1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

January 2025 1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships s AUS Todd WoodbridgeAUS Mark Woodforde AUS Mark PhilippoussisAUS Patrick Rafter 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 singles doubles 28 (4WC Wild cards/2Q Qualifiers) 8 Cincinnati Masters Great American Insurance ATP Championships Great American Insurance ATP Championships 1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Knowles did not compete this year. Nestor teamed up with Cyril Suk and lost in quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro. Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 in an all-Australian final.About - Past Champions https://www.wsopen.com/AboutUs/past_champions/?intloc=headernavsub Western & Southern Open 15 November 2022 Cincinnati 1997: Todd Woodbridge/AUS & Mark Woodforde/AUSAltavilla John Doubles Champions on rise in ranking https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-08-18-9708180204-story.html 15 November 2022 Hartford Courant 18 August 1997 New Haven, Connecticut Last week in Cincinnati, they both took a beating from the Woodies -- Bhupathi and Paes in the quarterfinals, Lareau and O'Brien in the semifinals -- as the Woodies won another title. Seeds The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (champions) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (second round) CAN Sébastien Lareau / USA Alex O'Brien (semifinals) CAN Daniel Nestor / CZE Cyril Suk (quarterfinals) RSA Ellis Ferreira / USA Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals) USA Rick Leach / USA Jonathan Stark (first round) AUS Mark Philippoussis / AUS Patrick Rafter (final) USA Donald Johnson / USA Francisco Montana (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 AUS Todd WoodbridgeAUS Mark Woodforde 6 6 3 CAN Sébastien LareauUSA Alex O'Brien 2 1 FRA Olivier DelaîtreFRA Fabrice Santoro 6 6 4 7 AUS Mark PhilippoussisAUS Patrick Rafter 4 7 6 1 AUS Todd WoodbridgeAUS Mark Woodforde 7 4 6 7 AUS Mark PhilippoussisAUS Patrick Rafter 6 6 4 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals NED J EltinghNED J Siemerink 7 7 Q USA B BryanUSA M Bryan 6 6 USA J WaiteNED F Wibier 0 4 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 6 6 Q AUS S DraperAUS J Stoltenberg 5 1 8 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 7 6 RSA D AdamsZIM K Ullyett 4 4 USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 6 6 USA J GrabbCZE P Korda 4 2 ARG P AlbanoESP À Corretja 6 6 WC CRO G IvaniševićUSA C Woodruff 6 6 6 5 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 7 2 7 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 6 4 7 NED J EltinghNED J Siemerink 2 6 5 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 7 5 6 8 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 5 7 4 3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 6 6 USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 2 4 ARG P AlbanoESP À Corretja 7 4 3 5 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 6 6 6 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 2 7 6 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 6 6 1 3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 6 7 5 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 4 5 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 6 6 3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 2 1 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 6 4 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 7 6 ZIM B BlackNZL B Steven 5 6 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 7 7 WC NED S GroenBRA G Kuerten 4 6 3 WC GER T HaasCHI M Ríos 6 4 6 7 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 7 6 WC RSA W FerreiraGBR T Henman 5 4 AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 2 7 3 USA L JensenUSA M Jensen 6 6 6 SWE J BjörkmanGER MK Goellner 6 7 CZE M DammCZE P Vízner 4 6 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 7 6 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 6 3 WC GER T HaasCHI M Ríos 2 5 4 CAN D NestorCZE C Suk 6 7 7 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 6 6 USA L JensenUSA M Jensen 4 4 SWE J BjörkmanGER MK Goellner 4 7 7 2 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 6 6 6 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 6 6 4 CAN D NestorCZE C Suk 4 2 7 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 6 6 SWE J BjörkmanGER MK Goellner 2 3 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 6 6 4 7 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 4 7 6 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em USA Kelly Jones / RSA Byron Talbot (qualifying competition) USA Kent Kinnear / MKD Aleksandar Kitinov (first round) SWE Peter Nyborg / SWE Mikael Tillström (qualifying competition) USA Vince Spadea / USA Eric Taino (first round) Qualifiers 30em AUS Scott Draper / AUS Jason Stoltenberg USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 USA Kelly JonesRSA Byron Talbot 6 6 WC USA Craig BoyntonUSA Craig Lindner 3 1 AUS Scott DraperAUS Jason Stoltenberg 6 6 4 USA Vince SpadeaUSA Eric Taino 3 1 1 USA Kelly JonesRSA Byron Talbot 3 4 AUS Scott DraperAUS Jason Stoltenberg 6 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 USA Kent KinnearMKD Aleksandar Kitinov 6 4 WC USA Bob BryanUSA Mike Bryan 7 6 WC USA Chris GroerUSA Andrew Rueb 6 3 3 SWE Peter NyborgSWE Mikael Tillström 7 6 WC USA Bob BryanUSA Mike Bryan 7 6 3 SWE Peter NyborgSWE Mikael Tillström 6 4 References External links Official Results Archive (ATP) Official Results Archive (ITF) Doubles