1997 US Open – Men's singles qualifying

January 2025 1997 US Open qualgrandslam 1997 US Open (tennis) 1997 US Open – Men's singles Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual US Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held over several days before the event.Rueb Andrew A Primer on Tournament Draws and Seeding https://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/a-primer-on-tournament-draws-and-seeding/ Straight Sets – Tennis Blog of the New York Times 3 August 2019 Seeds 30em ITA Gianluca Pozzi (first round) SWE Tomas Nydahl (second round) FRA Olivier Delaître (first round) ZIM Wayne Black (qualified) UZB Oleg Ogorodov (qualified) CAN Sébastien Lareau (first round) FRA Nicolas Escudé (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ROU Ionuț Moldovan (second round) BEL Dick Norman (qualifying competition) GER Bernd Karbacher (second round) ROU Răzvan Sabău (first round) USA Geoff Grant (qualified) CAN Daniel Nestor (qualified) SWE Nicklas Kulti (first round) RSA Kevin Ullyett (first round) USA Doug Flach (first round) NED Fernon Wibier (qualifying competition) ISR Eyal Erlich (first round) RUS Andrei Merinov (first round) RSA Neville Godwin (first round) GER Dirk Dier (qualifying competition) BRA Jaime Oncins (qualified) GER Rainer Schüttler (second round) ARG Gastón Etlis (first round) AUS Allen Belobrajdic (qualifying competition) AUS Michael Tebbutt (qualified) ISR Eyal Ran (second round) CZE David Rikl (qualifying competition) MEX Luis Herrera (first round) BEL Christophe Van Garsse (qualifying competition) MEX Alejandro Hernandez (qualifying competition) ITA Cristiano Caratti (qualified) Qualifiers 30em ITA Cristiano Caratti GER Patrick Baur FIN Tuomas Ketola ZIM Wayne Black UZB Oleg Ogorodov NED John van Lottum AUS Michael Tebbutt ITA Laurence Tieleman USA Tommy Ho VEN Jimy Szymanski BRA Jaime Oncins USA Geoff Grant CAN Daniel Nestor USA Michael Sell NED Peter Wessels AUS Todd Larkham Lucky losers 30em FRA Nicolas Escudé Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 ITA Gianluca Pozzi 7 4 4   ITA Mosé Navarra 6 6 6   AUS Grant Doyle 6 6   VEN Kepler Orellana 4 4   POR Emanuel Couto 6 2 6   GBR Jamie Delgado 2 6 3   FRA Olivier Mutis 1 6 3 32 ITA Cristiano Caratti 6 4 6   ITA Mosé Navarra 2 6   AUS Grant Doyle 6 7   POR Emanuel Couto 7 1 3 32 ITA Cristiano Caratti 6 6 6   AUS Grant Doyle 6 3 32 ITA Cristiano Caratti 7 6 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 SWE Tomas Nydahl 6 5 6   JPN Satoshi Iwabuchi 4 7 0   GER Patrick Baur 6 6 WC USA Phil Williamson 3 2   AUT Wolfgang Schranz 6 6 1   FRA Stéphane Huet 3 7 6   GER Lars Rehmann 4 6 6 31 MEX Alejandro Hernandez 6 1 7 2 SWE Tomas Nydahl 4 6 3   GER Patrick Baur 6 4 6   FRA Stéphane Huet 3 7 3 31 MEX Alejandro Hernandez 6 6 6   GER Patrick Baur 6 6 31 MEX Alejandro Hernandez 4 4 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 FRA Olivier Delaître 6 4   FIN Tuomas Ketola 