1997 RESULTS

QATAR OPEN
Doha, Qatar
Dec 30, 1996 - Jan 5, 1997
Draw: 32 - $625,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Hernan Gumy.....7-5, 6-4
Round 2:Defeated Christian Ruud.....6-2, 3-6, 7-5
Quaterfinal:Lost to Jim Courier.....3-6, 5-7

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1997
Melbourne, Australia
Jan 13 - 26, 1997
Draw: 128 - $4,806,000 (Aus)
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 5

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Geoff Grant.....6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Round 2:Defeated Grant Stafford.....6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Round 3:Defeated Jens Knippschild.....6-4, 7-6(7-2), 6-3
Round 4:Defeated Jim Courier.....6-2, 3-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-3
Quaterfinal:Defeated Goran Ivanisevic.....6-4, 6-2, 6-3
Semifinal:Lost to Pete Sampras.....1-6, 6-7(3), 3-6

DUBAI OPEN
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Feb 10 - 16, 1997
Draw: 32 - $1,014,250
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Tomas Nydahl.....6-4, 6-3
Round 2:Defeated Martin Sinner.....6-4, 6-4
Quaterfinal:Defeated Christian Ruud.....6-4, 6-7(3-7), 7-5
Semi-final:Defeated Jim Courier.....7-6(7-3), 2-6, 6-3
Final:Defeated Goran Ivanisevic.....7-6, 7-6(7-3)

NEWSWEEK CHAMPIONS CUP
Indian Wells, California, USA
Mar 10 - 16, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Adrian Voinea.....6-2, 6-4
Round 3:Defeated Slava Dosedel.....6-4, 6-4
Quaterfinal:Defeated Mark Philippoussis.....6-3, 7-6(8)
Semifinal:Lost to Michael Chang.....1-6, 6-7(1)

THE LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Key Biscayne, Florida, USA
Mar 20 - 30, 1997
Draw: 96 - $2,700,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Grant Stafford.....6-4, 2-6, 6-1
Round 3:Defeated Tommy Haas.....6-1, 6-2
Round 4:Defeated Alex Corretja.....6-4, 6-4
Quaterfinal:Defeated Jonas Bjorkman.....7-5, 6-2
Semifinal:Defeated Jim Courier.....6-3, 6-4
Final:Defeated Sergi Bruguera.....7-6(6), 6-3, 6-1

OPEN SEAT - GODO 1997
Barcelona, Spain
Apr 14 - 20, 1997
Draw: 56 - $950,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Renzo Furlan.....5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Round 3:Lost to Cedric Pioline.....6-7(4), 4-6

EUTELSAT MONTE CARLO OPEN '97
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Apr 21 - 27, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Lost to Fabrice Santoro.....2-6, 6-7(3)

GERMAN OPEN
Hamburg, Germany
May 5 - 11, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Alex Radulescu.....6-2, 6-2
Round 3:Lost to Hicham Arazi.....1-6, 2-6

ITALIAN OPEN
Rome, Italy
May 12 - 18, 1997
Draw: 64 - $2,300,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 6

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated M. Martelli.....6-3, 6-2
Round 2:Lost to Scott Draper.....6-7(4), 7-5, 5-7

INTERNATIONALER RAIFFEISEN GRAND PRIX
St. Pölten, Austria
May 19 - 24, 1997
Draw: 32 - $425,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated S. Grosjean.....6-3, 6-3
Round 2:Defeated Hernan Gumy.....5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Quaterfinal:Lost to Patrick Rafter.....3-6, 6-7(0)

FRENCH OPEN 1997
Paris, France
May 26 - Jun 8, 1997
Draw: 128 - FF28,408,400
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 5

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Mark-Kevin Goellner.....4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-4
Round 2:Defeated Jeff Tarango.....7-5, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
Round 3:Lost to Gustavo Kuerten.....7-6(3), 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6

GERRY WEBER OPEN 1997
Halle, Germany
Jun 9 - 15, 1997
Draw: 32 - $900,000
Surface: Grass
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated David Prinosil.....3-6, 1-0, Ret.
Round 2:Defeated Nicolas Kulti.....6-2, 6-3
Quaterfinal:Lost to Petr Korda.....6-3, 6-4

HEINEKEN TROPHY
Rosmalen, The Netherlands
Jun 16 - 22, 1997
Draw: 32 - $500,000
Surface: Grass
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Karim Alami.....4-6, 2-6

1997 MERCEDES CUP
Stuttgart, Germany
July 14 - 20, 1997
Draw: 48 - $1,040,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Lost to Albert Portas.....4-6, 5-7

GENERALI OPEN
Kitzbühel, Austria
Jul 21 - 27, 1997
Draw: 48 - $525,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Carlos Costa.....6-3, 6-1
Round 3:Lost to Slava Dosedel.....6-2, 3-6, 4-6

DU MAURIER OPEN
Montreal, Canada
Jul 28 - Aug 3, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 3

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Jeff Salzenstein.....4-6, 7-6(1), 6-3
Round 3:Lost to Fabrice Santoro.....2-6, 6-2, 4-6

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE ATP CHAMPIONSHIP
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Aug 4 - 10, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 5

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Fabrice Santoro.....6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Round 3:Defeated Martin Damm.....6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Quarterfinal:Defeated Jan Siemerink.....6-7(1), 7-6(3), 7-6(5)
Semifinal:Defeated Michael Chang.....6-3, 4-6, 7-6(2)
Final:Lost to Pete Sampras.....3-6, 4-6

U.S. OPEN
Flushing Meadows, New York, U.S.A.
August 25 - September 7, 1997
Draw: 128 - $5,512,000(USD)
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 5

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Tim Henman.....3-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 4-6

COMPAQ GRAND SLAM CUP
Munich, Germany
September 23 - 29, 1997
Draw: 16 - $2,000,000
Surface: Hard

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Patrick Rafter.....2-6, 3-6

CA TENNIS TROPHY
Vienna, Austria
October 6-12, 1997
Draw: 32 - $675,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 6

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Hicham Arazi.....6-2, 6-2
Round 2:Lost to Todd Martin.....4-6, 6-3, 4-6

IPB CZECH INDOOR
Ostrava, Czech Republic
October 13-19, 1997
Draw: 32 - $975,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 4

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated P. Kralert.....6-3, 6-1
Round 2:Defeated Paul Haarhuis.....6-3, 7-6(3)
Quaterfinal:Defeated Diego Nargiso.....7-6(4), 6-1
Semifinal:Lost to Magnus Norman.....7-6(1), 2-6, 5-7

EUROCARD OPEN
Stuttgart, Germany
October 20-26, 1997
Draw: 48 - $2,050,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 12

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Lost Paul Haarhuis.....2-6, 7-6(3), 2-6

12E OPEN DE PARIS
Paris, France
October 27 - November 2, 1997
Draw: 48 - $2,550,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 8

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Magnus Norman.....6-3, 7-6(6)
Round 3:Defeated Alex Corretja.....7-5, 6-4
Quarterfinal:Lost to Pete Sampras.....1-6, 6-4, 2-6

SCANIA STOCKHOLM OPEN
Stockholm, Sweden
November 3-9, 1997
Draw: 32 - $825,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 5

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Christian Rudd.....6-3, 6-1
Round 2:Lost to Karol Kucera.....6-4, 3-6, 3-6

ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Hannover, Germany
November 10 - 16, 1997
Draw: 8-man Draw - $3,300,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 9

ROUND ROBIN GROUPS

WHITE GROUP:
Michael Chang, Jonas Bjorkman, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sergi Bruguera*, Tim Henman*
*Bruguera pulled out of the tournament after suffering a lower back injury. He went 0-2 in the round robin before the injury and was replaced by Henman in the match against Kafelnikov.

RED GROUP:
Pete Sampras, Patrick Rafter, Greg Rusedski*, Carlos Moya, Thomas Muster*
*Rusedski pulled out of the tournament after suffering a right hamstring injury. He went 0-2 in the round robin before the injury and was replaced by Muster in the match against Moya.

ROUND-ROBIN RESULTS:
TUESDAY, NOV. 11
Moya d. Sampras.....6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2
Rafter d. Rusedski.....4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Chang d. Bruguera.....7-6(8), 6-2

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12
Sampras d. Rusedski.....6-4, 7-5
Kafelnikov d. Bjorkman.....6-3, 7-6(6)
Rafter d. Moya.....6-4, 6-2

THURSDAY, NOV. 13
Kafelnikov d. Chang.....6-3, 6-0
Bjorkman d. Bruguera.....6-3, 6-1
Moya d. Muster.....6-2, 6-3

FRIDAY, NOV. 14
Sampras d. Rafter.....6-4, 6-1
Bjorkman d. Chang.....6-4, 7-5
Henman d. Kafelnikov.....6-4, 6-4

SEMIFINALS:
SATURDAY, NOV. 15
Kafelnikov d. Moya.....7-6(2), 7-6(3)
Sampras d. Bjorkman.....6-3, 6-4

FINAL:
SUNDAY, NOV. 16
Sampras d. Kafelnikov.....6-3, 6-2, 6-2

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