
11/10 United StatesUnited States Hartford ATP Tour World Championship Doubles ATP world championship Carpet (i) United StatesUnited States Rick Leach Jonathan Stark
United StatesUnited States 
11/17 GermanyGermany Hanover ATP Tour World Championship ATP world championship Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras
  • 1 start of the tournament (without qualification)
  • 2 The abbreviation "(i)" (= indoor) means that the tournament in question will be held in a hall.