1997 French Open

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1997 French Open
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Date:  
Edition:   96th
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's Singles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Women's Singles
Croatia Iva Majoli
Men's Doubles
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Women's Doubles
United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natalia Zvereva
Mixed Doubles
Japan Rika Hiraki / India Mahesh Bhupathi
French Open
 < 1996 1998 > 

List of the 1997 French Open champions:

Contents

[edit] Seniors

[edit] Men's Singles

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten[1] def. Spain Sergi Bruguera, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Kuerten's 1st overall title.

[edit] Women's Singles

Croatia Iva Majoli def. Switzerland Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Majoli's 3rd title of the year, and her 9th overall. It was her 1st and only career Grand Slam title.

[edit] Men's Doubles

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek def. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3

[edit] Women's Doubles

United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natalia Zvereva def. United States Mary Joe Fernandez / United States Lisa Raymond, 6–2, 6–3

[edit] Mixed Doubles

Japan Rika Hiraki / India Mahesh Bhupathi def. United States Lisa Raymond / United States Patrick Galbraith, 6–4, 6–1

[edit] Juniors

[edit] Boys' Singles

Germany Daniel Elsner def. Peru Luis Horna, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Girls' Singles

Belgium Justine Henin[2] def. Zimbabwe Cara Black, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Boys' Doubles

Venezuela José de Armas / Peru Luis Horna def. France Arnaud Di Pasquale / France Julien Jeanpierre, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

[edit] Girls' Doubles

Zimbabwe Cara Black / Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina def. Slovenia Maja Matevžič / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik, 6–0, 5–7, 7–5

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Kuerten became the first male tennis player from Brazil to win a Grand Slam singles title. He also became the 2nd unseeded men's singles winner (after Mats Wilander in 1982).
  2. ^ Henin won the 2003 women's singles crown, and would go to win 4 singles titles (in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007).
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