1997 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

May 2026 1997 Australian Open qualmenswomenssingles 1997 Australian Open 1997 Australian Open – Men's singles This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1997 Australian Open. Seeds 30em - BAH Mark Knowles (qualifying competition, lucky loser) RUS Andrey Cherkasov (qualified) ITA Omar Camporese (second round) USA Steve Bryan (second round) BEL Kris Goossens (qualifying competition, lucky loser) EGY Tamer El-Sawy (first round) ROU Andrei Pavel (qualifying competition, lucky loser) GER Jens Knippschild (qualified) GER Oliver Gross (second round) UZB Oleg Ogorodov (second round) CHI Gabriel Silberstein (first round) SWE Lars Jonsson (qualified) FRA Jérôme Golmard (first round) GER Martin Sinner (qualifying competition) USA Doug Flach (first round) JPN Shuzo Matsuoka (qualifying competition) USA Justin Gimelstob (qualified) ISR Eyal Ran (qualified) ITA Cristiano Caratti (second round) MEX Alejandro Hernandez (second round) ITA Filippo Messori (first round) FRA Gérard Solvès (qualifying competition) BRA Roberto Jabali (first round) ROU Dinu Pescariu (qualified) RSA Kevin Ullyett (second round) ROU Răzvan Sabău (second round) RSA David Nainkin (qualifying competition) ROU Ionuț Moldovan (second round) JPN Gouichi Motomura (qualifying competition) GBR Mark Petchey (qualifying competition) USA Geoff Grant (qualified) Qualifiers 30em AUS Lleyton Hewitt USA Geoff Grant RUS Andrey Cherkasov GER Karsten Braasch USA Bryan Shelton AUS Toby Mitchell USA Alex Reichel ROU Dinu Pescariu GER Jens Knippschild NED Jacco Eltingh NED Fernon Wibier ESP Óscar Burrieza SWE Lars Jonsson ISR Eyal Ran USA Justin Gimelstob USA David Caldwell Lucky losers 30em BAH Mark Knowles ROU Andrei Pavel BEL Kris Goossens Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 Alt SUI Michel Kratochvil 77 6   AUS Ashley Naumann 62 1 WC AUS Lleyton Hewitt 6 6   USA Andy Stewart 3 1   AUS Des Tyson 6 7 WC AUS Steven Bourke 1 5   GRE Konstantinos Economidis 4 6 4 31 GBR Mark Petchey 6 4 6 Alt SUI Michel Kratochvil 1 3r WC AUS Lleyton Hewitt 6 4   AUS Des Tyson 2 3 31 GBR Mark Petchey 6 6 WC AUS Lleyton Hewitt 6 6 31 GBR Mark Petchey 1 4 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 BAH Mark Knowles 6 6   AUS Steven Randjelovic 4 2   USA Jeff Salzenstein 64 6 3   BLR Max Mirnyi 77 1 6   SWE Tobias Hildebrand 2 2   USA Cecil Mamiit 6 6   AUS Mark Draper 4 3 32 USA Geoff Grant 6 6 2 BAH Mark Knowles 64 6 6   BLR Max Mirnyi 77 4 2   USA Cecil Mamiit 6 2 1 32 USA Geoff Grant 3 6 6 2 BAH Mark Knowles 1 65 32 USA Geoff Grant 6 77 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 RUS Andrey Cherkasov 6 6   AUS Dejan Petrović 1 1   AUS Grant Silcock 0 5   ZIM Wayne Black 6 7   USA Brett Hansen-Dent 1 1   NED Martijn Bok 6 6   ITA Claudio Pistolesi 4 4 29 ROU Ionuț