7 6   NZL Steven Downs 5 2   GBR Andrew Richardson 7 6   ARG Miguel Pastura 5 1   ESP Óscar Burrieza 7 6 WC USA Paul Goldstein 7 6 29 MEX Luis Herrera 5 3   FIN Tuomas Ketola 6 7   GBR Andrew Richardson 3 6   ESP Óscar Burrieza 6 2 3 WC USA Paul Goldstein 1 6 6   FIN Tuomas Ketola 6 6 WC USA Paul Goldstein 3 4 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 ZIM Wayne Black 6 3 6   AUS Ben Ellwood 4 6 3   VEN Nicolás Pereira 6 6   ISR Raviv Weidenfeld 4 4   CAN Bobby Kokavec 7 4 3   NED Edwin Kempes 6 6 6   ESP Quino Muñoz 4 0 30 BEL Christophe Van Garsse 6 6 4 ZIM Wayne Black 6 6   VEN Nicolás Pereira 3 3   NED Edwin Kempes 2 3 30 BEL Christophe Van Garsse 6 6 4 ZIM Wayne Black 6 2 6 30 BEL Christophe Van Garsse 1 6 2 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 UZB Oleg Ogorodov 6 6   BRA André Sá 4 3   AUS James Sekulov 6 6 WC USA Marc Silva 1 4 WC USA Mike Bryan 2 6 7   FRA Cyril Buscaglione 6 1 5   FRA Nicolas Thomann 4 7 6 28 CZE David Rikl 6 6 7 5 UZB Oleg Ogorodov 6 7 6   AUS James Sekulov 7 5 3 WC USA Mike Bryan 3 3 28 CZE David Rikl 6 6 5 UZB Oleg Ogorodov 6 7 28 CZE David Rikl 4 6 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 6 CAN Sébastien Lareau 2 6   CAN Albert Chang 6 7   GER Lars Burgsmüller 6 6 6   JPN Hideki Kaneko 7 3 4   AUS Jaymon Crabb 4 4   NED John van Lottum 6 6   USA Wade McGuire 2 0 27 ISR Eyal Ran 6 6   CAN Albert Chang 6 6   GER Lars Burgsmüller 3 4   NED John van Lottum 4 6 6 27 ISR Eyal Ran 6 2 0   CAN Albert Chang 2 4   NED John van Lottum 6 6 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Nicolas Escudé 6 7   FRA Thierry Guardiola 3 6   IND Mahesh Bhupathi 6 6 6   USA Steve Bryan 4 7 4   USA David Caldwell 6 0 4   FRA Pier Gauthier 3 6 6   AUS Steven Randjelovic 0 2 26 AUS Michael Tebbutt 6 6 7 FRA Nicolas Escudé 5 6 6   IND Mahesh Bhupathi 7 2 3   FRA Pier Gauthier w/o 26 AUS Michael Tebbutt 7 FRA Nicolas Escudé 6 4 26 AUS Michael Tebbutt 7 6 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 ROU Ionuț Moldovan 7 6   GER Markus Zillner 5 3   ITA Laurence Tieleman 6 3 6 WC USA James Blake 4 6 3   NZL Mark Nielsen 2 6 6   GBR Danny Sapsford 6 3 2   FRA Sébastien Grosjean 6 3 2 25 AUS Allen Belobrajdic 4 6 6 8 ROU Ionuț Moldovan 6 4 0   ITA Laurence Tieleman 4 6 6   NZL Mark Nielsen 2 6 1 25 AUS Allen Belobrajdic 6 3 6   ITA Laurence Tieleman 6 6 25 AUS Allen Belobrajdic 3 4 Ninth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 BEL Dick Norman 4 6 7   ROU Gabriel Trifu 6 3 6   RSA David Nainkin 6 6 6   ITA Filippo Messori 3 7 2   ITA Giorgio Galimberti 2 6   USA Tommy Ho 6 7 WC USA Taylor Dent 1 3 23 GER Rainer Schüttler 6 6 9 BEL Dick Norman 6 6   RSA David Nainkin 2 3   USA Tommy Ho 6 7 23 GER Rainer Schüttler 4 5 9 BEL Dick Norman 3 4   USA Tommy Ho 6 6 Tenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 GER Bernd Karbacher 6 6   VEN Maurice Ruah 4 3   GER Karsten Braasch 2 7 6   VEN Jimy Szymanski 6 6 7   USA Mark