1997 Italian Open – Men's doubles

1997 Italian Open s BAH Mark KnowlesCAN Daniel Nestor ZIM Byron BlackUSA Alex O'Brien 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 32 8 1997 Italian Open (tennis) Byron Black and Grant Connell were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Connell teamed up with Jim Grabb and lost in second round to David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy. Black teamed up with Alex O'Brien and lost in the final 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 149 Seeds 30em AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (first round) NED Jacco Eltingh / NED Paul Haarhuis (second round) BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (champions) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (second round) ZIM Byron Black / USA Alex O'Brien (final) RSA Ellis Ferreira / USA Patrick Galbraith (second round) USA Rick Leach / USA Jonathan Stark (semifinals) RSA David Adams / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 7 USA Rick LeachUSA Jonathan Stark 5 2 5 ZIM Byron BlackUSA Alex O'Brien 7 6 3 BAH Mark KnowlesCAN Daniel Nestor 7 7 AUS Sandon StolleCZE Cyril Suk 6 6 5 ZIM Byron BlackUSA Alex O'Brien 3 6 5 3 BAH Mark KnowlesCAN Daniel Nestor 6 4 7 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 3 5 ARG P AlbanoESP À Corretja 6 7 RSA G MullerUSA J Tarango 6 4 6 NED M OostingNED J Siemerink 4 6 4 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 5 6 AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 7 7 SWE D EkerotSWE P Nyborg 6 4 3 7 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 4 6 6 4 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 6 6 RSA M BarnardNED HJ Davids 3 4 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 7 6 6 USA S MelvilleNED F Wibier 6 7 2 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 6 6 Q ITA M MartelliITA D Sanguinetti 2 4 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 5 3 5 ZIM B BlackUSA A O'Brien 7 6 ARG P AlbanoESP À Corretja 6 6 4 RSA G MullerUSA J Tarango 7 4 6 AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 3 4 7 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 6 6 4 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 4 6 3 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 6 3 6 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 3 2 5 ZIM B BlackUSA A O'Brien 6 6 RSA G MullerUSA J Tarango 3 4 7 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 6 6 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 4 0 5 ZIM B BlackUSA A O'Brien 6 6 7 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 5 2 5 ZIM B BlackUSA A O'Brien 7 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 6 6 AUS P KilderryCZE P Vízner 3 4 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 7 6 NED T NijssenUSA J Waite 6 4 USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 6 3 Q ITA C BrandiITA F Messori 7 6 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 4 6 3 3 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 2 6 8 RSA D AdamsRUS A Olhovskiy 6 6 WC USA J CourierITA A Gaudenzi 3 4 CAN G ConnellUSA J Grabb 6 3 7 WC ITA O CamporeseITA D Nargiso 1 6 6 CZE C SukAUS S Stolle 7 7 WC CRO S HiršzonCRO G Ivanišević 6 5 WC UKR A MedvedevCHI M Ríos 6 1 2 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 7 6 6 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 3 3 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 6 6 Q ITA C BrandiITA F Messori 7 2 2 3 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 6 6 8 RSA D AdamsRUS A Olhovskiy 5 6 7 CAN G ConnellUSA J Grabb 7 4 6 CZE C SukAUS S Stolle 6 7 2 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 4 5 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 3 6 3 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 7 8 RSA D AdamsRUS A Olhovskiy 5 2 CZE C SukAUS S Stolle 7 6 3 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 7 7 CZE C SukAUS S Stolle 6 6 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (World Tennis) Men's Doubles