ATP Australian Open 1997 Draw, Results & Schedule

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. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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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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Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

Australian Open 1997 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Pete Sampras #1CH 6-2 6-3 6-3 Carlos Moya #9 H2H Match data Jan 27, 1997* F
SF (2)
Pete Sampras #1CH 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 Jan 26, 1997* SF
QF (4)
Michael Chang #2 7-5 6-1 6-4 Marcelo Rios #11 H2H Match data Jan 24, 1997* QF
Pete Sampras #1CH 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 Jan 24, 1997* QF
R16 (8)
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 #1CH 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 #162× CH H2H Match data Jan 22, 1997* R16
R32 (16)
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 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 #1CH 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 #162× CH 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 Jan 19, 1997* R32
R64 (32)
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 H2H 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 #162× CH 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 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 #1CH 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 Jan 17, 1997* R64
R128 (64)
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 H2H 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 #1CH 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 #162× CH 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 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 #6DEF · 2× H2H Match data Jan 15, 1997* R128 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Jan 15, 1997* R128

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