1997 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

Men's singles qualifying
1997 Australian Open

Main articles: 1997 Australian Open and 1997 Australian Open – Men's Singles

This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1997 Australian Open.

Seeds

1. -
2. Mark Knowles (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
3. Andrey Cherkasov (Qualified)
4. Omar Camporese (Second round)
5. Steve Bryan (Second round)
6. Kris Goossens (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
7. Tamer El-Sawy (First round)
8. Andrei Pavel (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
9. Jens Knippschild (Qualified)
10. Oliver Gross (Second round)
11. Oleg Ogorodov (Second round)
12. Gabriel Silberstein (First round)
13. Lars Jonsson (Qualified)
14. Jérôme Golmard (First round)
15. Martin Sinner (Qualifying Competition)
16. Doug Flach (First round)
17. Shuzo Matsuoka (Qualifying Competition)
18. Justin Gimelstob (Qualified)
19. Eyal Ran (Qualified)
20. Cristiano Caratti (Second round)
21. Alejandro Hernandez (Second round)
22. Filippo Messori (First round)
23. Gérard Solvès (Qualifying Competition)
24. Roberto Jabali (First round)
25. Dinu Pescariu (Qualified)
26. Kevin Ullyett (Second round)
27. Răzvan Sabău (Second round)
28. David Nainkin (Qualifying Competition)
29. Ionuț Moldovan (Second round)
30. Gouichi Motomura (Qualifying Competition)
31. Mark Petchey (Qualifying Competition)
32. Geoff Grant (Qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Lleyton Hewitt
2. Geoff Grant
3. Andrey Cherkasov
4. Karsten Braasch
5. Bryan Shelton
6. Toby Mitchell
7. Alex Reichel
8. Dinu Pescariu
9. Jens Knippschild
10. Jacco Eltingh
11. Fernon Wibier
12. Óscar Burrieza
13. Lars Jonsson
14. Eyal Ran
15. Justin Gimelstob
16. David Caldwell

Lucky losers

1. Mark Knowles
2. Andrei Pavel
3. Kris Goossens

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

External links

• 1997 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation