ATP Australian Open 1997 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Pete Sampras won the 1997 Australian Open, defeating Carlos Moya 6-2 6-3 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 13 to January 27, 1997.

Champion
Pete Sampras
def. Carlos Moya , 6-2 6-3 6-3
Dates
Jan 13 — Jan 27
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 27, 1997* F Pete Sampras #1 6-2 6-3 6-3 Carlos Moya #9 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 26, 1997* SF Pete Sampras #1 6-1 7-6(3) 6-3 Thomas Muster #5 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1997* SF Carlos Moya #25 7-5 6-2 6-4 Michael Chang #2 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 24, 1997* QF Michael Chang #2 7-5 6-1 6-4 Marcelo Rios #11 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1997* QF Pete Sampras #1 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 3-6 6-2 Albert Costa #13 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1997* QF Thomas Muster #5 6-4 6-2 6-3 Goran Ivanisevic #4 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1997* QF Carlos Moya #25 7-5 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2 Felix Mantilla #19 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Michael Chang #2 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-1 Andrei Medvedev #36 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Carlos Moya #25 6-3 1-6 3-6 6-2 6-4 Jonas Bjorkman #46 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Pete Sampras #1 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4 Dominik Hrbaty #76 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Goran Ivanisevic #4 4-6 6-2 6-7(7) 6-3 6-3 Christian Ruud #56 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Albert Costa #13 6-3 6-2 3-2 (ret.) Wayne Ferreira #10 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Marcelo Rios #11 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3 Thomas Enqvist #9 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Felix Mantilla #19 7-5 6-2 6-1 MaliVai Washington #23 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Thomas Muster #5 6-2 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 Jim Courier #16 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Marcelo Rios #11 4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 6-1 Gilbert Schaller #96 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Felix Mantilla #19 6-3 1-6 7-6(4) 6-4 Arnaud Boetsch #32 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Andrei Medvedev #36 6-1 6-4 6-1 Dennis van Scheppingen #109 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 MaliVai Washington #23 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 Todd Woodbridge #33 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Wayne Ferreira #10 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1 Renzo Furlan #40 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Goran Ivanisevic #4 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 Chris Woodruff #42 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Jonas Bjorkman #46 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 Karsten Braasch #488 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Michael Chang #2 6-1 7-6(3) 6-3 Tim Henman #14 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Dominik Hrbaty #76 6-3 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 2-0 (ret.) Alberto Berasategui #21 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Christian Ruud #56 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(5) Neville Godwin #107 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Pete Sampras #1 6-1 6-0 6-1 Mark Woodforde #28 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Albert Costa #13 6-4 6-2 7-5 Scott Draper #83 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Jim Courier #16 6-1 7-6(3) 6-3 Jeff Tarango #93 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Thomas Muster #5 6-4 7-6(2) 6-3 Jens Knippschild #136 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Thomas Enqvist #9 7-6(8) 7-5 6-2 Sergi Bruguera #64 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Carlos Moya #25 6-2 6-2 6-2 Bernd Karbacher #59 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Felix Mantilla #19 6-2 6-4 6-0 Fernando Meligeni #94 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Jonas Bjorkman #46 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1 Marc Kevin Goellner #49 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Albert Costa #13 6-1 7-6(2) 7-6(0) Jan Kroslak — Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Dennis van Scheppingen #109 6-2 6-2 6-2 Eyal Ran #152 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Arnaud Boetsch #32 6-4 6-4 6-1 Lionel Roux #98 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Gilbert Schaller #96 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 Alex Corretja #26 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Todd Woodbridge #33 6-3 6-3 7-6(5) Stephane Simian #91 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Neville Godwin #107 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 6-0 Gustavo Kuerten #89 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Jim Courier #16 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-4 Slava Dosedel #67 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Wayne Ferreira #10 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-1 Javier Frana #110 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Michael Chang #2 6-2 7-5 6-1 Richey Reneberg #31 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Jens Knippschild #136 6-2 7-6(5) 7-5 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #111 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Jeff Tarango #93 6-4 6-1 6-1 Marc Rosset #24 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Alberto Berasategui #21 6-3 7-5 6-4 Tomas Carbonell #75 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Karsten Braasch #488 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4 6-4 Magnus Gustafsson #17 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Chris Woodruff #42 6-2 7-6(6) 6-2 Jiri Novak #69 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 MaliVai Washington #23 6-1 6-0 6-2 Sargis Sargsian #100 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Renzo Furlan #40 7-6(1) 6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(4) Peter Tramacchi #238 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Pete Sampras #1 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 Adrian Voinea #48 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Scott Draper #83 7-6(5) 7-5 6-0 Filip Dewulf #92 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Sergi Bruguera #64 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(0) Magnus Larsson #43 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Thomas Enqvist #9 6-4 6-4 7-5 Richard Fromberg #86 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Christian Ruud #56 6-2 6-2 6-2 Leander Paes #126 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Marcelo Rios #11 6-0 6-4 6-2 Michael Joyce — Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Carlos Moya #25 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-1 Patrick McEnroe #229 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Goran Ivanisevic #4 6-4 6-2 6-2 Karol Kucera #60 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Mark Woodforde #28 6-0 6-1 7-5 Hernan Gumy #45 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Thomas Muster #5 6-3 6-2 6-2 Grant Stafford #78 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Andrei Medvedev #36 4-6 6-1 6-2 4-6 9-7 Michael Stich #20 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Dominik Hrbaty #76 6-2 6-1 6-2 Nicklas Kulti #70 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Tim