# Australian Open 1997

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:7/australian-open?season=1997
Tour: WTA

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: hard
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Start date: 1997-01-13
- End date: 1997-01-27

## Champion
- Winner: Martina Hingis
- Runner-up: Mary Pierce
- Final score: 6-2 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Martina Hingis d. Mary Pierce 6-2 6-2

### SF
- Martina Hingis d. Mary Joe Fernandez 6-1 6-3
- Mary Pierce d. Amanda Coetzer 7-5 6-1

### QF
- Amanda Coetzer d. Kimberly Po Messerli 6-4 6-1
- Mary Pierce d. Sabine Appelmans 1-6 6-4 6-4
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. Dominique Monami 7-5 4-0 RET
- Martina Hingis d. Irina Spirlea 7-5 6-2

### R16
- Irina Spirlea d. Karina Habsudova 6-4 6-4
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. Patty Schnyder 4-6 6-4 6-1
- Sabine Appelmans d. Conchita Martínez 2-6 7-5 6-1
- Amanda Coetzer d. Steffi Graf 6-2 7-5
- Martina Hingis d. Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 7-6(6) 6-1
- Dominique Monami d. Chanda Rubin 7-5 6-4
- Kimberly Po Messerli d. Lindsay Davenport 7-6(13) 6-4
- Mary Pierce d. Anke Huber 6-2 6-3

### R32
- Kimberly Po Messerli d. Rika Hiraki 6-2 6-2
- Sabine Appelmans d. Kristie Boogert 6-1 3-0 RET
- Patty Schnyder d. Magdalena Grzybowska 7-6(4) 6-1
- Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie d. Kristina Brandi 6-1 6-1
- Mary Pierce d. Marketa Kochta 6-0 6-2
- Anke Huber d. Natasha Zvereva 7-5 6-0
- Chanda Rubin d. Sandra Kleinova 6-1 6-3
- Karina Habsudova d. Shi-Ting Wang 6-3 7-6(5)
- Steffi Graf d. Ines Gorrochategui 7-5 6-3
- Lindsay Davenport d. Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1 6-0
- Irina Spirlea d. Silvia Farina Elia 6-1 6-3
- Conchita Martínez d. Asa Carlsson 6-0 6-1
- Martina Hingis d. Barbara Schett 6-2 6-1
- Amanda Coetzer d. Magui Serna 6-3 6-2
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. Henrieta Nagyova 6-2 6-1
- Dominique Monami d. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1-6 6-4 8-6

### R64
- Anke Huber d. Francesca Lubiani 4-6 6-2 6-0
- Silvia Farina Elia d. Paola Suarez 6-4 6-1
- Rika Hiraki d. Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy 0-6 6-1 6-4
- Ines Gorrochategui d. Gigi Fernandez 7-5 7-6(3)
- Mary Pierce d. Natalia Medvedeva 6-2 6-2
- Patty Schnyder d. Mana Endo 6-0 6-4
- Dominique Monami d. Yuka Yoshida 4-6 7-5 6-3
- Tamarine Tanasugarn d. Jane Taylor 6-4 6-3
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario d. Stephanie De Ville 1-0 RET
- Marketa Kochta d. Annabel Ellwood 6-0 4-6 6-1
- Lindsay Davenport d. Flora Perfetti 6-2 7-5
- Irina Spirlea d. Joannette Kruger 6-1 6-1
- Conchita Martínez d. Adriana Rikl Gersi 6-2 7-6(6)
- Sabine Appelmans d. Ann Grossman 6-4 6-1
- Kristie Boogert d. Rita Grande 6-3 7-5
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. Yayuk Basuki 7-5 6-4
- Kimberly Po Messerli d. Ai Sugiyama 6-0 4-6 6-3
- Barbara Schett d. Alexandra Fusai 2-6 7-5 7-5
- Sandra Kleinova d. Anne-Gaelle Sidot 6-4 4-6 8-6
- Chanda Rubin d. Sandrine Testud 6-2 6-1
- Magui Serna d. Lindsay Lee-Waters 7-5 7-6(2)
- Shi-Ting Wang d. Jolene Watanabe 7-5 6-3
- Amanda Coetzer d. Jana Kandarr 6-2 7-6(4)
- Martina Hingis d. Lisa Raymond 6-4 6-2
- Natasha Zvereva d. Wiltrud Probst 7-6(5) 6-3
- Kristina Brandi d. Noelle Van Lottum 6-0 1-6 6-4
- Asa Carlsson d. Patricia Hy Boulais 2-6 6-3 6-0
- Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie d. Virginia Ruano Pascual 7-6(3) 6-1
- Karina Habsudova d. Nicole Bradtke 6-3 6-3
- Steffi Graf d. Larisa Savchenko 7-5 6-2
- Henrieta Nagyova d. Florencia Labat 6-3 6-2
- Magdalena Grzybowska d. Meilen Tu 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1

### R128
- Adriana Rikl Gersi d. Sandra Dopfer 7-6(7) 6-2
- Karina Habsudova d. Silvija Talaja 6-1 6-2
- Steffi Graf d. Janette Husarova 5-1 RET
- Yayuk Basuki d. Naoko Sawamatsu 6-3 4-1 RET
- Anke Huber d. Amy Frazier 0-6 6-2 7-5
- Lisa Raymond d. Siobhan Drake Brockman 6-2 6-2
- Anne-Gaelle Sidot d. Tatjana Jecmenica 5-7 7-5 6-4
- Larisa Savchenko d. Evie Dominikovic 6-2 6-7(2) 6-0
- Chanda Rubin d. Radomira Zrubakova 7-6(2) 6-3
- Magdalena Grzybowska d. Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor 4-6 6-3 6-1
- Gigi Fernandez d. Els Callens 6-4 6-3
- Barbara Schett d. Nana Smith 7-6(8) 7-6(6)
- Irina Spirlea d. Naoko Kijimuta 6-2 6-4
- Ann Grossman d. Anne Miller 7-5 6-2
- Henrieta Nagyova d. Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-3 7-6(3)
- Wiltrud Probst d. Sandra Cacic 6-4 2-6 7-5
- Joannette Kruger d. Dally Randriantefy 6-3 2-6 6-2
- Mary Pierce d. Elena Likhovtseva 3-6 6-2 6-4
- Stephanie De Ville d. Denisa Chladkova 6-3 6-7(2) 8-6
- Sandrine Testud d. Elena Pampoulova 6-3 6-1
- Conchita Martínez d. Miriam Oremans 6-0 6-2
- Francesca Lubiani d. Rachel Mcquillan 6-2 7-6(4)
- Natalia Medvedeva d. Li Ling Chen 6-2 3-6 6-3
- Yuka Yoshida d. Katrina Adams 7-5 6-3
- Flora Perfetti d. Katarina Studenikova 6-4 7-6(1)
- Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie d. Judith Wiesner 4-6 6-3 10-8
- Marketa Kochta d. Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 4-6 7-6(4) 6-0
- Amanda Coetzer d. Anna Kournikova 6-2 6-2
- Rita Grande d. Angeles Montolio 6-2 6-4
- Rika Hiraki d. Ludmila Richterova 6-4 2-6 6-4
- Paola Suarez d. Karin Kschwendt 7-6(9) 6-3
- Sandra Kleinova d. Tami Whitlinger Jones 7-6(12) 6-1
- Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy d. Sung-Hee Park 6-2 2-6 6-2
- Florencia Labat d. Anne Kremer 7-5 4-6 6-2
- Mary Joe Fernandez d. Laura Golarsa 6-2 4-6 6-2
- Ai Sugiyama d. Catalina Cristea 7-6(3) 6-4
- Jolene Watanabe d. Jennifer Capriati 6-2 3-6 6-4
- Virginia Ruano Pascual d. Cristina Torrens Valero 6-0 3-6 6-3
- Meilen Tu d. Lenka Cenkova 3-6 6-2 6-3
- Ines Gorrochategui d. Bryanne Stewart 6-2 6-1
- Dominique Monami d. Bettina Fulco 6-0 6-3
- Patricia Hy Boulais d. Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-0 2-6 6-4
- Martina Hingis d. Barbara Rittner 6-1 7-5
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario d. Gloria Pizzichini 6-4 6-4
- Annabel Ellwood d. Lori Mcneil 6-3 6-2
- Tamarine Tanasugarn d. Elena Makarova 6-3 1-6 6-4
- Patty Schnyder d. Iva Majoli 7-5 6-1
- Lindsay Lee-Waters d. Barbara Mulej 2-6 6-3 6-2
- Kristina Brandi d. Petra Begerow 6-1 6-1
- Jana Kandarr d. Kyoko Nagatsuka 6-3 3-6 6-3
- Silvia Farina Elia d. Aleksandra Olsza 6-3 6-2
- Jane Taylor d. María Sánchez Lorenzo 7-5 4-6 7-5
- Natasha Zvereva d. Nancy Feber 7-6(9) 6-1
- Kimberly Po Messerli d. Gala Leon Garcia 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2
- Magui Serna d. Miho Saeki 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5
- Nicole Bradtke d. Corina Morariu 6-3 6-2
- Alexandra Fusai d. Ginger Helgeson 6-2 6-2
- Shi-Ting Wang d. Linda Wild 6-3 6-1
- Kristie Boogert d. Nicole Arendt 3-6 6-3 6-4
- Noelle Van Lottum d. Sabine Hack 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Sabine Appelmans d. Helena Sukova 6-2 6-2
- Lindsay Davenport d. Nathalie Dechy 4-6 6-1 6-1
- Asa Carlsson d. Petra Langrova 6-3 6-2
- Mana Endo d. Kristine Kunce 7-5 6-1

## Stats
- Total matches: 127
- Players: 128

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