1997 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying

This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1997 Australian Open.

Men's Singles Qualifying
1997 Australian Open

Seeds

1. -
2. Mark Knowles (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
3. Andrey Cherkasov (Qualified)
4. Omar Camporese (Second round)
5. Steve Bryan (Second round)
6. Kris Goossens (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
7. Tamer El-Sawy (First round)
8. Andrei Pavel (Qualifying Competition, Lucky loser)
9. Jens Knippschild (Qualified)
10. Oliver Gross (Second round)
11. Oleg Ogorodov (Second round)
12. Gabriel Silberstein (First round)
13. Lars Jonsson (Qualified)
14. Jérôme Golmard (First round)
15. Martin Sinner (Qualifying Competition)
16. Doug Flach (First round)
17. Shuzo Matsuoka (Qualifying Competition)
18. Justin Gimelstob (Qualified)
19. Eyal Ran (Qualified)
20. Cristiano Caratti (Second round)
21. Alejandro Hernandez (Second round)
22. Filippo Messori (First round)
23. Gérard Solvès (Qualifying Competition)
24. Roberto Jabali (First round)
25. Dinu Pescariu (Qualified)
26. Kevin Ullyett (Second round)
27. Răzvan Sabău (Second round)
28. David Nainkin (Qualifying Competition)
29. Ionuț Moldovan (Second round)
30. Gouichi Motomura (Qualifying Competition)
31. Mark Petchey (Qualifying Competition)
32. Geoff Grant (Qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Lleyton Hewitt
2. Geoff Grant
3. Andrey Cherkasov
4. Karsten Braasch
5. Bryan Shelton
6. Toby Mitchell
7. Alex Reichel
8. Dinu Pescariu
9. Jens Knippschild
10. Jacco Eltingh
11. Fernon Wibier
12. Óscar Burrieza
13. Lars Jonsson
14. Eyal Ran
15. Justin Gimelstob
16. David Caldwell

Lucky losers

1. Mark Knowles
2. Andrei Pavel
3. Kris Goossens

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Alt	Michel Kratochvil	7^7	6
		Ashley Naumann	6^2	1
								Alt	Michel Kratochvil	1	3^r
								WC	Lleyton Hewitt	6	4
	WC	Lleyton Hewitt	6	6
		Andy Stewart	3	1
															WC	Lleyton Hewitt	6	6
															31	Mark Petchey	1	4
		Des Tyson	6	7
	WC	Steven Bourke	1	5
									Des Tyson	2	3
								31	Mark Petchey	6	6
		Konstantinos Economidis	4	6	4
	31	Mark Petchey	6	4	6

Second qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Mark Knowles	6	6
		Steven Randjelovic	4	2
								2	Mark Knowles	6^4	6	6
									Max Mirnyi	7^7	4	2
		Jeff Salzenstein	6^4	6	3
		Max Mirnyi	7^7	1	6
															2	Mark Knowles	1	6^5
															32	Geoff Grant	6	7^7
		Tobias Hildebrand	2	2
		Cecil Mamiit	6	6
									Cecil Mamiit	6	2	1
								32	Geoff Grant	3	6	6
		Mark Draper	4	3
	32	Geoff Grant	6	6

Third qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Andrey Cherkasov	6	6
		Dejan Petrović	1	1
								3	Andrey Cherkasov	4	7^9	6
									Wayne Black	6	6^7	4
		Grant Silcock	0	5
		Wayne Black	6	7
															3	Andrey Cherkasov	6	6
																Martijn Bok	0	1
		Brett Hansen-Dent	1	1
		Martijn Bok	6	6
									Martijn Bok	4	6	6
								29	Ionuț Moldovan	6	4	4
		Claudio Pistolesi	4	4
	29	Ionuț Moldovan	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Omar Camporese	5
	WC	Sergio Gaoni	2^r
								4	Omar Camporese	4	4
									Karsten Braasch	6	6
		Karsten Braasch	6	6
		Tetsuya Chaen	2	2
																Karsten Braasch	3	6	7
															30	Gouichi Motomura	6	4	5
		Mark Nielsen	6^8	6	6
		Kent Kinnear	7^10	2	4
									Mark Nielsen	3	6	4
								30	Gouichi Motomura	6	4	6
		Bill Behrens	7	5^r
	30	Gouichi Motomura	5	7

Fifth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Steve Bryan	6	6
		Glenn Wilson	3	1
								5	Steve Bryan	1	3
									Bryan Shelton	6	6
		Bryan Shelton	4	6	6
		Rob Chess	6	4	4
																Bryan Shelton	6	6
															28	David Nainkin	3	0
	WC	Luke Ronald O'Donnell	0	3
		James Holmes	6	6
									James Holmes	6	3	4
								28	David Nainkin	4	6	6
		Roger Smith	4	3
	28	David Nainkin	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Kris Goossens	5	6	6
		Tamas Gyorgy	7	3	2
								6	Kris Goossens	6	5	9
									Marcus Hilpert	2	7	7
		Jed-Denum Gould	6	2	1
		Marcus Hilpert	4	6	6
															6	Kris Goossens	3	5
																Toby Mitchell	6	7
		Pantelis Moschoutis	6	4	3
		Toby Mitchell	4	6	6
									Toby Mitchell	7	6
								27	Răzvan Sabău	5	3
		Kobi Ziv	4	6^4
	27	Răzvan Sabău	6	7^7

