NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1997 French Open

List of the 1997 French Open Champions: The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ...

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1 Men's Singles

2 Women's Singles

3 Men's Doubles

4 Women's Doubles

5 Mixed Doubles

Men's Singles

Gustavo Kuerten* (BRA) d. Sergi Bruguera (ESP), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Gustavo Kuerten (born September 10, 1976 in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina) is a professional tennis player from Brazil. ... Sergi Bruguera (born on January 16, 1971, in Barcelona, Spain) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. ...

Women's Singles

Iva Majoli (CRO) d. Martina Hingis (SUI), 6-4, 6-2 Iva Majoli (born August 12, 1977) is a professional tennis player from Zagreb, Croatia. ... Hingis at the 1995 US Open Martina Hingis, originally Martina Hingisová Molitorová (September 30, 1980–), is an accomplished professional tennis player from Switzerland. ...

Men's Doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)/Daniel Vacek (CZE) d. Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde (AUS), 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников) (yehv-GYEH-nee kah-FYELL-nee-koff) (born February 18, 1974), former number-one tennis player from Russia, was born in Sochi in the RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). ... Todd Woodbridge (born April 2, 1971, Sydney, Australia) is a professional tennis player from Australia. ... Mark Woodforde (born 23 September 1965) was a professional tennis player from Australia. ...

Women's Doubles

Gigi Fernandez (USA)/Natalia Zvereva (BLR) d. Mary Joe Fernandez/Lisa Raymond (USA), 6-2, 6-3 Beatriz Fernández (born 1966), better known as Gigi Fernández, is a Puerto Rican former tennis player. ... Natalya Natasha Zvereva (Belarusian: Натальля Зьверава, Russian: Наташа Зверева; born April 16, 1971) is a tennis player from Belarus. ... Mary Joe Fernández (born August 19, 1971) is a former Dominican Republic-born American professional tennis player. ...

Mixed Doubles

Rika Hiraki (JPN)/Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born June 7, 1974, Madras, India) is a professional tennis player from India. ...

1. * Kuerten became the second unseeded men's singles winner (Mats Wilander in 1982)

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