1997 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Monte Carlo Open | |
| Champions |  Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
| Runners-up |  Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
| Score | 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 |
| Draw | 28 (4WC/2Q) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Ferreira teamed up with Patrick Galbraith and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana, while Siemerink teamed up with Menno Oosting and lost in first round to Pablo Albano and Àlex Corretja.
Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won the title by defeating Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 in the final.[1][2]
Seeds
[edit]The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 
Daniel Vacek (semifinals)
Ellis Ferreira / 
Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
Luis Lobo / 
Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (semifinals)- David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (quarterfinals)
Neil Broad / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
[edit]| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
| 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 |  Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
| 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
| 7 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
Top half
[edit]| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  O Camporese D Nargiso
| 2 | 6 |  M Barnard F Messori
| 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Barnard F Messori
| 6 | 7 | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 P Albano À Corretja
| 7 | 6 | 8 |  N Broad P Norval
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Oosting J Siemerink
| 5 | 4 | P Albano À Corretja
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Randall J Waite
| 3 | 4 | 8 | N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 6 | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | J Björkman N Kulti
| 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Lobo J Sánchez
| 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Courier M Rosset
| 7 | 6 | WC | J Courier M Rosset
| 6 | 2 | 1d | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Gaudenzi S Schalken
| 6 | 1 | 4 | L Lobo J Sánchez
| 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Ekerot TJ Middleton
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | J Björkman N Kulti
| 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
 J Eagle A Florent
| 6 | 3 | 2 | D Ekerot TJ Middleton
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Kronemann D Macpherson
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | J Björkman N Kulti
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | J Björkman N Kulti
| 3 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
[edit]| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | D Adams A Olhovskiy
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Carbonell F Roig
| 7 | 6 | T Carbonell F Roig
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Johnson F Montana
| 5 | 6 | 6 | D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Medvedev M Stich
| 7 | 1 | 4 | D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Boetsch C Pioline
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | B Haygarth M Mirnyi
| 6 | 7 | 3 | WC | A Boetsch C Pioline
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| w | / | o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  L Pimek B Talbot
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Brandi F Wibier
| 2 | 4 | 7 | L Pimek B Talbot
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  G Kuerten N Lapentti
| 6 | 7 | Q | G Kuerten N Lapentti
| 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 E Couto N Marques
| 4 | 5 | 7 | L Pimek B Talbot
| 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Nyborg S Noteboom
| 4 | 4 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying seeds
[edit]- Brent Haygarth /
Max Mirnyi (qualified) - Clinton Ferreira /
Aleksandar Kitinov (first round) 
Gustavo Kuerten / 
Nicolás Lapentti (qualified)
Nebojša Đorđević / Sláva Doseděl (first round)
Qualifiers
[edit]Qualifying draw
[edit]First qualifier
[edit]| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Brent Haygarth Max Mirnyi
| 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| WC | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Sébastien Graeff
| 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Brent Haygarth Max Mirnyi
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC | Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| WC | Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 |  Nebojša Đorđević Sláva Doseděl
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Second qualifier
[edit]| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| WC | Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC | Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos
| 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti
| 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild
| 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Past Champions". Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
1997 - Marcelo Rios - F. Montana/D. Johnson
- ^ Krastev, Todor (15 April 2018). "Men Tennis Monte Carlo MON - 1997 Winner Marcelo Rios (CHI) 7". Todor 66. Retrieved 25 November 2024.