Moldovan 6 6 3 RUS Andrey Cherkasov 4 79 6   ZIM Wayne Black 6 67 4   NED Martijn Bok 4 6 6 29 ROU Ionuț Moldovan 6 4 4 3 RUS Andrey Cherkasov 6 6   NED Martijn Bok 0 1 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 ITA Omar Camporese 5 WC AUS Sergio Gaoni 2r   GER Karsten Braasch 6 6   JPN Tetsuya Chaen 2 2   NZL Mark Nielsen 68 6 6   USA Kent Kinnear 710 2 4   USA Bill Behrens 7 5r 30 JPN Gouichi Motomura 5 7 4 ITA Omar Camporese 4 4   GER Karsten Braasch 6 6   NZL Mark Nielsen 3 6 4 30 JPN Gouichi Motomura 6 4 6   GER Karsten Braasch 3 6 7 30 JPN Gouichi Motomura 6 4 5 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 USA Steve Bryan 6 6   NZL Glenn Wilson 3 1   USA Bryan Shelton 4 6 6   USA Rob Chess 6 4 4 WC AUS Luke Ronald O'Donnell 0 3   AUS James Holmes 6 6   BAH Roger Smith 4 3 28 RSA David Nainkin 6 6 5 USA Steve Bryan 1 3   USA Bryan Shelton 6 6   AUS James Holmes 6 3 4 28 RSA David Nainkin 4 6 6   USA Bryan Shelton 6 6 28 RSA David Nainkin 3 0 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 6 BEL Kris Goossens 5 6 6   HUN Tamás György 7 3 2   AUS Jed-Denum Gould 6 2 1   GER Marcus Hilpert 4 6 6   GRE Pantelis Moschoutis 6 4 3   AUS Toby Mitchell 4 6 6   ISR Kobi Ziv 4 64 27 ROU Răzvan Sabău 6 77 6 BEL Kris Goossens 6 5 9   GER Marcus Hilpert 2 7 7   AUS Toby Mitchell 7 6 27 ROU Răzvan Sabău 5 3 6 BEL Kris Goossens 3 5   AUS Toby Mitchell 6 7 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 EGY Tamer El-Sawy 66 2   MEX Marco Osorio 78 6   USA Alex Reichel 6 6   AUS Jurek Stasiak 3 1   NED Tom Kempers 2 4   ISR Eyal Erlich 6 6   USA Luke Jensen 4 2 26 RSA Kevin Ullyett 6 6   MEX Marco Osorio 3 5   USA Alex Reichel 6 7   ISR Eyal Erlich 6 1 7 26 RSA Kevin Ullyett 3 6 5   USA Alex Reichel 6 6   ISR Eyal Erlich 3 2 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 ROU Andrei Pavel 77 6   SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren 64 4   AUS Michael Hill 6 3 6   AUS Heath Denman 4 6 3   MKD Aleksandar Kitinov 4 63   USA Mashiska Washington 6 77   JPN Kentaro Masuda 2 5 25 ROU Dinu Pescariu 6 7 8 ROU Andrei Pavel 710 6   AUS Michael Hill 68 0   USA Mashiska Washington 62 3 25 ROU Dinu Pescariu 77 6 8 ROU Andrei Pavel 6 2 4 25 ROU Dinu Pescariu 3 6 6 Ninth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 GER Jens Knippschild 6 6   ARG Francisco Yunis 3 2   ITA Diego Nargiso 5 3   USA Brian MacPhie 7 6   CAN Sébastien Leblanc 2 7 5   CRO Ivan Ljubičić 6 5 7 WC AUS Jordan Kerr 3 3 23 FRA Gérard Solvès 6 6 9 GER Jens Knippschild 4 6 6   USA Brian MacPhie 6 2 3   CRO Ivan Ljubičić 5 78 1 23 FRA Gérard Solvès 7 66 6 9 GER Jens Knippschild 6 6 23 FRA Gérard Solvès 2 4 Tenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 GER Oliver Gross 6 6   AUS Mahyar Goodarz 2 3   USA Kenny Thorne 3 3   NED Jacco Eltingh 6 6   USA Steve Campbell 4 65   AUS