WTA Australian Open 1997 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Martina Hingis won the 1997 Australian Open, defeating Mary Pierce 6-2 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 13 to January 27, 1997.

Champion
Martina Hingis
def. Mary Pierce , 6-2 6-2
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 Martina Hingis #2 6-2 6-2 Mary Pierce #14 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 26, 1997* SF Martina Hingis #4 6-1 6-3 Mary Joe Fernandez #17 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 1997* SF Mary Pierce #22 7-5 6-1 Amanda Coetzer #14 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 24, 1997* QF Amanda Coetzer #14 6-4 6-1 Kimberly Po Messerli H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1997* QF Mary Pierce #22 1-6 6-4 6-4 Sabine Appelmans #18 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1997* QF Mary Joe Fernandez #17 7-5 4-0 (ret.) Dominique Monami #43 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1997* QF Martina Hingis #4 7-5 6-2 Irina Spirlea #10 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Irina Spirlea #10 6-4 6-4 Karina Habsudova #11 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Mary Joe Fernandez #17 4-6 6-4 6-1 Patty Schnyder #63 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Sabine Appelmans #18 2-6 7-5 6-1 Conchita Martínez #5 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Amanda Coetzer #14 6-2 7-5 Steffi Graf #1 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Martina Hingis #4 7-6(6) 6-1 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Dominique Monami #43 7-5 6-4 Chanda Rubin #20 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Kimberly Po Messerli 7-6(13) 6-4 Lindsay Davenport #9 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1997* R16 Mary Pierce #22 6-2 6-3 Anke Huber #7 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Kimberly Po Messerli 6-2 6-2 Rika Hiraki #86 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Sabine Appelmans #18 6-1 3-0 (ret.) Kristie Boogert #54 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Patty Schnyder #63 7-6(4) 6-1 Magdalena Grzybowska #112 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-1 6-1 Kristina Brandi #148 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Mary Pierce #22 6-0 6-2 Marketa Kochta #182 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Anke Huber #7 7-5 6-0 Natasha Zvereva #56 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Chanda Rubin #20 6-1 6-3 Sandra Kleinova #128 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Karina Habsudova #11 6-3 7-6(5) Shi-Ting Wang #41 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Steffi Graf #1 7-5 6-3 Ines Gorrochategui #98 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Lindsay Davenport #9 6-1 6-0 Tamarine Tanasugarn #66 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Irina Spirlea #10 6-1 6-3 Silvia Farina Elia #36 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Conchita Martínez #5 6-0 6-1 Asa Carlsson #37 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Martina Hingis #4 6-2 6-1 Barbara Schett #34 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Amanda Coetzer #14 6-3 6-2 Magui Serna #108 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Mary Joe Fernandez #17 6-2 6-1 Henrieta Nagyova #38 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 1997* R32 Dominique Monami #43 1-6 6-4 8-6 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Anke Huber #7 4-6 6-2 6-0 Francesca Lubiani #97 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Silvia Farina Elia #36 6-4 6-1 Paola Suarez #62 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Rika Hiraki #86 0-6 6-1 6-4 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #13 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Ines Gorrochategui #98 7-5 7-6(3) Gigi Fernandez #114 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Mary Pierce #22 6-2 6-2 Natalia Medvedeva #93 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Patty Schnyder #63 6-0 6-4 Mana Endo #57 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Dominique Monami #43 4-6 7-5 6-3 Yuka Yoshida #96 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Tamarine Tanasugarn #66 6-4 6-3 Jane Taylor H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 1-0 (ret.) Stephanie De Ville #75 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Marketa Kochta #182 6-0 4-6 6-1 Annabel Ellwood #91 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Lindsay Davenport #9 6-2 7-5 Flora Perfetti #71 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Irina Spirlea #10 6-1 6-1 Joannette Kruger #137 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Conchita Martínez #5 6-2 7-6(6) Adriana Rikl Gersi #100 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Sabine Appelmans #18 6-4 6-1 Ann Grossman #74 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Kristie Boogert #54 6-3 7-5 Rita Grande #69 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #17 7-5 6-4 Yayuk Basuki #30 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Kimberly Po Messerli 6-0 4-6 6-3 Ai Sugiyama #29 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Barbara Schett #34 2-6 7-5 7-5 Alexandra Fusai #59 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Sandra Kleinova #128 6-4 4-6 8-6 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #42 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Chanda Rubin #20 6-2 6-1 Sandrine Testud #40 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Magui Serna #108 7-5 7-6(2) Lindsay Lee-Waters #105 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Shi-Ting Wang #41 7-5 6-3 Jolene Watanabe #78 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Amanda Coetzer #14 6-2 7-6(4) Jana Kandarr #77 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Martina Hingis #4 6-4 6-2 Lisa Raymond #26 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Natasha Zvereva #56 7-6(5) 6-3 Wiltrud Probst #118 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Kristina Brandi #148 6-0 1-6 6-4 Noelle Van Lottum H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Asa Carlsson #37 2-6 6-3 6-0 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 7-6(3) 6-1 Virginia Ruano Pascual #103 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Karina Habsudova #11 6-3 6-3 Nicole Bradtke #132 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Steffi Graf #1 7-5 6-2 Larisa Savchenko #61 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Henrieta Nagyova #38 6-3 6-2 Florencia Labat #51 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1997* R64 Magdalena Grzybowska #112 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1 Meilen Tu #139 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Adriana Rikl Gersi #100 7-6(7) 6-2 Sandra Dopfer #89 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Karina Habsudova #11 6-1 6-2 Silvija Talaja #104 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Steffi Graf #1 5-1 (ret.) Janette Husarova #79 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Yayuk Basuki #30 6-3 4-1 (ret.) Naoko Sawamatsu #39 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Anke Huber #7 0-6 6-2 7-5 Amy Frazier #31 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Lisa Raymond #26 6-2 6-2 Siobhan Drake Brockman H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #42 5-7 7-5 6-4 Tatjana Jecmenica #106 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Larisa Savchenko #61 6-2 6-7(2) 6-0 Evie Dominikovic #347 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Chanda Rubin #20 7-6(2) 6-3 Radomira Zrubakova #90 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Magdalena Grzybowska #112 4-6 6-3 6-1 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #72 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Gigi Fernandez #114 6-4 6-3 Els Callens #47 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Barbara Schett #34 7-6(8) 7-6(6) Nana Smith #83 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Irina Spirlea #10 6-2 6-4 Naoko Kijimuta #49 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Ann Grossman #74 7-5 6-2 Anne Miller H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Henrieta Nagyova #38 6-3 7-6(3) Emmanuelle Gagliardi #116 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Wiltrud Probst #118 6-4 2-6 7-5 Sandra Cacic #135 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Joannette Kruger #137 6-3 2-6 6-2 Dally Randriantefy #113 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Mary Pierce #22 3-6 6-2 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva #16 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Stephanie De Ville #75 6-3 6-7(2) 8-6 Denisa Chladkova #82 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Sandrine Testud #40 6-3 6-1 Elena Pampoulova H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Conchita Martínez #5 6-0 6-2 Miriam Oremans #44 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Francesca Lubiani #97 6-2 7-6(4) Rachel Mcquillan #120 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Natalia Medvedeva #93 6-2 3-6 6-3 Li Ling Chen H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Yuka Yoshida #96 7-5 6-3 Katrina Adams #119 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Flora Perfetti #71 6-4 7-6(1) Katarina Studenikova #33 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 4-6 6-3 10-8 Judith Wiesner #12 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Marketa Kochta #182 4-6 7-6(4) 6-0 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Amanda Coetzer #14 6-2 6-2 Anna Kournikova #67 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Rita Grande #69 6-2 6-4 Angeles Montolio #109 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Rika Hiraki #86 6-4 2-6 6-4 Ludmila Richterova #70 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Paola Suarez #62 7-6(9) 6-3 Karin Kschwendt #55 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Sandra Kleinova #128 7-6(12) 6-1 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #13 6-2 2-6 6-2 Sung-Hee Park #101 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Florencia Labat #51 7-5 4-6 6-2 Anne Kremer #125 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #17 6-2 4-6 6-2 Laura Golarsa #138 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Ai Sugiyama #29 7-6(3) 6-4 Catalina Cristea #81 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jolene Watanabe #78 6-2 3-6 6-4 Jennifer Capriati #24 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Virginia Ruano Pascual #103 6-0 3-6 6-3 Cristina Torrens Valero #94 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Meilen Tu #139 3-6 6-2 6-3 Lenka Cenkova #95 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Ines Gorrochategui #98 6-2 6-1 Bryanne Stewart #498 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Dominique Monami #43 6-0 6-3 Bettina Fulco #134 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Patricia Hy Boulais 6-0 2-6 6-4 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Martina Hingis #4 6-1 7-5 Barbara Rittner #46 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6-4 6-4 Gloria Pizzichini #53 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Annabel Ellwood #91 6-3 6-2 Lori Mcneil #88 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Tamarine Tanasugarn #66 6-3 1-6 6-4 Elena Makarova H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Patty Schnyder #63 7-5 6-1 Iva Majoli #8 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Lindsay Lee-Waters #105 2-6 6-3 6-2 Barbara Mulej H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Kristina Brandi #148 6-1 6-1 Petra Begerow #58 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jana Kandarr #77 6-3 3-6 6-3 Kyoko Nagatsuka #126 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Silvia Farina Elia #36 6-3 6-2 Aleksandra Olsza #99 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Jane Taylor 7-5 4-6 7-5 María Sánchez Lorenzo #130 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Natasha Zvereva #56 7-6(9) 6-1 Nancy Feber #111 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Kimberly Po Messerli 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 Gala Leon Garcia #92 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Magui Serna #108 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5 Miho Saeki #110 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Nicole Bradtke #132 6-3 6-2 Corina Morariu #121 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Alexandra Fusai #59 6-2 6-2 Ginger Helgeson #749 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Shi-Ting Wang #41 6-3 6-1 Linda Wild #32 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Kristie Boogert #54 3-6 6-3 6-4 Nicole Arendt #87 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Noelle Van Lottum 4-6 6-3 6-2 Sabine Hack #48 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Sabine Appelmans #18 6-2 6-2 Helena Sukova #35 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Lindsay Davenport #9 4-6 6-1 6-1 Nathalie Dechy #76 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Asa Carlsson #37 6-3 6-2 Petra Langrova #68 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1997* R128 Mana Endo #57 7-5 6-1 Kristine Kunce #172 H2H Match data

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