1997 St. Petersburg Open – Singles

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Singles
1997 St. Petersburg Open
Champion Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson
Runner-up Flag of Italy.svg Renzo Furlan
Final score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  1996  · St. Petersburg Open ·  1998  

Magnus Gustafsson was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Contents

Thomas Johansson won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Renzo Furlan.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Germany.svg Michael Stich (semifinals)
  2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Rusedski (second round, withdrew)
  3. Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil (second round)
  4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek (second round)
  5. Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson (champion)
  6. Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Kučera (first round)
  7. Flag of Italy.svg Renzo Furlan (final)
  8. Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Stich 3 1
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson 66
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson 66
7 Flag of Italy.svg Renzo Furlan 3 4
  Flag of Slovakia.svg Ján Krošlák 3 3
7 Flag of Italy.svg Renzo Furlan 66

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Germany.svg M Stich 4 779
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Fromberg 65 671 Flag of Germany.svg M Stich 66 
  Flag of Spain.svg E Benfele Álvarez 7777   Flag of Spain.svg E Benfele Álvarez 4 4  
  Flag of Italy.svg O Camporese 6361 1 Flag of Germany.svg M Stich 66 
WC Flag of Russia.svg A Belov 4 2  8 Flag of Denmark.svg K Carlsen 2 4  
  Flag of Portugal.svg N Marques 66   Flag of Portugal.svg N Marques 4 4  
  Flag of Spain.svg F Roig 4 4  8 Flag of Denmark.svg K Carlsen 66 
8 Flag of Denmark.svg K Carlsen 66 1 Flag of Germany.svg M Stich 3 1  
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek 63 65 Flag of Sweden.svg T Johansson 66 
  Flag of Sweden.svg P Fredriksson 4 62 4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek 3 61 
Q Flag of France.svg O Delaître 66 Q Flag of France.svg O Delaître 677 
  Flag of Russia.svg A Cherkasov 4 4  Q Flag of France.svg O Delaître 2 4  
WC Flag of Russia.svg I Tchelychev 4 2  5 Flag of Sweden.svg T Johansson 66 
  Flag of France.svg S Simian 66   Flag of France.svg S Simian 63 2
  Flag of Russia.svg A Volkov 4 1  5 Flag of Sweden.svg T Johansson 3 66
5 Flag of Sweden.svg T Johansson 66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Flag of Slovakia.svg K Kučera 4 3  
  Flag of France.svg F Santoro 66   Flag of France.svg F Santoro 64 3
WC Flag of Russia.svg A Stoliarov 2 4    Flag of Slovakia.svg J Krošlák 3 66
  Flag of Slovakia.svg J Krošlák 66   Flag of Slovakia.svg J Krošlák 62 7
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg J Winnink 5 4    Flag of Sweden.svg M Norman 3 65
  Flag of Sweden.svg M Norman 76   Flag of Sweden.svg M Norman 1 66
Q Flag of Germany.svg L Rehmann 2 2  3 Flag of Germany.svg D Prinosil 64 3
3 Flag of Germany.svg D Prinosil 66   Flag of Slovakia.svg J Krošlák 3 3  
7 Flag of Italy.svg R Furlan 7777 7 Flag of Italy.svg R Furlan 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg L Burgsmüller 6263 7 Flag of Italy.svg R Furlan 76 
  Flag of Italy.svg G Pozzi 3 4    Flag of Bulgaria.svg O Stanoytchev 5 3  
  Flag of Bulgaria.svg O Stanoytchev 66 7 Flag of Italy.svg R Furlan 5 66
  Flag of Russia.svg A Olhovskiy 5 1rQ Flag of France.svg A Clément 74 2
Q Flag of France.svg A Clément 74  Q Flag of France.svg A Clément w/o  
  Flag of Egypt.svg T El-Sawy 61 4 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg G Rusedski    
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg G Rusedski 4 66

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