Allen Belobrajdic 6 77   GER Christian Vinck 710 6 24 BRA Roberto Jabali 68 2 10 GER Oliver Gross 5 6 5   NED Jacco Eltingh 7 0 7   AUS Allen Belobrajdic 6 6   GER Christian Vinck 0 2   NED Jacco Eltingh 77 6   AUS Allen Belobrajdic 64 2 Eleventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 UZB Oleg Ogorodov 6 6   JPN Satoshi Iwabuchi 3 2   KOR Yoon Yong-il 4 6 6   AUS Andrew Ilie 6 2 3 WC AUS Michael Logarzo 2 4   USA Jim Grabb 6 6   GER Mark Joachim 6 65 6   NED Fernon Wibier 4 77 8 11 UZB Oleg Ogorodov 4 3   KOR Yoon Yong-il 6 6   USA Jim Grabb 5 2   NED Fernon Wibier 7 6   KOR Yoon Yong-il 7 4 4   NED Fernon Wibier 5 6 6 Twelfth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 21 MEX Alejandro Hernandez 6 6 12 CHI Gabriel Silberstein 4 4   GBR Andrew Richardson 6 6   AUS Novak Nash 3 2   JPN Ryuso Tsujino 77 68 5   NED Hendrik Jan Davids 63 710 7   ESP Óscar Burrieza 6 6 22 ITA Filippo Messori 2 0 21 MEX Alejandro Hernandez 3 4   GBR Andrew Richardson 6 6   NED Hendrik Jan Davids 1 1   ESP Óscar Burrieza 6 6   GBR Andrew Richardson 2 4   ESP Óscar Burrieza 6 6 Thirteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 SWE Lars Jonsson 77 6   ISR Nir Welgreen 65 3   NZL Steven Downs 4 6 6   GER Rainer Schüttler 6 3 3   AUS Joseph Sirianni 2 6 3   RSA Vaughan Snyman 6 3 6   AUS James Sekulov 65 6 2 20 ITA Cristiano Caratti 77 4 6 13 SWE Lars Jonsson 77 6   NZL Steven Downs 64 2   RSA Vaughan Snyman 6 6 20 ITA Cristiano Caratti 1 3 13 SWE Lars Jonsson 6 6   RSA Vaughan Snyman 4 2 Fourteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 14 FRA Jérôme Golmard 6 2 3   USA Wade McGuire 4 6 6   USA Jack Waite 6 6   AUS Vince Mellino 2 1   USA Francisco Montana 6 6   UKR Andrei Rybalko 2 2   RSA Chris Haggard 3 3 19 ISR Eyal Ran 6 6   USA Wade McGuire 6 6   USA Jack Waite 1 3   USA Francisco Montana 62 6 2 19 ISR Eyal Ran 77 3 6   USA Wade McGuire 3 5 19 ISR Eyal Ran 6 7 Fifteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 15 GER Martin Sinner 6 7   AUS Clinton Snell 3 5   NZL James Greenhalgh 4 7 8 WC AUS Klaudiusz Gursztyn 6 5 10   GBR Jamie Delgado 6 6   ITA Mosé Navarra 3 0 WC AUS Nathan Healey 2 2 18 USA Justin Gimelstob 6 6 15 GER Martin Sinner 6 6 WC AUS Klaudiusz Gursztyn 3 1   GBR Jamie Delgado 3 2 18 USA Justin Gimelstob 6 6 15 GER Martin Sinner 6 5 1 18 USA Justin Gimelstob 3 7 6 Sixteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 16 USA Doug Flach 6 0 8   GER Carsten Arriens 3 6 10   USA David Caldwell 77 6 WC AUS Andrew Painter 65 3   AUS Leigh Holland 63 6 2   NZL Teo Susnjak 77 2 6   JPN Kotaro Miyachi 1 2 17 JPN Shuzo Matsuoka 6 6   GER Carsten Arriens 3 4   USA David Caldwell 6 6   NZL Teo Susnjak 3 2 17 JPN Shuzo Matsuoka 6 6   USA David Caldwell 6 6 17 JPN Shuzo Matsuoka 4 4 External links 1997 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying