1997 US Open – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1997 US Open
Champion	Patrick Rafter
Runner-up	Greg Rusedski
Final score	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

Pete Sampras was the two-time defending champion, but he was upset in the fourth round by Petr Korda.

Patrick Rafter won his maiden Grand Slam title, defeating unseeded Greg Rusedski, also in his first Grand Slam final, with a score of 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5.^[1]

Seeds

Pete Sampras (Fourth Round)
Michael Chang (Semifinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Second Round)
Goran Ivanišević (First Round)
Thomas Muster (First Round)
Àlex Corretja (Third Round)
Sergi Bruguera (Fourth Round)
Carlos Moyà (First Round)
Gustavo Kuerten (Third Round)
Marcelo Ríos (Quarterfinals)
Thomas Enqvist (Withdrew)
Félix Mantilla (Fourth Round)
Patrick Rafter (Champion)
Mark Philippoussis (Third Round)
Petr Korda (Quarterfinals)
Albert Costa (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

15	Petr Korda	6³	2	0	r
	Jonas Björkman	7⁷	6	1
								Jonas Björkman	1	6	6	3	5

								Greg Rusedski	6	3	3	6	7
	Greg Rusedski	7	7⁷	7⁸

	Richard Krajicek	5	6⁵	6⁶
															Greg Rusedski	3	2	6	5
														13	Patrick Rafter	6	6	4	7
	Magnus Larsson	6⁴	4	2
13	Patrick Rafter	7⁷	6	6
							13	Patrick Rafter	6	6	6

							2	Michael Chang	3	3	4
10	Marcelo Ríos	5	2	6	6	3

2	Michael Chang	7	6	4	4	6

Top Half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

1	P Sampras	6	6	6
Q	T Larkham	3	1	3			1	P Sampras	7	6	6
Q	P Baur	4	3	6	6	6	Q	P Baur	5	4	3
Q	J Oncins	6	6	4	3	3								1	P Sampras	6	6	6
	R Fromberg	6	6	6⁸	6										A Rădulescu	3	4	4
	P McEnroe	2	2	7¹⁰	3			R Fromberg	6	4	3	6	4
	A Rădulescu	3	6	7⁷	6			A Rădulescu	3	6	6	3	6
Q	O Ogorodov	6	4	6⁵	1															1	P Sampras	7⁷	5	6²	6	6³
	J A Viloca	6	2	1	2															15	P Korda	6⁴	7	7⁷	3	7⁷
	B Steven	4	6	6	6			B Steven	4	4	6	6⁴
Q	T Ho	3	4	7⁷	4			M Damm	6	6	3	7⁷
	M Damm	6	6	6⁵	6										M Damm	6	3	4	5
	M Martelli	6	7⁷	6										15	P Korda	4	6	6	7
	H Dreekmann	1	6⁵	3				M Martelli	3	6⁴	6⁵
	V Spadea	6	5	6¹	4		15	P Korda	6	7⁷	7⁷
15	P Korda	2	7	7⁷	6

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

9	G Kuerten	6	3	6⁴	6	6
Q	G Grant	4	6	7⁷	2	3	9	G Kuerten	6	6	6
	D van Scheppingen	4	3	4				S Schalken	4	4	2
	S Schalken	6	6	6										9	G Kuerten	3	1	5
	F Clavet	2	4	4											J Björkman	6	6	7
	J Björkman	6	6	6				J Björkman	7	6	6
	T Martin	3	6	6	6			T Martin	5	4	0
	J Courier	6	3	4	2																	J Björkman	6	6	1	7⁸
	J Novák	5	6	7¹¹	6																	S Draper	3	3	6	6⁶
	D Sanguinetti	7	2	6⁹	2			J Novák	5	6⁴	6	3
WC	J-M Gambill	4	3	6¹¹				S Draper	7	7⁷	3	6
	S Draper	6	6	7¹³											S Draper	7⁸	3	2	6	6
	D Prinosil	4	2	5											J Tarango	6⁶	6	6	4	4
	J Tarango	6	6	7				J Tarango	6	6⁶	6³	6	6
	G Raoux	6	7⁷	6				G Raoux	4	7⁸	7⁷	2	4
8	C Moyà	4	6²	2

