1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Final
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
Score	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	28 (4WC/2Q)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Knowles did not compete this year. Nestor teamed up with Cyril Suk and lost in quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 in an all-Australian final.^[1][2]

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	6
	3	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	2	1
								1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7	4	6
								7	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	6	6	4
		Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6	6	4
	7	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	4	7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	4	7
		J Eltingh J Siemerink	7	7					J Eltingh J Siemerink	2	6	5
	Q	B Bryan M Bryan	6	6											1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	2	7	6
		J Waite F Wibier	0	4												M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6	1
		M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6					M Bhupathi L Paes	7	5	6
	Q	S Draper J Stoltenberg	5	1				8	D Johnson F Montana	5	7	4
	8	D Johnson F Montana	7	6																		1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
																						3	S Lareau A O'Brien	2	1
								3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	6
		D Adams K Ullyett	4	4					T Kronemann D Macpherson	2	4
		T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	6											3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	7
		J Grabb P Korda	4	2											5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	4	5
		P Albano À Corretja	6	6					P Albano À Corretja	7	4	3
	WC	G Ivanišević C Woodruff	6	6	6			5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	6	6	6
	5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	7	2	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	R Leach J Stark	6	4
		O Delaître F Santoro	7	6					O Delaître F Santoro	7	6
		B Black B Steven	5	6					N Broad P Norval	6	3
		N Broad P Norval	7	7												O Delaître F Santoro	6	6
	WC	S Groen G Kuerten	4	6	3										4	D Nestor C Suk	4	2
	WC	T Haas M Ríos	6	4	6			WC	T Haas M Ríos	2	5
								4	D Nestor C Suk	6	7
																							O Delaître F Santoro	6	6	4
	7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	7	6																		7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	4	7	6
	WC	W Ferreira T Henman	5	4				7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6	6
		J Eagle A Florent	2	7	3				L Jensen M Jensen	4	4
		L Jensen M Jensen	6	6	6										7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6	6
		J Björkman MK Goellner	6	7												J Björkman MK Goellner	2	3
		M Damm P Vízner	4	6					J Björkman MK Goellner	4	7	7
								2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Kelly Jones Byron Talbot	6	6
	WC	Craig Boynton Craig Lindner	3	1
								1	Kelly Jones Byron Talbot	3	4
									Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg	6	6
		Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg	6	6
	4	Vince Spadea Eric Taino	3	1

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	6	4
	WC	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7	6
								WC	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7	6
								3	Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström	6	4
	WC	Chris Groer Andrew Rueb	6	3
	3	Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström	7	6

References

External links

• Official Results Archive (ATP)
• Official Results Archive (ITF)