ATP US Open 1997 Draw, Results & Schedule

Patrick Rafter won the 1997 US Open, defeating Greg Rusedski 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 25 to September 8, 1997. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
Patrick Rafter
def. Greg Rusedski , 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5
Dates
Aug 25 — Sep 8
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Results

US Open 1997 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Patrick Rafter #3 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5 Greg Rusedski #11 H2H Match data Sep 8, 1997* F
SF (2)
Greg Rusedski #20 6-1 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-5 Jonas Bjorkman #17 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1997* SF
Patrick Rafter #14 6-3 6-3 6-4 Michael Chang #2 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1997* SF
QF (4)
Patrick Rafter #14 7-6(4) 6-4 6-2 Magnus Larsson #30 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1997* QF
Greg Rusedski #20 7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(6) Richard Krajicek #18 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1997* QF
Michael Chang #2 7-5 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-3 Marcelo Rios #10 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1997* QF
Jonas Bjorkman #17 7-6(3) 6-2 1-0 (ret.) Petr Korda #16 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1997* QF
R16 (8)
Petr Korda #16 6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(3) Pete Sampras #1DEF · 4× H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Richard Krajicek #18 7-5 6-3 6-4 Felix Mantilla #12 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16
Patrick Rafter #14 6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 Andre Agassi #63CH H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16
Michael Chang #2 6-3 0-6 5-7 7-5 6-1 Cedric Pioline #23 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16
Magnus Larsson #30 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 Wayne Ferreira #55 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16
Marcelo Rios #10 7-5 6-2 6-4 Sergi Bruguera #8 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16
Greg Rusedski #20 7-6(2) 6-2 6-2 Daniel Vacek #83 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16
Jonas Bjorkman #17 6-3 6-3 1-6 7-6(6) Scott Draper #66 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1997* R16
R32 (16)
Andre Agassi #63CH 6-2 6-2 6-4 Mark Woodforde #43 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Daniel Vacek #83 7-6(4) 7-5 6-2 Mark Philippoussis #19 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Michael Chang #2 6-1 6-3 7-5 Sargis Sargsian #72 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Felix Mantilla #12 6-7(1) 6-2 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 John Van Lottum — Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Cedric Pioline #23 3-6 7-6 1-6 6-3 6-4 Leander Paes #110 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Greg Rusedski #20 7-6(5) 6-3 6-1 Jens Knippschild #100 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Jonas Bjorkman #17 6-3 6-1 7-5 Gustavo Kuerten #9 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Wayne Ferreira #55 5-7 7-6(3) 6-3 6-0 Justin Gimelstob #89 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Richard Krajicek #18 (w/o) Alex Corretja #7 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Pete Sampras #1DEF · 4× 6-3 6-4 6-4 Alex Radulescu #81 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Scott Draper #66 7-6(6) 3-6 2-6 6-4 6-4 Jeff Tarango #51 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Magnus Larsson #30 6-2 6-4 6-3 Fernando Meligeni #80 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Marcelo Rios #10 6-4 3-6 6-3 1-6 6-1 Tommy Haas #78 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Petr Korda #16 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 Martin Damm Sr — Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Patrick Rafter #14 6-1 6-1 6-2 Lionel Roux #82 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Sergi Bruguera #8 6-1 6-4 5-7 3-6 6-4 Hernan Gumy #69 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
R64 (32)
Scott Draper #66 7-5 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3 Jiri Novak #53 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Sergi Bruguera #8 6-4 6-2 7-6(3) Grant Stafford #70 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Jonas Bjorkman #17 7-5 6-4 6-0 Todd Martin #62 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Petr Korda #16 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5) Marzio Martelli #104 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Martin Damm Sr 6-4 6-4 3-6 7-6(4) Brett Steven #60 — Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Alex Corretja #7 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-4 Bohdan Ulihrach #36 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Lionel Roux #82 7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-7(3) 6-4 Paul Haarhuis #73 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Mark Philippoussis #19 7-6(5) 6-2 1-0 (ret.) Jerome Golmard #119 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Wayne Ferreira #55 6-3 6-2 6-4 Tim Henman #21 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Leander Paes #110 6-4 6-0 2-1 (ret.) Arnaud Boetsch #31 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Andre Agassi #63CH 6-0 6-2 6-2 Adrian Voinea #107 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Felix Mantilla #12 7-5 6-4 6-2 Javier Sanchez #38 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Hernan Gumy #69 7-5 6-4 6-2 Todd Woodbridge #28 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Magnus Larsson #30 6-4 6-2 7-6(3) Nicolas Escude #126 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Mark Woodforde #43 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Gustavo Kuerten #9 6-4 6-4 6-2 Sjeng Schalken #47 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Marcelo Rios #10 6-4 5-7 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) Kenneth Carlsen #92 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Cedric Pioline #23 6-0 6-4 6-2 Nicolas Lapentti #87 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Alex Radulescu #81 3-6 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-4 Richard Fromberg #93 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Pete Sampras #1DEF · 4× 7-5 6-4 6-3 Patrick Baur #338 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Michael Chang #2 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 Jeff Salzenstein #152 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Greg Rusedski #20 7-6(3) 6-4 6-1 Marcos Ondruska #112 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Sargis Sargsian #72 (w/o) Chris Woodruff #29 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Jens Knippschild #100 6-3 7-5 6-1 Dinu Pescariu #91 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Richard Krajicek #18 7-6(4) 6-2 7-5 Marcelo Filippini #42 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Fernando Meligeni #80 6-3 6-4 6-3 Christian Ruud #58 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Justin Gimelstob #89 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 Magnus Gustafsson #45 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Patrick Rafter #14 6-2 6-1 6-2 Magnus Norman #24 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Jeff Tarango #51 6-4 6-7(6) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-4 Guillaume Raoux #64 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Tommy Haas #78 6-4 6-1 6-2 Jan Kroslak H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
Daniel Vacek #83 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2 Michael Sell #239 H2H Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
John Van Lottum 6-3 6-4 6-4 Johan Van Herck — Match data Aug 29, 1997* R64
R128 (64)
Grant Stafford #70 6-4 6-2 6-2 Emilio Benfele Alvarez #98 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Nicolas Escude #126 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 6-1 Michael Joyce — Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Javier Sanchez #38 7-5 6-2 7-5 Albert Portas #35 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Fernando Meligeni #80 6-2 6-2 6-1 Jimy Szymanski #352 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Hernan Gumy #69 6-7(6) 6-3 6-7(9) 6-3 6-2 Dominik Hrbaty #47 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Lionel Roux #82 4-6 0-6 6-3 6-2 6-1 Gilbert Schaller #94 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jan Kroslak 3-6 7-6(4) 6-0 6-1 Alexander Volkov #124 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
John Van Lottum 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-4 Richey Reneberg #59 — Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Todd Martin #62 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jim Courier #25 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Paul Haarhuis #73 7-6(6) 6-0 6-7(5) 6-7(3) 6-3 Galo Blanco #57 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Arnaud Boetsch #31 6-2 6-4 6-4 Albert Costa #15 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jeff Salzenstein #152 6-4 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5 Mikael Tillstrom #76 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Tim Henman #21 6-3 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 Thomas Muster #5 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Richard Krajicek #18 6-4 6-2 6-2 Wayne Black #117 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Leander Paes #110 6-1 7-5 6-4 Carlos Costa #90 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Cedric Pioline #23 6-4 6-2 6-2 Peter Wessels #296 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Kenneth Carlsen #92 6-2 6-3 6-1 Tuomas Ketola #306 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Mark Woodforde #43 7-6(3) 6-3 6-2 Byron Black #65 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Chris Woodruff #29 6-3 6-0 3-6 6-0 Thomas Johansson #33 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Wayne Ferreira #55 6-7(0) 2-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 Alberto Berasategui #26 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3 6-2 6-4 7-6(4) Cristiano Caratti #175 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Sargis Sargsian #72 2-6 0-6 6-0 6-4 6-4 Julian Alonso #61 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jerome Golmard #119 6-4 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 Hicham Arazi #39 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Scott Draper #66 6-4 6-3 7-6(11) Jan-Michael Gambill #219 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Mark Philippoussis #19 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4 Karim Alami #54 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Michael Sell #239 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-5 Cecil Mamiit #177 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Pete Sampras #1DEF · 4× 6-3 6-1 6-3 Todd Larkham #204 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Patrick Baur #338 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-3 Jaime Oncins #153 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Brett Steven #60 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 Juan Albert Viloca Puig — Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Justin Gimelstob #89 7-6(7) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2 Daniel Nestor #189 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jonas Bjorkman #17 6-2 6-4 6-4 Francisco Clavet #50 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Greg Rusedski #20 6-2 6-3 6-3 David Wheaton #121 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Adrian Voinea #107 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 Renzo Furlan #85 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jeff Tarango #51 6-4 6-2 7-5 David Prinosil #44 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Patrick Rafter #14 6-3 6-4 7-5 Andrei Medvedev #22 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Marcos Ondruska #112 5-7 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-3 Fabrice Santoro #41 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Marcelo Rios #10 6-1 6-1 6-4 Luke Smith #464 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Todd Woodbridge #28 7-6(3) 6-3 4-6 6-1 Juan Antonio Marin #97 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Daniel Vacek #83 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2 Laurence Tieleman #339 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Dinu Pescariu #91 4-6 7-5 6-1 7-6(3) Goran Ivanisevic #4 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sjeng Schalken #47 6-4 6-3 6-4 Dennis van Scheppingen #131 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jiri Novak #53 5-7 6-2 7-6(9) 6-2 Davide Sanguinetti #95 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Guillaume Raoux #64 6-4 7-6(2) 6-2 Carlos Moya #6 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Magnus Gustafsson #45 6-3 6-2 7-5 Jonathan Stark #68 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Alex Corretja #7 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Marc Rosset #27 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Bohdan Ulihrach #36 6-2 6-3 6-2 Rodolfo Rake #1002 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Tommy Haas #78 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-4 Oliver Gross #123 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Magnus Norman #24 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 6-3 Karol Kucera #32 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Magnus Larsson #30 6-4 6-2 6-3 Jan Siemerink #37 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Nicolas Lapentti #87 6-4 5-0 (ret.) Andrei Pavel #88 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Christian Ruud #58 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-4 6-3 Marc Kevin Goellner #34 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jens Knippschild #100 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 Slava Dosedel #46 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Alex Radulescu #81 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) 6-1 Oleg Ogorodov #120 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Andre Agassi #63CH 6-1 6-1 4-6 6-3 Steve Campbell #130 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Marcelo Filippini #42 6-2 6-4 6-4 Alex Obrien — Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Martin Damm Sr 6-3 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 Tommy Ho #244 — Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Sergi Bruguera #8 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Michael Tebbutt #167 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Johan Van Herck 6-4 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(5) Filip Dewulf #40 — Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Michael Chang #2 6-3 6-4 6-2 Patrik Fredriksson #103 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Felix Mantilla #12 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 Jason Stoltenberg #56 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Richard Fromberg #93 6-2 6-2 6-7(8) 6-3 Patrick McEnroe #411 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Marzio Martelli #104 6-1 7-6(5) 6-3 Hendrik Dreekmann #67 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Petr Korda #16 2-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4 Vincent Spadea #84 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Gustavo Kuerten #9 6-4 3-6 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3 Geoff Grant #139 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128

Tournament Records

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Most Titles

Open Era singles titles. 3 players share this record.

  1. Jimmy Connors 5 titles

Most Finals

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  1. Novak Djokovic 10 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Jimmy Connors 98 wins

Most Appearances

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  1. Jimmy Connors 22 appearances

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Novak Djokovic #2 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 Daniil Medvedev #3 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Carlos Alcaraz #4 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Casper Ruud #7 H2H Match data 2022 Hard
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