Section 3

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

4	G Ivanišević	6	5	1	6³
	D Pescariu	4	7	6	7⁷			D Pescariu	3	5	1
	J Knippschild	7	5	6	6⁵	6		J Knippschild	6	7	6
	S Doseděl	5	7	4	7⁷	4								J Knippschild	6⁵	3	1
	F Santoro	7	4	6	2	3								G Rusedski	7⁷	6	6
	M Ondruska	5	6	4	6	6		M Ondruska	6³	4	1
	G Rusedski	6	6	6				G Rusedski	7⁷	6	6
WC	D Wheaton	2	3	3															G Rusedski	7⁷	6	6
Q	L Tieleman	6	4	6	3	2													D Vacek	6²	2	2
	D Vacek	4	6	1	6	6		D Vacek	4	7⁷	6	6
Q	M Sell	6	3	6	7		Q	M Sell	6	6⁵	1	2
WC	C Mamiit	3	6	4	5									D Vacek	7⁷	7	6
	J Golmard	6	1	7⁷	4	7							14	M Philippoussis	6⁴	5	2
	H Arazi	4	6	6⁴	6	5		J Golmard	6⁵	2	0	r
	K Alami	3	4	6	4		14	M Philippoussis	7⁷	6	1
14	M Philippoussis	6	6	3	6

Section 4

First round						Second round						Third round							Fourth round

12	F Mantilla	7⁷	6	6
	J Stoltenberg	6⁴	3	2		12	F Mantilla	7	6	6
	J Sánchez	7	6	7			J Sánchez	5	4	2
	A Portas	5	2	5								12	F Mantilla	6¹	6	4	7⁷	6
Q	J van Lottum	6	6	2	6							Q	J van Lottum	7⁷	2	6	6⁵	2
	R Reneberg	1	4	6	4	Q	J van Lottum	6	6	6
	J Van Herck	6	4	7⁷	7⁷		J Van Herck	3	4	4
	F Dewulf	4	6	6³	6⁵														12	F Mantilla	5	3	4
	M Filippini	6	6	6																R Krajicek	7	6	6
	A O'Brien	2	4	4			M Filippini	6⁴	2	5
Q	W Black	4	2	2			R Krajicek	7⁷	6	7
	R Krajicek	6	6	6									R Krajicek
WC	R Rake	2	3	2								6	À Corretja	w/o
	B Ulihrach	6	6	6			B Ulihrach	5	4	6	4
	M Rosset	6	3	2	2	6	À Corretja	7	6	3	6
6	À Corretja	4	6	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

5	T Muster	3	6³	6	4
	T Henman	6	7⁷	4	6			T Henman	3	2	4
	A Berasategui	7⁷	6	3	1	3		W Ferreira	6	6	6
	W Ferreira	6⁰	2	6	6	6									W Ferreira	5	7⁷	6	6
	J Gimelstob	7⁹	6³	6	6										J Gimelstob	7	6³	3	0
Q	D Nestor	6⁷	7⁷	3	2			J Gimelstob	6	3	7⁷	4	6
	J Stark	3	2	5				M Gustafsson	3	6	6⁴	6	1
	M Gustafsson	6	6	7																	W Ferreira	3	6⁵	3
	C Ruud	6	4	1	6	6															M Larsson	6	7⁷	6
	M-K Goellner	4	6	6	4	3		C Ruud	3	4	3
	F Meligeni	6	6	6				F Meligeni	6	6	6
Q	J Szymanski	2	2	1											F Meligeni	2	4	3
	J Siemerink	4	2	3											M Larsson	6	6	6
	N Larsson	6	6	6				M Larsson	6	6	7⁷
WC	M Joyce	6⁵	6	3	1		LL	N Escudé	4	2	6³
LL	N Escudé	7⁷	4	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

13	P Rafter	6	6	7
	A Medvedev	3	4	5			13	P Rafter	6	6	6
	K Kučera	7⁷	4	2	3			M Norman	2	1	2
	M Norman	6⁵	6	6	6									13	P Rafter	6	6	6
	P Haarhuis	7⁸	6	6⁵	6³	6									L Roux	1	1	2
	G Blanco	6⁶	0	7⁷	7⁷	3		P Haarhuis	6⁵	3	7⁷	7⁷	4
	G Schaller	6	6	3	2	1		L Roux	7⁷	6	6⁵	6³	6
	L Roux	4	0	6	6	6													13	P Rafter	6	7⁷	4	6
	R Furlan	7⁷	6⁵	4	7⁷	3														A Agassi	3	6⁴	6	3
	A Voinea	6²	7⁷	6	6⁴	6		A Voinea	0	2	2
WC	S Campbell	1	1	6	3			A Agassi	6	6	6
	A Agassi	6	6	4	6										A Agassi	6	6	6
	M Woodforde	7⁷	6	6											M Woodforde	2	2	4
	B Black	6³	3	2				M Woodforde	6	6	7⁷
Q	C Caratti	2	4	6⁴			3	Y Kafelnikov	3	4	6⁴
3	Y Kafelnikov	6	6	7⁷

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

7	S Bruguera	3	4	6	6	6
Q	M Tebbutt	6	6	3	2	2	7	S Bruguera	6	6	7⁷
	G Stafford	6	6	6				G Stafford	4	2	6³
	E Benfele Álvarez	4	2	2										7	S Bruguera	6	6	5	3	6
	H Gumy	6⁶	6	6⁹	6	6									H Gumy	1	4	7	6	4
	D Hrbatý	7⁸	3	7¹¹	3	2		H Gumy	7	6	6
	T Woodbridge	7⁷	6	4	6			T Woodbridge	5	4	2
	J A Marín	6³	3	6	1																7	S Bruguera	5	2	4
	J Krošlák	3	7⁷	6	6																10	M Ríos	7	6	6
	A Volkov	6	6⁴	0	1			J Krošlák	4	1	2
	T Haas	6	6	2	6			T Haas	6	6	6
	O Gross	3	4	6	4										T Haas	4	6	3	6	1
	K Carlsen	6	6	6										10	M Ríos	6	3	6	1	6
Q	T Ketola	2	3	1				K Carlsen	4	7	6	1	6³
WC	L Smith	1	1	4			10	M Ríos	6	5	3	6	7⁷
10	M Ríos	6	6	6

Section 8

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

16	A Costa	2	4	4
	A Boetsch	6	6	6				A Boetsch	4	0	1	r
	C Costa	1	5	4				L Paes	6	6	2
	L Paes	6	7	6										L Paes	6	6⁵	6	3	4
	C Pioline	6	6	6										C Pioline	3	7⁷	1	6	6
Q	P Wessels	4	2	2				C Pioline	6	6	6
	A Pavel	4	0	r				N Lapentti	0	4	2
	N Lapentti	6	5																		C Pioline	3	6	7	5	1
	J Alonso	6	6	0	4	4														2	M Chang	6	0	5	7	6
	S Sargsian	2	0	6	6	6		S Sargsian
	T Johansson	3	0	6	0			C Woodruff	w/o
	C Woodruff	6	6	3	6									S Sargsian	1	3	5
WC	J Salzenstein	6	1	7⁷	7								2	M Chang	6	6	7
	M Tillström	4	6	6⁵	5		WC	J Salzenstein	6	2	3	4
	P Fredriksson	3	4	2			2	M Chang	4	6	6	6
2	M Chang	6	6	6

References

↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 464. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

ATP – 1997 US Open Men's Singles draw

US Open men's singles drawsheets

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