1997 RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN HARDCOURT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Adelaide, Australia
Dec 30, 1996 - Jan 5, 1997
Draw: 32 - $328,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Mikael Tillstrom.....2-6, 2-6

ESTORIL OPEN
Estoril, Portugal
Apr 7 - 13, 1997
Draw: 32 - $625,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Gilbert Schaller.....2-6, 0-6

OPEN SEAT - GODO 1997
Barcelona, Spain
Apr 14 - 20, 1997
Draw: 56 - $950,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Lost to Magnus Larsson.....6-3, 2-6, 3-6

DOUBLES
Round 1: With G. Dzelde Lost to Lapentti/E. Sanchez.....1-6, 1-6

EUTELSAT MONTE CARLO OPEN '97
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Apr 21 - 27, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 3

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Lost to Christian Rudd.....4-6, 6-2, 4-6

DOUBLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Delaitre/Santoro.....6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Quaterfinal: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Pimek/Talbot.....6-4, 7-6(5)
Semifinal: With Daniel Vacek Lost to Johnson/Montana.....1-6, 4-6

PAEGAS CZECH OPEN
Prague, Czech Republic
Apr 28 - May 4, 1997
Draw: 56 - $365,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Lionel Raox.....7-6(4), 6-1
Round 2:Lost to Marcelo Craca.....6-7(4), 4-6

DOUBLES
Round 1:With Daniel Vacek Lost to Luxa/Skoch.....3-6, 6-4, 6-7(5)

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

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Richard Fromberg.....7-6(4), 7-6(4)
Round 3:Defeated Slava Dosedel.....6-2, 6-1
Quaterfinal:Defeated Albert Costa.....6-3, 6-0
Semi-final:Lost to Andrei Medvedev.....3-6, 1-6

DOUBLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2: With Andrei Olhovskiy Defeated Fleurian/Waite.....6-1, 6-4
Quaterfinal: With Andrei Olhovskiy Defeated Kronemann/Macpherson.....6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Semifinal: With Andrei Olhovskiy Lost to Broad/Norval.....4-6, 4-6

ITALIAN OPEN
Rome, Italy
May 12 - 18, 1997
Draw: 64 - $2,300,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 4

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Javier Sanchez.....7-5, 7-6(4)
Round 2:Defeated Paul Haarhuis.....7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3
Round 3:Lost to Alberto Berasategui.....3-6, 2-6

DOUBLES
Round 1: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Barnard/Davids.....6-3, 6-4
Round 2: With Daniel Vacek Lost to Lobo/J. Sanchez.....4-6, 6-3, 3-6

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

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Dominik Hrbaty.....3-6, 3-6

FRENCH OPEN 1997
Paris, France
May 26 - Jun 8, 1997
Draw: 128 - FF28,408,400
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 3

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Martin Damm.....6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Round 2:Defeated Guillaume Raoux.....7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Round 3:Defeated Cedric Pioline.....7-5, 6-4, 6-7(3), 1-6, 6-4
Round 4:Defeated Mark Philippoussis.....6-2, 6-3, 7-5
Quaterfinal:Lost to Gustavo Kuerten.....2-6, 7-5, 6-2, 0-6, 4-6

DOUBLES
Round 1: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Bergh/Ekerot.....6-1, 5-7, 6-3
Round 2: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Nijssen/Noteboom.....6-1, 6-4
Round 3: With Daniel Vacek Defeated W. Black/Grabb.....6-4, 7-6(4)
Quaterfinal: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Braasch/Knippschild.....4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3
Semifinal: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Eltingh/Haarhuis.....7-6(4), 7-6(3)
Final: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Woodbridge/Woodforde.....7-6(12), 4-6, 6-3

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

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Sjeng Schalken.....6-0, 6-2
Round 2:Defeated Nicolas Kiefer.....7-6(3), 7-6(2)
Quaterfinal:Defeated Michael Stich.....7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3
Semi-final:Defeated Boris Becker.....6-3, 6-4
Final:Defeated Petr Korda.....7-6(2), 6-7(5), 7-6(7)

