1997 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1997 Australian Open. It was the Woodies' second and last Australian Open title.

Men's doubles
1997 Australian Open
Final
ChampionsAustralia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde[1]
Runners-upCanada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
Score4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Events
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
WC Singlesmenwomenquad
WC Doublesmenwomenquad
Legendsmenwomenmixed
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Stefan Edberg and Petr Korda were the reigning champions, but Edberg did not compete that year. Korda partnered Pat Cash, but lost in the second round to Neil Broad and Piet Norval.

Seeds edit

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal[1]
                     
1 Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
666
10 Martin Damm
Andrei Olhovskiy
333
1 Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
6756
11 Rick Leach
Jonathan Stark
36271
4 Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith
56465
11 Rick Leach
Jonathan Stark
7267
1 Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
4776
7 Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien
6553
5 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
36263
3 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
61626
3 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
62472
7 Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien
46656
7 Sébastien Lareau
Alex O'Brien
3667
16 Neil Broad
Piet Norval
6345

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde
67
A Kratzmann
M Tebbutt
3661 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde
636
D Flach
TJ Middleton
66 D Flach
TJ Middleton
061
C Ferreira
G Köves
341 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde
66
D Johnson
F Montana
76811 D Johnson
F Montana
11
D Ekerot
J Tarango
6579 D Johnson
F Montana
67
15 J Novák
C Suk
74615 J Novák
C Suk
463
HJ Davids
S Schalken
5641 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde
666
10 M Damm
A Olhovskiy
16610 M Damm
A Olhovskiy
333
B Hansen-Dent
B MacPhie
63410 M Damm
A Olhovskiy
66
N Djordjevic
A Kitinov
67 N Djordjevic
A Kitinov
44
J-P Fleurian
N Pereira
3510 M Damm
A Olhovskiy
566
G Grant
R Smith
668 J Grabb
R Reneberg
743
R Bergh
G Van Emburgh
34 G Grant
R Smith
464
8 J Grabb
R Reneberg
668 J Grabb
R Reneberg
67
J Crabb
T Larkham
42

Section 2 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
4 E Ferreira
P Galbraith
66
C Doseděl
P Vízner
304 E Ferreira
P Galbraith
76
P McEnroe
S Stolle
6616 P McEnroe
S Stolle
54
G Ivanišević
M Rosset
3714 E Ferreira
P Galbraith
66
K Thorne
J Waite
746 S Noteboom
F Wibier
34
B Ellwood
P Tramacchi
6164 K Thorne
J Waite
642
S Noteboom
F Wibier
76 S Noteboom
F Wibier
466
13 D Adams
M Oosting
6434 E Ferreira
P Galbraith
56465
11 R Leach
J Stark
6611 R Leach
J Stark
7267
T Mitchell
G Silcock
0411 R Leach
J Stark
66
M Petchey
A Richardson
66 M Petchey
A Richardson
34
J Frana
B Shelton
2411 R Leach
J Stark
6666
K Jones
S Melville
3666 J Björkman
N Kulti
371
T Carbonell
À Corretja
644 K Jones
S Melville
0r
6 J Björkman
N Kulti
666 J Björkman
N Kulti
2
B Behrens
S Cannon
43

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
5 M Knowles
D Nestor
66
J Eagle
A Florent
435 M Knowles
D Nestor
77
S Draper
B Steven
66 Scott Draper
Brett Steven
6265
T Henman
J Siemerink
345 M Knowles
D Nestor
66
W Arthurs
J Ireland
632912 L Lobo
J Sánchez
43
C Brandi
F Messori
3627 W Arthurs
J Ireland
20
12 L Lobo
J Sánchez
75612 L Lobo
J Sánchez
66
J Fitzgerald
P Rafter
5745 M Knowles
D Nestor
36263
M-K Goellner
D Prinosil
663 J Eltingh
P Haarhuis
61626
G Kuerten
F Meligeni
34 M-K Goellner
D Prinosil
K Kinnear
C Woodruff
76 K Kinnear
C Woodruff
w/o
A Belobrajdic
G Doyle
623 K Kinnear
C Woodruff
04
M Ondruska
G Stafford
673 J Eltingh
P Haarhuis
66
K Braasch
J Knippschild
15 M Ondruska
G Stafford
34
3 J Eltingh
P Haarhuis
773 J Eltingh
P Haarhuis
66
M Barnard
D Randall
6265

Section 4 edit

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
7 S Lareau
A O'Brien
466
B Haygarth
M Mirnyi
6307 S Lareau
A O'Brien
66
S Davis
D Macpherson
66 S Davis
D Macpherson
42
A Gaudenzi
D Nargiso
147 S Lareau
A O'Brien
66
T Kempers
T Nijssen
466 T Kempers
T Nijssen
30
J-L de Jager
C van Rensburg
634 T Kempers
T Nijssen
616
P Albano
P Nyborg
76 P Albano
P Nyborg
261
9 L Pimek
B Talbot
547 S Lareau
A O'Brien
366
16 N Broad
P Norval
7616 N Broad
P Norval
634
M Keil
S Leblanc
5316 N Broad
P Norval
6276
P Cash
P Korda
66 P Cash
P Korda
7643
M Bhupathi
L Paes
3216 N Broad
P Norval
466
G Muller
K Ullyett
6362 B Black
G Connell
634
J Holmes
A Painter
361 G Muller
K Ullyett
52
2 B Black
G Connell
662 B Black
G Connell
76
L Jensen
M Jensen
04

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1997 Australian Open". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

External links edit