Henman #14 6-3 6-3 6-4 Guillaume Raoux #82 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Bernd Karbacher #59 6-3 6-2 7-6(5) Thomas Johansson #63 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Eyal Ran #152 6-3 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 Justin Gimelstob #150 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Filip Dewulf #92 6-4 6-2 7-5 Fernon Wibier #159 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jan Kroslak 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 Andrea Gaudenzi #58 — Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Gustavo Kuerten #89 7-5 7-6(9) 3-6 6-4 Mikael Tillstrom #41 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Fernando Meligeni #94 5-7 1-6 6-1 7-5 9-7 David Prinosil #44 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Lionel Roux #98 1-6 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 13-11 Jonathan Stark #65 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jonas Bjorkman #46 1-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 Bohdan Ulihrach #39 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Chris Woodruff #42 6-4 6-1 6-1 Magnus Norman #87 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Michael Stich #20 6-3 6-2 6-2 Patrik Fredriksson #84 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Alex Corretja #26 7-6(2) 6-0 6-2 Toby Mitchell #669 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Javier Frana #110 6-4 6-4 6-3 Pat Cash #763 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Albert Costa #13 7-5 6-2 7-5 Patrick Rafter #54 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Mark Woodforde #28 6-4 6-4 7-5 Michael Tebbutt #134 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Hernan Gumy #45 6-4 6-4 6-4 Orlin Stanoytchev #117 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Dominik Hrbaty #76 1-6 7-5 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1 Sandon Stolle #50 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Magnus Gustafsson #17 6-7(2) 6-3 7-5 6-1 Grant Doyle #235 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Michael Chang #2 6-0 6-3 6-1 Kris Goossens #131 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Sergi Bruguera #64 6-3 6-4 6-3 Lleyton Hewitt H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Pete Sampras #1 6-2 6-4 6-2 Dinu Pescariu #169 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Adrian Voinea #48 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-4 Hendrik Dreekmann #47 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Karsten Braasch #488 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 Alex Obrien — Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jiri Novak #69 6-3 6-3 6-2 Lars Jonsson #140 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Sargis Sargsian #100 7-6(6) 7-5 4-6 6-2 Marcos Ondruska #88 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jim Courier #16 6-7(4) 6-3 4-6 6-1 8-6 Sjeng Schalken #85 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Peter Tramacchi #238 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 3-2 (ret.) Johan Van Herck — Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Goran Ivanisevic #4 6-2 7-5 6-3 Ben Ellwood #173 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Michael Joyce 6-1 7-6(4) 6-1 Roberto Carretero #68 — Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Arnaud Boetsch #32 6-0 6-0 6-2 David Caldwell #272 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Thomas Muster #5 6-3 6-4 6-2 Geoff Grant #186 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Wayne Ferreira #10 6-3 6-2 6-2 Carlos Costa #66 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Bernd Karbacher #59 6-4 7-6(4) 1-6 6-3 Marcos Aurelio Gorriz #105 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Marc Kevin Goellner #49 6-4 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4 Kenneth Carlsen #52 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Felix Mantilla #19 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-2 Greg Rusedski #55 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Thomas Johansson #63 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-7(2) 6-2 Martin Damm Sr — Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Thomas Enqvist #9 6-1 6-2 6-4 Nicolas Pereira #128 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Renzo Furlan #40 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4 Andrei Cherkasov #121 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Tim Henman #14 7-5 6-4 6-2 Andrei Pavel #135 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Richard Fromberg #86 4-6 2-6 7-5 6-3 6-1 Brett Steven #124 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Todd Woodbridge #33 6-4 6-2 6-1 Mark Knowles #114 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 MaliVai Washington #23 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 6-2 Jacco Eltingh #349 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Tomas Carbonell #75 6-2 7-6(5) 7-5 Daniel Vacek #77 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Marc Rosset #24 6-4 7-6(7) 6-1 Javier Sanchez #38 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Gilbert Schaller #96 6-4 6-3 6-2 Alexander Reichel #215 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jens Knippschild #136 6-2 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-3 Sebastien Lareau #112 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Magnus Larsson #43 6-3 6-3 7-6(3) Juan Albert Viloca Puig — Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Patrick McEnroe #229 7-6(4) 6-2 6-4 Andrei Olhovskiy #90 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Marcelo Rios #11 7-6(4) 6-3 6-3 Petr Korda #34 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jeff Tarango #93 2-6 7-6(1) 7-6(2) 6-2 Bryan Shelton #192 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Andrei Medvedev #36 7-5 6-2 6-2 Thierry Champion #106 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Grant Stafford #78 6-0 6-1 3-0 (ret.) Jordi Burillo #97 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Nicklas Kulti #70 6-4 6-2 6-4 Karim Alami #62 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Dennis van Scheppingen #109 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-4 Byron Black #57 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Neville Godwin #107 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-1 Andrei Chesnokov #73 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Carlos Moya #25 5-7 7-6(4) 2-6 6-1 6-4 Boris Becker #6 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Slava Dosedel #67 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4 Guy Forget #61 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Richey Reneberg #31 2-2 (ret.) Oscar Burrieza — Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Stephane Simian #91 6-4 6-2 6-4 Galo Blanco #95 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Alberto Berasategui #21 6-1 6-2 6-4 Todd Larkham #250 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Guillaume Raoux #82 7-6(3) 6-2 6-2 Daniel Nestor #108 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Scott Draper #83 6-2 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 Alex Radulescu #72 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Karol Kucera #60 6-1 2-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 Paul Haarhuis #27 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #111 7-5 6-0 6-3 Hicham Arazi #71 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Christian Ruud #56 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-2 10-8 Jan Siemerink #18 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Leander Paes #126 6-4 6-3 6-4 Jaymon Crabb #364 H2H Match data

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