1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Runners-upAustralia Mark Philippoussis
Australia Patrick Rafter
Score7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw28 (4WC/2Q)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Knowles did not compete this year. Nestor teamed up with Cyril Suk and lost in quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 in an all-Australian final.[1][2]

Seeds

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The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6 6
3 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
2 1
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
7 4 6
7 Australia Mark Philippoussis
Australia Patrick Rafter
6 6 4
France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
6 6 4
7 Australia Mark Philippoussis
Australia Patrick Rafter
4 7 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 4 7
Netherlands J Eltingh
Netherlands J Siemerink
7 7 Netherlands J Eltingh
Netherlands J Siemerink
2 6 5
Q United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
6 6 1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
2 7 6
United States J Waite
Netherlands F Wibier
0 4 India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
6 6 1
India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
6 6 India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
7 5 6
Q Australia S Draper
Australia J Stoltenberg
5 1 8 United States D Johnson
United States F Montana
5 7 4
8 United States D Johnson
United States F Montana
7 6 1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 6
3 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
2 1
3 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
6 6
South Africa D Adams
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
4 4 United States T Kronemann
Australia D Macpherson
2 4
United States T Kronemann
Australia D Macpherson
6 6 3 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
6 7
United States J Grabb
Czech Republic P Korda
4 2 5 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
4 5
Argentina P Albano
Spain À Corretja
6 6 Argentina P Albano
Spain À Corretja
7 4 3
WC Croatia G Ivanišević
United States C Woodruff
6 6 6 5 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
6 6 6
5 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
7 2 7

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
6 4
France O Delaître
France F Santoro
7 6 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
7 6
Zimbabwe B Black
New Zealand B Steven
5 6 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
6 3
United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
7 7 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
6 6
WC Netherlands S Groen
Brazil G Kuerten
4 6 3 4 Canada D Nestor
Czech Republic C Suk
4 2
WC Germany T Haas
Chile M Ríos
6 4 6 WC Germany T Haas
Chile M Ríos
2 5
4 Canada D Nestor
Czech Republic C Suk
6 7
France O Delaître
France F Santoro
6 6 4
7 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
7 6 7 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
4 7 6
WC South Africa W Ferreira
United Kingdom T Henman
5 4 7 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
6 6
Australia J Eagle
Australia A Florent
2 7 3 United States L Jensen
United States M Jensen
4 4
United States L Jensen
United States M Jensen
6 6 6 7 Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
6 6
Sweden J Björkman
Germany MK Goellner
6 7 Sweden J Björkman
Germany MK Goellner
2 3
Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner
4 6 Sweden J Björkman
Germany MK Goellner
4 7 7
2 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
6 6 6

Qualifying

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Qualifying seeds

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  1. United States Kelly Jones / South Africa Byron Talbot (qualifying competition)
  2. United States Kent Kinnear / North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)
  3. Sweden Peter Nyborg / Sweden Mikael Tillström (qualifying competition)
  4. United States Vince Spadea / United States Eric Taino (first round)

Qualifiers

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Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
1 United States Kelly Jones
South Africa Byron Talbot
6 6
WC United States Craig Boynton
United States Craig Lindner
3 1
1 United States Kelly Jones
South Africa Byron Talbot
3 4
Australia Scott Draper
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
6 6
Australia Scott Draper
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
6 6
4 United States Vince Spadea
United States Eric Taino
3 1

Second qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
2 United States Kent Kinnear
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
6 4
WC United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7 6
WC United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7 6
3 Sweden Peter Nyborg
Sweden Mikael Tillström
6 4
WC United States Chris Groer
United States Andrew Rueb
6 3
3 Sweden Peter Nyborg
Sweden Mikael Tillström
7 6

References

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  1. ^ "About - Past Champions". Western & Southern Open. Cincinnati. Retrieved 15 November 2022. 1997: Todd Woodbridge/AUS & Mark Woodforde/AUS
  2. ^ Altavilla, John (18 August 1997). "Doubles Champions on rise in ranking". Hartford Courant. New Haven, Connecticut. Retrieved 15 November 2022. Last week in Cincinnati, they both took a beating from the Woodies -- Bhupathi and Paes in the quarterfinals, Lareau and O'Brien in the semifinals -- as the Woodies won another title.
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