1997 RCA Championships - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1997 RCA Championships was a tennis

Tennis

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the International 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

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. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center

Indianapolis Tennis Center

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in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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, United States

United States

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The singles draw featured ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

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Singles

Jonas Björkman

Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

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Carlos Moyà

Carlos Moyá

Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...

, 6-3, 7-6

It was title of the year, and his overall.

Doubles

Michael Tebbutt
Michael Tebbutt
Michael Tebbutt was an Australian tennis player.He was educated at St Johns Park High School and Northern Arizona University before starting his career as a professional tennis player....

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Mikael Tillström def.

Jonas Björkman

Nicklas Kulti

Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...

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