1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Date 3 – 9 March
Edition 25th
Category ATP World Series
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $725,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands
Venue Ahoy Rotterdam
Champions
Singles
Netherlands Richard Krajicek [1]
Doubles
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis [2]

The 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 3 March through 9 March 1997. Richard Krajicek won the singles title.

The singles draw featured ATP No. 5, 1996 Grand Slam Cup runner-up, Moscow and Zagreb titlist and Rotterdam defending champion Goran Ivanišević, reigning Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek and Paris, Stockholm and Marseille winner Thomas Enqvist. Also seeded were New Haven and Vienna finalist Jan Siemerink, Hamburg, Kitzbühel and Marbella runner-up Àlex Corretja, Paul Haarhuis, Cédric Pioline and Petr Korda.

Finals

Men's Singles

Netherlands Richard Krajicek defeated Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)

  • It was Krajicek's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis defeated Belgium Libor Pimek / South Africa Byron Talbot 7–6, 6–4

  • It was Eltingh's 2nd title of the year and the 34th of his career. It was Haarhuis' 2nd title of the year and the 33rd of his career.

References

  1. ↑ "1997 Rotterdam Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "1997 Rotterdam Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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