1997 Monte Carlo Open – Singles

1997 Monte Carlo Open CHI Marcelo Ríos ESP Álex Corretja 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 singles doubles Monte-Carlo Masters 56 (7Q Qualifiers / 4WC Wild Cards) 16 1997 Monte Carlo Open Marcelo Ríos defeated Àlex Corretja in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1997 Monte Carlo Open.Tournament Winners https://montecarlotennismasters.com/en/tournament/past-champions/ Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 18 November 2024 Monte Carlo SINGLES - 1997: Marcelo RiosCampos José Hace 25 años: el día que Marcelo Ríos tocó la gloria en Montecarlo 25 years ago: the day that Marcelo Ríos achieved glory at Monte Carlo https://www.deportes13.cl/tenis/hace-25-anos-el-dia-que-marcelo-rios-toco-la-gloria-en-montecarlo 18 November 2024 Canal 13 27 April 2022 esCorretja pierde ante Ríos en la final de Montecarlo Corretja loses the Monte Carlo final against Ríos https://elpais.com/diario/1997/04/28/deportes/862178414_850215.html 18 November 2024 El País 27 April 1997 Monte Carlo es Thomas Muster was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Fabrice Santoro. Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. USA Pete Sampras (second round) AUT Thomas Muster (second round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round) NED Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals) SWE Thomas Enqvist (second round) ESP Carlos Moyà (semifinals) CHI Marcelo Ríos (champion) RSA Wayne Ferreira (second round) GER Boris Becker (first round) ESP Álbert Costa (third round) ESP Félix Mantilla (second round) ESP Álex Corretja (final) USA Jim Courier (second round) ESP Alberto Berasategui (second round) SUI Marc Rosset (second round) ESP Sergi Bruguera (third round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 7 CHI Marcelo Ríos 6 77   6 ESP Carlos Moyà 4 65   12 ESP Álex Corretja 6 6   WC FRA Fabrice Santoro 4 4   7 CHI Marcelo Ríos 6 6 6     12 ESP Álex Corretja 4 3 3     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   SWE M Larsson 6 6     MAR H Arazi 3 3     CZE D Vacek 6 6     SWE M Tillström 1 3     ESP R Carretero 62 0   15 SUI M Rosset 77 6   10 ESP Á Costa 6 6     SWE J Björkman 4 0     CZE S Doseděl 6 3 6 Q BRA G Kuerten 1 6 1 WC ITA A Gaudenzi 6 6     FRA L Roux 1 2   WC/1 USA P Sampras 6 2 3   SWE M Larsson 3 6 6   CZE D Vacek 77 6   15 SUI M Rosset 65 1   10 ESP Á Costa 6 6     CZE S Doseděl 3 3   WC ITA A Gaudenzi 2 2   7 CHI M Ríos 6 6     SWE M Larsson 7 6     CZE D Vacek 5 0   10 ESP Á Costa 63 4   7 CHI M Ríos 77 6     SWE M Larsson 2 1   7 CHI M Ríos 6 6   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER M Stich 3 7 7   AUS M Woodforde 6 5 5   AUS M Philippoussis 7 77     ARG H Gumy 5 65     SVK D Hrbatý 77 5 4 13 USA J Courier 61 7 6 11 ESP F Mantilla 6 6     CZE M Damm 1 1     UKR A Medvedev 4 6 6 WC SWE N Kulti 6 2 3   SWE T Johansson 1 2     ESP F Clavet 6 6   4 NED R Krajicek 6 6     GER M Stich 3 0     AUS M Philippoussis 7 7   13 USA J Courier 5 5   11 ESP F Mantilla 2 4     UKR A Medvedev 6 6     ESP F Clavet 1 6 1 6 ESP C Moyà 6 4 6 4 NED R Krajicek 6 6     AUS M Philippoussis 3 2     UKR A Medvedev 4 63   6 ESP C Moyà 6 77   4 NED R Krajicek 6 2 4 6 ESP C Moyà 1 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   SWE M Gustafsson 62 2     CZE B Ulihrach 77 6     FRA C Pioline 6 6   WC ITA O Camporese 3 4   Q POR N Marques 0 0   12 ESP Á Corretja 6 6   14 ESP A Berasategui 6 7     NED P Haarhuis 3 5   Q ESP E Benfele Álvarez 6 3 6   MAR K Alami 3 6 0   NOR C Ruud 6 6     NED S Schalken 4 2   5 SWE T Enqvist 5 6 3   CZE B Ulihrach 7 4 6   FRA C Pioline 4 3   12 ESP Á Corretja 6 6   14 ESP A Berasategui 3 6 4 Q ESP E Benfele Álvarez 6 3 6   NOR C Ruud 6 2 6 3 RUS Y Kafelnikov 4 6 4   CZE B Ulihrach 6 65 0 12 ESP Á Corretja 4 77 6 Q ESP E Benfele Álvarez 7 63 1   NOR C Ruud 5 77 6 12 ESP Á Corretja 6 6     NOR C Ruud 2 0   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q ESP C Costa 6 5 6   SVK K Kučera 3 7 3 Q ITA D Sanguinetti 2 78 4   FRA A Boetsch 6 66 6   ITA R Furlan 1 6 77 9 GER B Becker 6 3 64 16 ESP S Bruguera 6 6     ESP J Sánchez 4 1     NED J Siemerink 77 6   Q RUS A Merinov 62 3   Q ESP F Roig 4 1   WC FRA F Santoro 6 6   8 RSA W Ferreira 4 65   Q ESP C Costa 6 77     FRA A Boetsch 3 6 6   ITA R Furlan 6 4 2 16 ESP S Bruguera 6 6     NED J Siemerink 4 4   WC FRA F Santoro 6 77   2 AUT T Muster 2 63   Q ESP C Costa 6 7     FRA A Boetsch 4 5   16 ESP S Bruguera 6 5 1 WC FRA F Santoro 3 7 6 Q ESP C Costa 3 5   WC FRA F Santoro 6 7   Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em BRA Gustavo Kuerten (qualified) AUS Scott Draper (first round) ROM Adrian Voinea (qualifying competition) SVK Ján Krošlák (first round) AUS Richard Fromberg (first round) ESP Carlos Costa (qualified) ESP Galo Blanco (qualifying competition) ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez (qualified) ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti (qualifying competition) POR Nuno Marques (qualified) ESP Francisco Roig (qualified) GER Jens Knippschild (first round) RUS Andrei Cherkasov (qualifying competition) SWE Lars Jönsson (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em BRA Gustavo Kuerten RUS Andrei Merinov ITA Davide Sanguinetti POR Nuno Marques ESP Francisco Roig ESP Carlos Costa ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 6 6 FRA Frédéric Fontang 3 0 ITA Daniele Musa 6 3 14 SWE Lars Jönsson 7 6 1 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 6 6 14 SWE Lars Jönsson 1 3 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 AUS Scott Draper 4 6 RUS Andrei Merinov 6 7 WC MON Sébastien Graeff 2 1 13 RUS Andrei Cherkasov 6 6 RUS Andrei Merinov 6 7 13 RUS Andrei Cherkasov 1 5 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 ROM Adrian Voinea 7 2 7 FRA Arnaud Clément 6 6 5 ITA Davide Sanguinetti 2 7 7 12 GER Jens Knippschild 6 6 6 3 ROM Adrian Voinea 6 4 ITA Davide Sanguinetti 7 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 SVK Ján Krošlák 3 2 FRA Olivier Delaître 6 6 NED Fernon Wibier 4 0 10 POR Nuno Marques 6 6 FRA Olivier Delaître 1 2 10 POR Nuno Marques 6 6 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 AUS Richard Fromberg 1 4 ITA Marco Meneschincheri 6 6 WC MON Emmanuel Heussner 4 5 11 ESP Francisco Roig 6 7 ITA Marco Meneschincheri 4 5 11 ESP Francisco Roig 6 7 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ESP Carlos Costa 6 6 ITA Cristiano Caratti 4 4 WC GER Daniel Elsner 3 1 9 ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 6 ESP Carlos Costa 6 2 6 9 ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 2 6 3 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 ESP Galo Blanco 6 4 6 POR Emanuel Couto 1 6 2 WC FRA Sébastien Grosjean 5 4 8 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez 7 6 7 ESP Galo Blanco 2 6 1 8 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez 6 3 6 References External links ATP Singles draw ITF tournament profile Singles