1997 Mercedes Cup – Singles

1997 Mercedes Cup ESP Àlex Corretja SVK Karol Kučera 6–2, 7–5 singles doubles 48 (4WC Wild Cards/6Q Qualifiers/1LL Lucky losers) 16 Stuttgart Open 1997 Mercedes Cup Thomas Muster was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Albert Portas.Portas derrota a Muster en Stuttgart Portas defeated Muster at Stuttgart https://elpais.com/diario/1997/07/17/deportes/869090412_850215.html 4 May 2020 El País 16 July 1997 es Third-seeded Àlex Corretja won the title, by defeating Karol Kučera 6–2, 7–5 in the final.Corretja, entre los cinco mejores del mundo Corretja, into the Top 5 of the World https://elpais.com/diario/1997/07/21/deportes/869436020_850215.html 4 May 2020 El País 20 July 1997 es Seeds All seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em AUT Thomas Muster (second round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals) ESP Àlex Corretja (champion) ESP Sergi Bruguera (quarterfinals) CHI Marcelo Ríos (third round) ESP Carlos Moyá (second round) GER Boris Becker (third round, withdrew) BRA Gustavo Kuerten (third round, retired) ESP Albert Costa (semifinals) ESP Félix Mantilla (quarterfinals) UKR Andriy Medvedev (second round) ESP Alberto Berasategui (quarterfinals) GBR Greg Rusedski (second round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (third round) CZE Bohdan Ulihrach (second round) SUI Marc Rosset (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 ESP Albert Portas 6 6 10 ESP Félix Mantilla 2 4 4 ESP Sergi Bruguera 3 6 5 SVK Karol Kučera 6 2 7 12 ESP Alberto Berasategui 4 4 3 ESP Àlex Corretja 6 6 9 ESP Albert Costa 6 6 2 RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 4 ESP Albert Portas 4 3 SVK Karol Kučera 6 6 3 ESP Àlex Corretja 6 6 9 ESP Albert Costa 4 4 SVK Karol Kučera 2 5 3 ESP Àlex Corretja 6 7 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ESP A Portas 5 6 77 NOR C Ruud 7 0 62 Q BUL O Stanoytchev 3 6 2 ARG H Gumy 6 2 6 Q BRA F Meligeni 6 6 GER A Rădulescu 1 3 WC GER J Knippschild 6 4 6 CZE M Damm 3 6 4 1 AUT T Muster 4 5 ESP A Portas 6 7 ARG H Gumy 7 6 15 CZE B Ulihrach 5 2 10 ESP F Mantilla 6 6 Q BRA F Meligeni 4 4 WC GER J Knippschild 77 4 4 8 BRA G Kuerten 64 6 6 ESP A Portas 3 6 77 ARG H Gumy 6 2 65 10 ESP F Mantilla 4 8 BRA G Kuerten 1r ESP A Portas 6 6 10 ESP F Mantilla 2 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q GER B Karbacher 4 1r WC BEL F Dewulf 6 0 Q GER M Sinner 62 78 7 SWE T Johansson 77 66 5 SVK K Kučera 1 WC GER N Kiefer 2r SWE M Norman 3 64 ESP J Sánchez 6 77 4 ESP S Bruguera 77 3 6 WC BEL F Dewulf 65 6 1 Q GER M Sinner 6 0 4 14 RSA W Ferreira 3 6 6 11 UKR A Medvedev 2 4 SVK K Kučera 6 6 ESP J Sánchez 2 3 5 CHI M Ríos 6 6 4 ESP S Bruguera 1 6 7 14 RSA W Ferreira 6 3 5 SVK K Kučera 6 6 5 CHI M Ríos 4 4 4 ESP S Bruguera 3 6 5 SVK K Kučera 6 2 7 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals MAR H Arazi 5 64 LL ESP G Blanco 7 77 ITA R Furlan 3 4 Q ESP F Vicente 6 6 WC GER D Elsner 3 4 SWE M Larsson 6 6 GER MK Goellner 4 7 1 USA R Reneberg 6 5 0r 6 ESP C Moyá 6 63 5 LL ESP G Blanco 4 77 7 Q ESP F Vicente 4 2 12 ESP A Berasategui 6 6 13 GBR G Rusedski 64 77 4 SWE M Larsson 77 62 6 GER MK Goellner 5 1 3 ESP À Corretja 7 6 LL ESP G Blanco 5 5 12 ESP A Berasategui 7 7 SWE M Larsson 64 4 3 ESP À Corretja 77 6 12 ESP A Berasategui 4 4 3 ESP À Corretja 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals CZE J Novák 61 6 5 MAR K Alami 77 4 7 Q CZE S Doseděl 77 6 SVK D Hrbatý 64 2 SWE M Gustafsson 3 6 1 ESP F Clavet 6 1 6 FRA F Santoro 711 6 URU M Filippini 69 3 7 GER B Becker 77 77 MAR K Alami 65 65 Q CZE S Doseděl 3 5 9 ESP A Costa 6 7 16 SUI M Rosset 5 1 ESP F Clavet 7 6 FRA F Santoro 6 3 4 2 RUS Y Kafelnikov 2 6 6 7 GER B Becker 9 ESP A Costa w/o ESP F Clavet 6 3 2 2 RUS Y Kafelnikov 4 6 6 9 ESP A Costa 6 6 2 RUS Y Kafelnikov 4 4 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (ITF) Singles 1997 Mercedes Cup Singles