1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | |
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Date | 3–9 March |
Edition | 25th |
Category | ATP World Series |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $725,000 |
Surface | Carpet / indoor |
Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Venue | Rotterdam Ahoy |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Richard Krajicek [1] | |
Doubles | |
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis [2] |
The 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. It was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 3 March through 9 March 1997. Richard Krajicek won the singles title.
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
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