Merklein 6 6 4   NZL Alistair Hunt 3 7 6   USA Oren Motevassel 4 7 6 24 ARG Gastón Etlis 6 5 3 10 GER Bernd Karbacher 4 6 4   VEN Jimy Szymanski 6 1 6   NZL Alistair Hunt 2 2   USA Oren Motevassel 6 6   VEN Jimy Szymanski 6 6   USA Oren Motevassel 3 4 Eleventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 ROU Răzvan Sabău 6 2 6   EGY Tamer El-Sawy 4 6 7   GBR Miles Maclagan 6 7   FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian 2 6   USA Alex Reichel 6 6   AUS Peter Tramacchi 2 4   ISR Lior Mor 3 3 22 BRA Jaime Oncins 6 6   EGY Tamer El-Sawy 6 6   GBR Miles Maclagan 3 4   USA Alex Reichel 4 1 22 BRA Jaime Oncins 6 6   EGY Tamer El-Sawy 2 5 22 BRA Jaime Oncins 6 7 Twelfth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 USA Geoff Grant 6 6 WC USA Bob Bryan 3 3   USA David Witt 4 4 WC USA Michael Russell 6 6   BRA Roberto Jabali 6 4 6   USA Bryan Shelton 4 6 7 Alt AUS Michael Hill 2 5 21 GER Dirk Dier 6 7 12 USA Geoff Grant 7 6 WC USA Michael Russell 5 3   USA Bryan Shelton 7 5 3 21 GER Dirk Dier 6 7 6 12 USA Geoff Grant 6 6 21 GER Dirk Dier 3 4 Thirteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 CAN Daniel Nestor 6 7   SUI Ivo Heuberger 0 6   FRA Arnaud Clément 7 6 2   FRA Jean-François Bachelot 6 7 6   CZE Petr Luxa 6 6   RSA Robbie Koenig 4 1   RSA Chris Haggard 2 6 6 19 RUS Andrei Merinov 6 3 4 13 CAN Daniel Nestor 6 6   FRA Jean-François Bachelot 3 2   CZE Petr Luxa 6 6   RSA Chris Haggard 3 4 13 CAN Daniel Nestor 4 6 6   CZE Petr Luxa 6 3 2 Fourteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 14 SWE Nicklas Kulti 3 6   FRA Charles Aufy 6 7   FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6 7 4   FRA Stéphane Simian 7 6 6   GER Carsten Arriens 6 6   SUI Lorenzo Manta 1 4   USA Michael Sell 7 4 7 20 RSA Neville Godwin 5 6 6   FRA Charles Aufy 4 6 7   FRA Stéphane Simian 6 3 6   GER Carsten Arriens w/o   USA Michael Sell   FRA Charles Aufy 6 6 2   USA Michael Sell 2 7 6 Fifteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 15 RSA Kevin Ullyett 4 1   AUT Gerald Mandl 6 6   USA Brian MacPhie 3 6   FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 6 7   JPN Gouichi Motomura 6 4 3   NED Peter Wessels 4 6 6   AUT Herbert Wiltschnig 6 6 18 ISR Eyal Erlich 1 0   AUT Gerald Mandl 7 1 7   FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 6 6 6   NED Peter Wessels 6 6   AUT Herbert Wiltschnig 1 1   AUT Gerald Mandl 5 4   NED Peter Wessels 7 6 Sixteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 16 USA Doug Flach 3 4   AUS Todd Larkham 6 6 WC USA Mashiska Washington 4 3   SUI Alexandre Strambini 6 6   SUI Filippo Veglio 4 4   CRO Ivan Ljubičić 6 6   USA Glenn Weiner 3 3 17 NED Fernon Wibier 6 6   AUS Todd Larkham 6 6   SUI Alexandre Strambini 1 3   CRO Ivan Ljubičić 6 3 2 17 NED Fernon Wibier 3 6 6   AUS Todd Larkham 6 5 6 17 NED Fernon Wibier 3 7 2 References External links 1997 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying