1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
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The 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam
in the Netherlands
and was part of the World Series
of the 1997 ATP Tour
. The tournament ran from March 3 through March 9, 1997.
The singles draw featured ATP
No. 5, 1996 Grand Slam Cup runner-up, Moscow
and Zagreb
titlist and Rotterdam defending champion
Goran Ivanišević
, reigning Wimbledon
champion Richard Krajicek
and Paris
, Stockholm
and Marseille winner Thomas Enqvist
. Also seeded were New Haven and Vienna
finalist Jan Siemerink
, Hamburg, Kitzbühel
and Marbella
runner-up Àlex Corretja
, Paul Haarhuis
, Cédric Pioline
and Petr Korda
.
Richard Krajicek
defeated
Daniel Vacek
7–6 (7–4), 7–6 (7–5)
Jacco Eltingh
/ Paul Haarhuis
defeated
Libor Pimek
/
Byron Talbot
7–6, 6–4
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and was part of the World Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
of the 1997 ATP Tour
1997 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:...
. The tournament ran from March 3 through March 9, 1997.
The singles draw featured ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
No. 5, 1996 Grand Slam Cup runner-up, Moscow
1996 Kremlin Cup
The 1996 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1996 WTA Tour...
and Zagreb
1997 Croatian Indoors
The 1997 Croatian Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb in Croatia and was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour...
titlist and Rotterdam defending champion
1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 1996 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from March 4 through March 10, 1996.The singles draw featured World No...
Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivaniševic
Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...
, reigning Wimbledon
1996 Wimbledon Championships
The 1996 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...
champion Richard Krajicek
Richard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...
and Paris
1996 Paris Open
The 1996 Paris Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Paris Masters and was part of the Mercedes Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour...
, Stockholm
1996 Stockholm Open
The 1996 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm in Sweden and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour...
and Marseille winner Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...
. Also seeded were New Haven and Vienna
1996 CA-TennisTrophy
The 1996 CA-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna in Austria and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour...
finalist Jan Siemerink
Jan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...
, Hamburg, Kitzbühel
1996 EA-Generali Open
The 1996 EA-Generali Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel in Austria and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour...
and Marbella
1996 Marbella Open
The 1996 Marbella Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Marbella in Spain and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour...
runner-up Àlex Corretja
Àlex Corretja
Àlex Corretja i Verdegay is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open . He won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in 1999...
, Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...
, Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...
and Petr Korda
Petr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...
.
Men's Singles
Richard KrajicekRichard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...
defeated
Daniel VacekDaniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...
7–6 (7–4), 7–6 (7–5)
- It was Krajicek's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Jacco EltinghJacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...
/
Paul HaarhuisPaul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...
defeated
Libor PimekLibor Pimek
Libor Pimek is a former professional male tennis player.Pimek's best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1987 US Open when he reached the 3rd round...
/
Byron TalbotByron Talbot
Byron Talbot , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won seven doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional six times...
7–6, 6–4
- It was Eltingh's 2nd title of the year and the 34th of his career. It was Haarhuis' 2nd title of the year and the 33rd of his career.