1997 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

1997 Australian Open s NED Manon Bollegraf USA Rick Leach LAT Larisa Neiland RSA John-Laffnie de Jager 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 32 8 1997 Australian Open Larisa Neiland and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Neiland competed that year with John-Laffnie de Jager. Neiland and de Jager lost in the final 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 against Manon Bollegraf and Rick Leach. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em USA Lindsay Davenport / CAN Grant Connell (second round) USA Lisa Raymond / USA Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals) NED Manon Bollegraf / USA Rick Leach (champions) CZE Helena Suková / CZE Cyril Suk (second round) USA Katrina Adams / BEL Libor Pimek (first round) NED Caroline Vis / RSA Byron Talbot (first round) n/a NED Kristie Boogert / NED Menno Oosting (first round) Draw Final 3 Final 3 NED Manon BollegrafUSA Rick Leach 6 65 7   LAT Larisa NeilandRSA John-Laffnie de Jager 3 77 5 Top half y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 USA L DavenportCAN G Connell 6 7     RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS A Olhovskiy 2 5   ALT USA A LettiereUSA F Montana 5 0     ROM I SpîrleaUSA D Johnson 7 6     USA G FernándezAUS A Florent 61 6 77   ARG P TarabiniARG P Albano 77 2 63   USA L McNeilUSA B MacPhie 6 6   5 USA K AdamsBEL L Pimek 2 1   3 NED M BollegrafUSA R Leach 77 7     FRA A FusaiRSA D Adams 64 5     NED M OremansNED H J Davids 7 6     USA N ArendtRSA C van Rensburg 5 4   WC USA J CapriatiAUS P Cash 6 7     AUS R McQuillanAUS D Macpherson 0 5     UKR N MedvedevaNED J Eltingh 6 6   8 NED K BoogertNED M Oosting 1 4   1 USA L DavenportCAN G Connell 64 6 4   ROM I SpîrleaUSA D Johnson 77 4 6   USA G FernándezAUS A Florent 4 3     USA L McNeilUSA B MacPhie 6 6   3 NED M BollegrafUSA R Leach 6 6     NED M OremansNED H J Davids 2 3   WC USA J CapriatiAUS P Cash 3 2     UKR N MedvedevaNED J Eltingh 6 6     ROM I SpîrleaUSA D Johnson         USA L McNeilUSA B MacPhie w/o     3 NED M BollegrafUSA R Leach 3 6 6   UKR N MedvedevaNED J Eltingh 6 3 4   USA L McNeilUSA B MacPhie 68 1   3 NED M BollegrafUSA R Leach 710 6   Bottom half y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals ALT USA L WildAUS A Kratzmann 2 6 2 WC AUS N BradtkeAUS J Eagle 6 4 6   USA J GrabbFRA A Dechaume-Balleret 7 6     ITA L GolarsaARG L Lobo 5 0     LAT L NeilandRSA J-L de Jager 6 6     INA Y BasukiRSA M Barnard 1 4   WC AUS E SmylieAUS S Draper 4 1   4 CZE H SukováCZE C Suk 6 6   6 NED C VisRSA B Talbot 3 1     USA K PoUSA J Waite 6 6     JPN N MiyagiUSA K Kinnear 3 2     RUS A KournikovaBAH M Knowles 6 6     AUS K-A GuseRSA P Norval 6 5 7   USA D GrahamSWE P Nyborg 4 7 5   CAN R SimpsonCAN D Nestor 3 2   2 USA L RaymondUSA P Galbraith 6 6   WC AUS N BradtkeAUS J Eagle 6 6     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretUSA J Grabb 3 0     LAT L NeilandRSA J-L de Jager 6 77   4 CZE H SukováCZE C Suk 3 62     USA K PoUSA J Waite 77 4 0   RUS A KournikovaBAH M Knowles 61 6 6   AUS K-A GuseRSA P Norval 1 0   2 USA L RaymondUSA P Galbraith 6 6   WC AUS N BradtkeAUS J Eagle 4 6 4   LAT L NeilandRSA J-L de Jager 6 2 6   RUS A KournikovaBAH M Knowles 6 77   2 USA L RaymondUSA P Galbraith 4 64     LAT L NeilandRSA J-L de Jager 6 6     RUS A KournikovaBAH M Knowles 4 3   External links 1997 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Mixed Doubles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Mixed doubles