# Italian Open 1997

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/italian-open?season=1997
Tour: ATP

Alex Corretja won the 1997 Italian Open, defeating Marcelo Rios 7-5 7-5 6-3 in the final. The Masters 1000 event was played on clay courts in Rome, Italy, from May 12 to May 19, 1997. The match log contains 63 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Italian Open, officially the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, is the combined ATP and WTA event staged at Rome's Foro Italico.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Rome Masters, Rome Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Italian International Championships
- Category: Masters 1000
- Surface: clay
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Start date: 1997-05-12
- End date: 1997-05-19

## Champion
- Winner: Alex Corretja
- Runner-up: Marcelo Rios
- Final score: 7-5 7-5 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Alex Corretja d. Marcelo Rios 7-5 7-5 6-3

### SF
- Marcelo Rios d. Alberto Berasategui 6-3 3-6 6-1
- Alex Corretja d. Goran Ivanisevic 7-6(5) 7-6(4)

### QF
- Goran Ivanisevic d. Scott Draper 6-4 6-4
- Marcelo Rios d. Jim Courier 6-3 3-6 7-6(4)
- Alex Corretja d. Karim Alami 4-6 7-5 6-3
- Alberto Berasategui d. Marc Kevin Goellner 7-5 7-5

### R16
- Jim Courier d. Marc Rosset 7-6(5) 6-3
- Goran Ivanisevic d. Boris Becker 7-6(7) 6-3
- Marc Kevin Goellner d. Albert Costa 6-4 3-6 6-4
- Scott Draper d. Davide Scala 7-5 6-2
- Alex Corretja d. Carlos Moya 6-4 6-4
- Marcelo Rios d. Magnus Larsson 4-6 7-5 6-4
- Alberto Berasategui d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3 6-2
- Karim Alami d. Sergi Bruguera 3-6 6-2 7-5

### R32
- Marcelo Rios d. Fabrice Santoro 6-2 6-2
- Karim Alami d. Chris Woodruff 6-0 6-4
- Goran Ivanisevic d. Christian Ruud 6-2 6-2
- Alex Corretja d. Arnaud Boetsch 6-2 6-3
- Marc Kevin Goellner d. Richard Krajicek 7-6(6) 7-6(1)
- Jim Courier d. Albert Portas 7-6(5) 6-2
- Alberto Berasategui d. Patrick Rafter 3-6 6-4 7-5
- Magnus Larsson d. Thomas Johansson 7-6(4) 6-3
- Scott Draper d. Thomas Muster 7-6(4) 5-7 7-5
- Carlos Moya d. Tommy Haas 6-4 6-2
- Marc Rosset d. Emilio Benfele Alvarez 7-5 6-7(3) 6-3
- Sergi Bruguera d. Hernan Gumy 6-1 6-4
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Paul Haarhuis 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3
- Davide Scala d. Tim Henman 1-6 6-3 6-4
- Boris Becker d. Cedric Pioline 6-4 7-5
- Albert Costa d. Jan Siemerink 6-4 6-2

### R64
- Fabrice Santoro d. Renzo Furlan 6-4 6-1
- Alex Corretja d. Hicham Arazi 6-0 6-3
- Richard Krajicek d. Diego Nargiso 7-5 6-3
- Marcelo Rios d. Omar Camporese 6-3 7-5
- Albert Portas d. Greg Rusedski 7-6(7) 7-6(4)
- Goran Ivanisevic d. Mark Woodforde 6-2 6-7(8) 6-4
- Karim Alami d. Mark Philippoussis 6-2 6-0
- Jim Courier d. Pete Sampras 7-6(5) 6-4
- Chris Woodruff d. David Prinosil 6-3 6-2
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Javier Sanchez 7-5 7-6(5)
- Thomas Muster d. Marzio Martelli 6-3 6-2
- Magnus Larsson d. Wayne Ferreira 4-6 7-5 7-6(5)
- Sergi Bruguera d. Sandon Stolle 6-1 6-4
- Cedric Pioline d. Byron Black 6-4 6-3
- Jan Siemerink d. Jeff Tarango 7-5 6-3
- Albert Costa d. Alex Radulescu 7-5 6-2
- Boris Becker d. Andrea Gaudenzi 7-6(3) 6-2
- Carlos Moya d. Stefano Pescosolido 6-4 6-4
- Thomas Johansson d. Davide Sanguinetti 5-7 6-3 6-2
- Emilio Benfele Alvarez d. Francisco Clavet 4-6 6-3 6-3
- Tim Henman d. Roberto Carretero 4-6 7-5 2-0 RET
- Hernan Gumy d. Michael Chang 6-3 6-2
- Marc Kevin Goellner d. Jonathan Stark 7-6(4) 6-4
- Tommy Haas d. Magnus Gustafsson 3-6 6-4 7-5
- Davide Scala d. Daniele Musa 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(4)
- Alberto Berasategui d. Daniel Vacek 6-3 6-4
- Christian Ruud d. Frederik Fetterlein 6-4 7-5
- Patrick Rafter d. Felix Mantilla 6-1 3-6 6-4
- Scott Draper d. Andrei Medvedev 7-5 6-3
- Arnaud Boetsch d. Alex Obrien 7-6(4) 6-4
- Marc Rosset d. Jerome Golmard 7-5 6-4
- Paul Haarhuis d. Todd Woodbridge 7-5 6-1

## Stats
- Total matches: 63
- Players: 64

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