DOUBLES
Round 1: With Daniel Vacek Lost to Kiefer/Radulescu.....6-2, 6-7(4), 0-6

WIMBLEDON 1997
London, England
Jun 23 - Jul 6, 1997
Draw: 128 - $5,134,709 (USD)
Surface: Grass
Seeded: 3

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Juan Antonio Marin.....6-4, 6-2, 6-0
Round 2:Defeated Javier Sanchez.....6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Round 3:Defeated Jason Stoltenberg.....6-3, 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
Round 4:Lost to Nicolas Kiefer.....2-6, 5-7, 6-2, 1-6

DOUBLES
Round 1: With Daniel Vacek Lost to E. Sanchez/Santoro.....2-6, 6-7(5)

RADO SWISS OPEN
Halle, Germany
July 7 - 13, 1997
Draw: 32 - $525,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Marc Rosset.....4-6, 3-6

DOUBLES
Round 1: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Oncins/Zdrazka.....3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Quaterfinal: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Brandi/Messori.....walkover
Semifinal: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Novak/Rikl.....7-5, 7-6
Final: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Kronemann/Macpherson.....4-6, 7-6, 6-3

1997 MERCEDES CUP
Stuttgart, Germany
July 14 - 20, 1997
Draw: 48 - $1,040,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Fabrice Santoro.....2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Round 3:Defeated Francisco Clavet.....4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Quarterfinal:Lost to Albert Costa.....4-6, 4-6

DOUBLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2: With Andrei Olhovskiy Defeated A. Kratzmann/Waite.....6-4, 6-3
Quaterfinal: With Andrei Olhovskiy Lost to Kuerten/Meligeni.....2-6, 7-6(8), 1-6

GENERALI OPEN
Kitzbühel, Austria
Jul 21 - 27, 1997
Draw: 48 - $525,000
Surface: Clay
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Fernando Meligeni.....6-1, 6-3
Round 3:Defeated Renzo Furlan.....7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-1
Quaterfinal:Lost to Filip DeWulf.....5-7, 5-7

DU MAURIER OPEN
Montreal, Canada
Jul 28 - Aug 3, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 44

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Vincent Spadea.....4-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
Round 3:Defeated Wayne Ferreira.....7-5, 6-3
Quarterfinal:Defeated Thomas Enqvist.....7-5, 6-7(7), 6-1
Semifinal:Lost to Chris Woodruff.....7-5, 5-7, 3-6

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE ATP CHAMPIONSHIP
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Aug 4 - 10, 1997
Draw: 56 - $2,300,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 7

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Chris Woodruff.....7-6(3), 7-6(6)
Round 3:Defeated Marcelo Rios.....7-5, 6-2
Quarterfinal:Lost to Pete Sampras.....2-6, 2-6

DOUBLES
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: With Daniel Vacek Lost to Bjorkman/Goellner.....6-4, 6-7(4), 6-7(2)

PILOT PEN INTERNATIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Aug 11 - 17, 1997
Draw: 56 - $1,040,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Cecil Mamiit.....5-7, 6-1, 6-3
Round 3:Defeated Slava Dosedel.....6-2, 6-3
Quarterfinal:Defeated Tim Henman.....5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Semifinal:Defeated Petr Korda.....6-4, 7-6(4)
Final:Defeated Patrick Rafter.....7-6(4), 6-4

DOUBLES
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Melville/Tarango.....6-4, 1-6, 7-6(6)
Quarterfinal: With Daniel Vacek Lost to Goellner/Olhovskiy.....5-7, 5-7

WALDBAUM'S HAMLET CUP
Long Island, New York, USA
Aug 18 - 24, 1997
Draw: 32 - $303,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 3

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Arnaud Boetsch.....4-6, 6-7(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: 3

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated C. Caratti.....6-2, 6-4, 7-6(4)
Round 2:Lost to Mark Woodforde.....3-6, 4-6, 6-7(4)

DOUBLES
Round 1: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Ortiz/Sa.....6-3, 6-2
Round 2: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Fredriksson/Van Houdt.....4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Round 3: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Johnson/Montana.....1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Quaterfinal: With Daniel Vacek Defeated De Jager/Koening.....7-5, 7-5
Semifinal: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Bhupathi/Paes.....7-6(4), 7-6(2)
Final: With Daniel Vacek Defeated Bjorkman/Kulti.....7-6(8), 6-3

PRESIDENT'S CUP 1997
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
September 8 - 14, 1997
Draw: 32 - $405,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated D. Tomashevich.....6-4, 6-2
Round 2:Defeated N. Welgreen.....6-1, 6-4
Quarterfinal:Defeated A. Stoliarov.....6-4, 6-4
Semifinal:Lost to Marc Rosset.....6-3, 6-7(5), 2-6

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

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Sergi Bruguera.....6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinal:Lost to Greg Rusedski.....7-6, 3-6, 1-6

DAVIDOFF SWISS INDOORS BASEL
Basel, Switzerland
September 30-October 5, 1997
Draw: 32 - $975,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated L. Manta.....6-1, 7-6(2)
Round 2:Defeated I. Heuberger.....3-6, 4-6, 6-3
Quarterfinal:Lost to Mark Philippoussis.....3-6, 7-5(5), 2-6

DOUBLES
Round 1:With Daniel Vacek Defeated Delaitre/Tarango.....4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Quaterfinal:With Daniel Vacek Lost to Braasch/Grabb.....6-7(4), 3-6

CA TENNIS TROPHY
Vienna, Austria
October 6-12, 1997
Draw: 32 - $675,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Lost to Karol Kucera.....4-6, 5-7

GRAND PRIX DE TENNIS DE LYON
Lyon, France
October 13-19, 1997
Draw: 32 - $750,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 2

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Brett Steven.....6-1, 6-2
Round 2:Defeated F. Wibier.....6-3, 6-4
Quaterfinal:Defeated Mark-Kevin Goellner.....6-4, 7-5
Semifinal:Lost to Tommy Haas.....6-4, 4-6, 3-6

EUROCARD OPEN
Stuttgart, Germany
October 20-26, 1997
Draw: 48 - $2,050,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 7

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Andrei Medvedev.....6-0, 2-6, 6-4
Round 3:Lost to Marcelo Rios.....6-7(6), 3-6

DOUBLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:With Daniel Vacek Lost to Kitinov/Pimek.....5-7, 2-6

12E OPEN DE PARIS
Paris, France
October 27 - November 2, 1997
Draw: 48 - $2,550,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 5

SINGLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:Defeated Daniel Vacek.....6-1, 6-2
Round 3:Defeated Nicolas Escude.....6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinal:Defeated Greg Rusedski.....6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Semifinal:Lost to Pete Sampras.....6-7(2), 3-6

DOUBLES
Round 1:Bye
Round 2:With Daniel Vacek Lost to Clement/Escude.....6-4, 1-6, 1-6

KREMLIN CUP
Moscow, Russia
November 3-9, 1997
Draw: 32 - $1,150,000
Surface: Carpet
Seeded: 1

SINGLES
Round 1:Defeated Jonathan Stark.....6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3
Round 2:Defeated Byron Black.....6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinal:Defeated Sargis Sargsian.....6-1, 6-2
Semifinal:Defeated Daniel Nestor.....6-4, 6-3
Final:Defeated Petr Korda.....7-6(2), 6-4

DOUBLES
Round 1:With Daniel Vacek Defeated Novak/Rikl.....6-3, 3-6, 6 4
Quarterfinal:With Daniel Vacek Defeated Jones/Sargsian.....6-3, 6-4
Semifinal:With Daniel Vacek Lost to Adams/Santoro.....6-2, 6-7(7), 0-6

ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Hannover, Germany
November 10 - 16, 1997
Draw: 8-man Draw - $3,300,000
Surface: Hard
Seeded: 7

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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