Seventh qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Tamer El-Sawy	6^6	2
		Marco Osorio	7^8	6
									Marco Osorio	3	5
									Alex Reichel	6	7
		Alex Reichel	6	6
		Jurek Stasiak	3	1
																Alex Reichel	6	6
																Eyal Erlich	3	2
		Tom Kempers	2	4
		Eyal Erlich	6	6
									Eyal Erlich	6	1	7
								26	Kevin Ullyett	3	6	5
		Luke Jensen	4	2
	26	Kevin Ullyett	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	8	Andrei Pavel	7^7	6
		Lars-Anders Wahlgren	6^4	4
								8	Andrei Pavel	7^10	6
									Michael Hill	6^8	0
		Michael Hill	6	3	6
		Heath Denman	4	6	3
															8	Andrei Pavel	6	2	4
															25	Dinu Pescariu	3	6	6
		Aleksandar Kitinov	4	6^3
		Mashiska Washington	6	7^7
									Mashiska Washington	6^2	3
								25	Dinu Pescariu	7^7	6
		Kentaro Masuda	2	5
	25	Dinu Pescariu	6	7

Ninth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	9	Jens Knippschild	6	6
		Francisco Yunis	3	2
								9	Jens Knippschild	4	6	6
									Brian MacPhie	6	2	3
		Diego Nargiso	5	3
		Brian MacPhie	7	6
															9	Jens Knippschild	6	6
															23	Gérard Solvès	2	4
		Sébastien Leblanc	2	7	5
		Ivan Ljubičić	6	5	7
									Ivan Ljubičić	5	7^8	1
								23	Gérard Solvès	7	6^6	6
	WC	Jordan Kerr	3	3
	23	Gérard Solvès	6	6

Tenth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	10	Oliver Gross	6	6
		Mahyar Goodarz	2	3
								10	Oliver Gross	5	6	5
									Jacco Eltingh	7	0	7
		Kenny Thorne	3	3
		Jacco Eltingh	6	6
																Jacco Eltingh	7^7	6
																Allen Belobrajdic	6^4	2
		Steve Campbell	4	6^5
		Allen Belobrajdic	6	7^7
									Allen Belobrajdic	6	6
									Christian Vinck	0	2
		Christian Vinck	7^10	6
	24	Roberto Jabali	6^8	2

Eleventh qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	11	Oleg Ogorodov	6	6
		Satoshi Iwabuchi	3	2
								11	Oleg Ogorodov	4	3
									Yoon Yong-il	6	6
		Yoon Yong-il	4	6	6
		Andrew Ilie	6	2	3
																Yoon Yong-il	7	4	4
																Fernon Wibier	5	6	6
	WC	Michael Logarzo	2	4
		Jim Grabb	6	6
									Jim Grabb	5	2
									Fernon Wibier	7	6
		Mark Joachim	6	6^5	6
		Fernon Wibier	4	7^7	8

Twelfth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	21	Alejandro Hernandez	6	6
	12	Gabriel Silberstein	4	4
								21	Alejandro Hernandez	3	4
									Andrew Richardson	6	6
		Andrew Richardson	6	6
		Novak Nash	3	2
																Andrew Richardson	2	4
																Óscar Burrieza	6	6
		Ryuso Tsujino	7^7	6^8	5
		Hendrik Jan Davids	6^3	7^10	7
									Hendrik Jan Davids	1	1
									Óscar Burrieza	6	6
		Óscar Burrieza	6	6
	22	Filippo Messori	2	0

Thirteenth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	13	Lars Jonsson	7^7	6
		Nir Welgreen	6^5	3
								13	Lars Jonsson	7^7	6
									Steven Downs	6^4	2
		Steven Downs	4	6	6
		Rainer Schüttler	6	3	3
															13	Lars Jonsson	6	6
																Vaughan Snyman	4	2
		Joseph Sirianni	2	6	3
		Vaughan Snyman	6	3	6
									Vaughan Snyman	6	6
								20	Cristiano Caratti	1	3
		James Sekulov	6^5	6	2
	20	Cristiano Caratti	7^7	4	6

Fourteenth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	14	Jérôme Golmard	6	2	3
		Wade McGuire	4	6	6
									Wade McGuire	6	6
									Jack Waite	1	3
		Jack Waite	6	6
		Vince Mellino	2	1
																Wade McGuire	3	5
															19	Eyal Ran	6	7
		Francisco Montana	6	6
		Andrei Rybalko	2	2
									Francisco Montana	6^2	6	2
								19	Eyal Ran	7^7	3	6
		Chris Haggard	3	3
	19	Eyal Ran	6	6

Fifteenth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	15	Martin Sinner	6	7
		Clinton Snell	3	5
								15	Martin Sinner	6	6
								WC	Klaudiusz Gursztyn	3	1
		James Greenhalgh	4	7	8
	WC	Klaudiusz Gursztyn	6	5	10
															15	Martin Sinner	6	5	1
															18	Justin Gimelstob	3	7	6
		Jamie Delgado	6	6
		Mosé Navarra	3	0
									Jamie Delgado	3	2
								18	Justin Gimelstob	6	6
	WC	Nathan Healey	2	2
	18	Justin Gimelstob	6	6

Sixteenth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	16	Doug Flach	6	0	8
		Carsten Arriens	3	6	10
									Carsten Arriens	3	4
									David Caldwell	6	6
		David Caldwell	7^7	6
	WC	Andrew Painter	6^5	3
																David Caldwell	6	6
															17	Shuzo Matsuoka	4	4
		Leigh Holland	6^3	6	2
		Teo Susnjak	7^7	2	6
									Teo Susnjak	3	2
								17	Shuzo Matsuoka	6	6
		Kotaro Miyachi	1	2
	17	Shuzo Matsuoka	6	6

External links

• 1997 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation