1997 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles

1997 Monte Carlo Open s USA Donald JohnsonUSA Francisco Montana NED Jacco EltinghNED Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 Monte-Carlo Masters 28 (4WC Wild Cards/2Q Qualifiers) 8 singles doubles 1997 Monte Carlo Open Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Ferreira teamed up with Patrick Galbraith and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana, while Siemerink teamed up with Menno Oosting and lost in first round to Pablo Albano and Àlex Corretja. Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won the title by defeating Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 in the final.Past Champions http://montecarlotennismasters.com/tournament/past-champions/?lang=en Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 17 March 2020 1997 - Marcelo Rios - F. Montana/D. Johnson 11 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180311202021/http://montecarlotennismasters.com/tournament/past-champions/?lang=en dead Krastev Todor Men Tennis Monte Carlo MON - 1997 Winner Marcelo Rios (CHI) 7 http://www.todor66.com/tennis/1997/Men_Monte_Carlo_MON.html Todor 66 15 April 2018 25 November 2024 Seeds The top four seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em NED Jacco Eltingh / NED Paul Haarhuis (final) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (semifinals) RSA Ellis Ferreira / USA Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals) ARG Luis Lobo / ESP Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals) SWE Jonas Björkman / SWE Nicklas Kulti (semifinals) RSA David Adams / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (first round) BEL Libor Pimek / RSA Byron Talbot (quarterfinals) GBR Neil Broad / RSA Piet Norval (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 NED Jacco EltinghNED Paul Haarhuis 5 6 7 5 SWE Jonas BjörkmanSWE Nicklas Kulti 7 2 5 USA Donald JohnsonUSA Francisco Montana 6 6 2 RUS Yevgeny KafelnikovCZE Daniel Vacek 1 4 1 NED Jacco EltinghNED Paul Haarhuis 6 6 6 USA Donald JohnsonUSA Francisco Montana 7 2 7 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals WC ITA O CamporeseITA D Nargiso 2 6 RSA M BarnardITA F Messori 6 7 ARG P AlbanoESP À Corretja 7 6 NED M OostingNED J Siemerink 5 4 USA D RandallUSA J Waite 3 4 8 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 6 6 WC USA J CourierSUI M Rosset 7 6 ITA A GaudenziNED S Schalken 6 1 SWE D EkerotUSA TJ Middleton 2 6 6 AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 6 3 2 USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 6 5 5 5 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti 3 7 7 1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 6 6 RSA M BarnardITA F Messori 1 4 ARG P AlbanoESP À Corretja 3 5 8 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 6 7 4 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 3 6 4 WC USA J CourierSUI M Rosset 6 2 1d SWE D EkerotUSA TJ Middleton 2 2 5 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti 6 6 1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 6 6 8 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 3 3 4 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 6 1 5 5 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti 4 6 7 1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 5 6 7 5 SWE J BjörkmanSWE N Kulti 7 2 5 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 RSA D AdamsRUS A Olhovskiy 5 4 ESP T CarbonellESP F Roig 7 6 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 5 6 6 WC UKR A MedvedevGER M Stich 7 1 4 WC FRA A BoetschFRA C Pioline 7 6 6 Q RSA B HaygarthBLR 1995 M Mirnyi 6 7 3 7 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 6 6 ITA C BrandiNED F Wibier 2 4 Q BRA G KuertenECU 1900 N Lapentti 6 7 POR E CoutoPOR N Marques 4 5 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 6 6 SWE P NyborgNED S Noteboom 4 4 ESP T CarbonellESP F Roig 3 3 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 6 6 WC FRA A BoetschFRA C Pioline 3 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith w / o 7 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 6 6 Q BRA G KuertenECU 1900 N Lapentti 0 4 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 3 6 3 2 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 6 4 6 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 6 6 3 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 4 4 7 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 4 6 2 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 6 7 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 6 6 2 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 1 4 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em RSA Brent Haygarth / BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi (qualified) RSA Clinton Ferreira / MKD Aleksandar Kitinov (first round) BRA Gustavo Kuerten / ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti (qualified) FR Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević / CZE Sláva Doseděl (first round) Qualifiers 30em RSA Brent Haygarth / BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi BRA Gustavo Kuerten / ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 RSA Brent HaygarthBLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 2 6 6 WC ESP Emilio Benfele ÁlvarezMON Sébastien Graeff 6 3 1 WC SWE Thomas EnqvistSWE Magnus Larsson 6 6 4 FR Yugoslavia Nebojša ĐorđevićCZE Sláva Doseděl 3 1 1 RSA Brent HaygarthBLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 6 6 WC SWE Thomas EnqvistSWE Magnus Larsson 3 3 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 RSA Clinton FerreiraMKD Aleksandar Kitinov 5 2 WC RSA Wayne FerreiraCHI Marcelo Ríos 7 6 GER Patrick BaurGER Jens Knippschild 6 2 3 BRA Gustavo KuertenECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 7 6 WC RSA Wayne FerreiraCHI Marcelo Ríos 6 6 2 3 BRA Gustavo KuertenECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 3 7 6 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (ITF) Doubles