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1997 Pilot Pen International – Doubles
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August 2023
1997 Pilot Pen International s
IND Mahesh BhupathiIND Leander Paes
CAN Sébastien LareauUSA Alex O'Brien
6–4, 6–7, 6–2
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1997 Pilot Pen International
Byron Black and Grant Connell were the defending champions, but Connell did not compete this year. Black teamed up with Brett Steven and lost in the quarterfinals to Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title by defeating Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 in the final.ATP New Haven Draw (Men's) - 1997 https://www.stevegtennis.com/draw-results/atp/New_Haven/1997/#to_d Steve G Tennis 19 October 2020
Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.
30em NED Jacco Eltingh / NED Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
CAN Sébastien Lareau / USA Alex O'Brien (final)
ARG Luis Lobo / ESP Javier Sánchez (second round)
AUS Mark Philippoussis / AUS Patrick Rafter (first round)
IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Leander Paes (champions)
USA Luke Jensen / USA Murphy Jensen (first round)
GER Marc-Kevin Goellner / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
Draw
Finals
Semifinals Final 175 1 NED Jacco EltinghNED Paul Haarhuis 6 3 3 6 IND Mahesh BhupathiIND Leander Paes 4 6 6 3 CAN Sébastien LareauUSA Alex O'Brien 6 6 8 GER Marc-Kevin GoellnerRUS Andrei Olhovskiy 4 4 6 IND Mahesh BhupathiIND Leander Paes 6 6 6 3 CAN Sébastien LareauUSA Alex O'Brien 4 7 2
Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals NED J SiemerinkNED S Schalken 4 4 Q SWE M NormanGER D Prinosil 6 6 Q FIN T KetolaCAN S Leblanc 3 6 1 ZIM B BlackNZL B Steven 6 3 6 WC GBR T HenmanCZE P Korda 6 6 7/WC USA L JensenUSA M Jensen 4 3 BRA F MeligeniVEN 1954 N Pereira 6 6 USA D DiLuciaUSA B Shelton 3 4 USA S DavisUSA K Jones 2 5 NED S NoteboomNED F Wibier 6 7 WC FR Yugoslavia N ĐorđevićRSA C Haggard 4 5 6 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 6 7 1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 6 6 Q SWE M NormanGER D Prinosil 2 2 ZIM B BlackNZL B Steven 1 6 6 WC GBR T HenmanCZE P Korda 6 3 2 4 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 7 4 3 BRA F MeligeniVEN 1954 N Pereira 5 6 6 NED S NoteboomNED F Wibier 6 0 6 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 7 6 1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 2 6 6 ZIM B BlackNZL B Steven 6 4 4 BRA F MeligeniVEN 1954 N Pereira 6 3 6 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 7 6 1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 6 3 3 6 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 4 6 6
Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 6 6 4 WC USA V SpadeaPHI E Taino 3 7 6 SWE D EkerotUSA B Hansen-Dent 2 3 USA TJ MiddletonARM S Sargsian 6 6 USA B MacPhieUSA J Salzenstein 6 7 AUS P KilderryECU N Lapentti 3 6 8 GER MK GoellnerRUS A Olhovskiy 6 7 7 AUS P CashAUS A Kratzmann 7 5 6 ZIM W BlackUSA J Grabb 7 6 3 WC GBR G RusedskiUSA D Wheaton 6 7 6 UZB O OgorodovROU D Pescariu 6 2 4 USA S MelvilleUSA J Tarango 4 6 6 WC USA V SpadeaPHI E Taino 2 4 USA TJ MiddletonARM S Sargsian 6 6 USA B MacPhieUSA J Salzenstein 6 4 3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 7 6 8 GER MK GoellnerRUS A Olhovskiy w/o WC GBR G RusedskiUSA D Wheaton USA S MelvilleUSA J Tarango 4 6 6 2 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 6 1 7 USA TJ MiddletonARM S Sargsian 3 5 3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 6 7 8 GER MK GoellnerRUS A Olhovskiy 7 7 2 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 5 5 3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 6 6 8 GER MK GoellnerRUS A Olhovskiy 4 4
References
External links
Official results archive (ATP)
Official results archive (ITF)
Doubles
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