![]() Pete Sampras finished the year ranked world No. 1 for the fifth time in his career. He won eight titles during the season, including two majors at the Australian Open and the Wimbledon Championships, as well as the Grand Slam Cup and the ATP Tour World Championships. He also won two ATP Super 9 events. | |
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Duration | 30 December 1996 – 10 November 1997 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) ATP Super 9 (9) ATP Championship Series (12) ATP World Series |
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Awards | |
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Doubles team of the year | ![]() ![]() |
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Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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The 1997 ATP Tour was the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP that year. The ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships, the ATP Super 9, the Championship Series and the World Series tournaments.
Schedule
[edit]The tables below summarises the results for the 1997 ATP Tour.
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
ATP Tour World Championships |
ATP Super 9 |
ATP Championship Series |
ATP World Series |
Team events |
January
[edit]February
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[edit]June
[edit]July
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[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]ATP rankings
[edit]Statistical information
[edit]List of players and singles titles won:
Julian Alonso – Santiago (1)
Hicham Arazi – Casablanca (1)
Alberto Berasategui – Palermo (1)
Jonas Björkman – Auckland, Indianapolis, Stockholm (3)
Michael Chang – Memphis, Indian Wells Masters, Hong Kong, Orlando, Washington, D.C. (5)
Francisco Clavet – Mexico City, Bogotá (2)
Àlex Corretja – Estoril, Rome Masters, Stuttgart (3)
Albert Costa – Barcelona, Marbella (2)
Jim Courier – Doha, Los Angeles, Beijing (3)
Filip Dewulf – Kitzbühel (1)
Slava Doseděl – Amsterdam (1)
Thomas Enqvist – Marseille (1)
Marcelo Filippini – Atlanta, St. Poelten (2)
Richard Fromberg – Bucharest (1)
Magnus Gustafsson – Singapore (1)
Tim Henman – Sydney, Tashkent (2)
Goran Ivanišević – Zagreb, Milan, Vienna (3)
Thomas Johansson – Copenhagen, St. Petersburg (2)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov – Halle, New Haven, Moscow (3)
Nicolas Kiefer – Toulouse (1)
Petr Korda – Stuttgart Masters (1)
Ján Krošlák – Shanghai (1)
Karol Kučera – Ostrava (1)
Gustavo Kuerten – French Open
Richard Krajicek – Rotterdam, Tokyo, Rosmalen (3)
Félix Mantilla – Bologna, Gstaad, Umag, San Marino, Bournemouth (5)
Andrei Medvedev – Hamburg Masters (1)
Carlos Moyá – Long Island (1)
Thomas Muster – Dubai, Miami Masters (2)
Magnus Norman – Båstad (1)
Mark Philippoussis – Scottsdale, Munich, London (3)
Cédric Pioline – Prague (1)
Patrick Rafter – US Open (1)
Marcelo Ríos – Monte Carlo Masters (1)
Marc Rosset – Antwerp (1)
Greg Rusedski – Nottingham, Basel (2)
Pete Sampras – Australian Open, San Jose, Philadelphia, Wimbledon, Cincinnati Masters, Paris Masters, Season-Ending Championships, Grand Slam Cup (8)
Fabrice Santoro – Lyon (1)
Sargis Sargsian – Newport (1)
Sjeng Schalken – Boston (1)
Jason Stoltenberg – Coral Springs (1)
Mikael Tillström – Chennai (1)
Todd Woodbridge – Adelaide (1)
Chris Woodruff – Canada Masters (1)
Titles won by nation:
16 (Doha, Australian Open, San Jose, Memphis, Philadelphia, Indian Wells Masters, Hong Kong, Orlando, Wimbledon, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Canada Masters, Cincinnati Masters, Beijing, Paris Masters, Season-Ending Championships)
15 (Estoril, Barcelona, Rome Masters, Bologna, Gstaad, Stuttgart, Umag, San Marino, Long Island, Marbella, Bournemouth, Palermo, Mexico City, Bogotá, Santiago)
9 (Auckland, Marseille, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, Chennai, Båstad, Indianapolis, Singapore, Stockholm)
7 (Adelaide, Scottsdale, Munich, Coral Springs, London, US Open, Bucharest)
4 (Sydney, Nottingham, Tashkent, Basel)
4 (Rotterdam, Tokyo, Rosmalen, Boston)
3 (Zagreb, Milan, Vienna)
3 (Halle, New Haven, Moscow)
2 (Dubai, Miami Masters)
2 (Amsterdam, Stuttgart Masters)
2 (Prague, Lyon)
2 (Shanghai, Ostrava)
2 (Atlanta, St. Poelten)
1 (Newport)
1 (Kitzbühel)
1 (French Open)
1 (Monte Carlo Masters)
1 (Toulouse)
1 (Casablanca)
1 (Antwerp)
1 (Hamburg Masters)
The following players won their first career title:
Julian Alonso – Santiago
Hicham Arazi – Casablanca
Jonas Björkman – Auckland
Tim Henman – Sydney
Thomas Johansson – Copenhagen
Nicolas Kiefer – Toulouse
Gustavo Kuerten – French Open
Magnus Norman – Båstad
Fabrice Santoro – Lyon
Sargis Sargsian – Newport
Mikael Tillström – Chennai
Chris Woodruff – Canada Masters
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 15 September 2023.