US Open 1997

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◄ US Open 1997 ►
Date: August 25th - 7th September 1997
Edition: 117th  US Open
Place: Flushing Meadow, New York
Covering: Hard
Defending champion
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras
Ladies singles : GermanyGermany Steffi Graf
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa
Belarus 1995Belarus 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter
Ladies singles : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Men's double : RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Mixed : NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 1997

The 117th US Open 1997 was an international tennis tournament and took place from August 25 to September 7, 1997 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park in New York , USA .

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras Round of 16
02. United StatesUnited States Michael Chang Semifinals
03. RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2nd round
04th CroatiaCroatia Goran Ivanišević 1 round

05. AustriaAustria Thomas Muster 1 round

06th SpainSpain Alex Corretja 3rd round

07th SpainSpain Sergi Bruguera Round of 16

08th. SpainSpain Carlos Moyá 1 round
No. player Round reached
09. BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten 3rd round

10. ChileChile Marcelo Ríos Quarter finals

11. SwedenSweden Thomas Enqvist retreat

12. SpainSpain Félix Mantilla Round of 16

13. AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter victory

14th AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis 3rd round

15th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Korda Quarter finals

16. SpainSpain Albert Costa 1 round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis victory
02. United StatesUnited States Monica Seles Quarter finals
03. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná Quarter finals
04th CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli 2nd round

05. South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Round of 16

06th United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Semifinals

07th SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 3rd round

08th. GermanyGermany Anke Huber 3rd round
No. Player Round reached
09. FranceFrance Mary Pierce Round of 16

10. SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Quarter finals

11. RomaniaRomania Irina Spîrlea Semifinals

12. United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Round of 16

13. NetherlandsNetherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 2nd round

14th AustriaAustria Barbara Paulus 1 round

15th RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir 1 round

16. United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po 3rd round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
AustraliaAustralia  		1 round
02. NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
NetherlandsNetherlands  		2nd round
03. CanadaCanada Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
United StatesUnited States  		2nd round
04th RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek
Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		victory

05. AustraliaAustralia Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
AustraliaAustralia  		Round of 16

06th ArgentinaArgentina Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
SpainSpain  		2nd round

07th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Andrei Olchowski
RussiaRussia  		Round of 16

08th. South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States  		1 round
No. pairing Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Rick Leach Jonathan Stark
United StatesUnited States  		1 round

10. IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia  		Semifinals

11. SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
SwedenSweden  		final

12. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Neil Broad Piet Norval
South AfricaSouth Africa  		1 round

13. United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
United StatesUnited States  		Round of 16

14th United StatesUnited States Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson
AustraliaAustralia  		Round of 16

15th CanadaCanada Grant Connell Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada  		Round of 16

16. FranceFrance Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
FranceFrance  		1 round

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa
Belarus 1995Belarus  		final
02. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain  		Semifinals
03. United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		victory
04th United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands  		Semifinals

05. LatviaLatvia Larisa Neiland Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		Round of 16

06th IndonesiaIndonesia Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands  		Quarter finals

07th FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance  		Quarter finals

08th. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina  		Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
09. JapanJapan Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi
JapanJapan  		Round of 16

10. United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia  		Round of 16

11. BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands  		1 round

12. United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Anke Huber
GermanyGermany  		Round of 16

13. United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier Kimberly Po
United StatesUnited States  		Round of 16

14th United StatesUnited States Katrina Adams Kristie Boogert
NetherlandsNetherlands  		Round of 16

15th RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia  		Round of 16

16. RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir Iva Majoli
CroatiaCroatia  		Quarter finals

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States  		Semifinals
02. South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Gigi Fernández
United StatesUnited States  		Quarter finals
03. RussiaRussia Andrei Olchowski Larisa Neiland
LatviaLatvia  		Quarter finals
04th CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance  		Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
05. United StatesUnited States Rick Leach Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands  		victory

06th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Cyril Suk Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		Round of 16

07th NetherlandsNetherlands Menno Oosting Yayuk Basuki
IndonesiaIndonesia  		Round of 16

08th. IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Rika Hiraki
JapanJapan  		1 round

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