1997 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Ferreira teamed up with Patrick Galbraith and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana, while Siemerink teamed up with Menno Oosting and lost in first round to Pablo Albano and Àlex Corretja.

Doubles
1997 Monte Carlo Open
Champions Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana
Runners-up Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
Final score7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Draw28 (4WC/2Q)
Seeds8

Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won the title by defeating Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 in the final.[1]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (Final)
  2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (Semifinals)
  3. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (Quarterfinals)
  4. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Quarterfinals)
  5. Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (Semifinals)
  6. David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (First round)
  7. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (Quarterfinals)
  8. Neil Broad / Piet Norval (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
5 6 7
5 Jonas Björkman
Nicklas Kulti
7 2 5
1 Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
6 6 6
Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana
7 2 7
Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana
6 6
2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek
1 4

Top Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 J Eltingh
P Haarhuis
6 6
WC O Camporese
D Nargiso
2 6 M Barnard
F Messori
1 4
M Barnard
F Messori
6 7 1 J Eltingh
P Haarhuis
6 6
P Albano
À Corretja
7 6 8 N Broad
P Norval
3 3
M Oosting
J Siemerink
5 4 P Albano
À Corretja
3 5
D Randall
J Waite
3 4 8 N Broad
P Norval
6 7
8 N Broad
P Norval
6 6 1 J Eltingh
P Haarhuis
5 6 7
5 J Björkman
N Kulti
7 2 5
4 L Lobo
J Sánchez
3 6 4
WC J Courier
M Rosset
7 6 WC J Courier
M Rosset
6 2 1d
A Gaudenzi
S Schalken
6 1 4 L Lobo
J Sánchez
6 1 5
D Ekerot
TJ Middleton
2 6 6 5 J Björkman
N Kulti
4 6 7
J Eagle
A Florent
6 3 2 D Ekerot
TJ Middleton
2 2
T Kronemann
D Macpherson
6 5 5 5 J Björkman
N Kulti
6 6
5 J Björkman
N Kulti
3 7 7

Bottom Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 D Adams
A Olhovskiy
5 4
T Carbonell
F Roig
7 6 T Carbonell
F Roig
3 3
D Johnson
F Montana
5 6 6 D Johnson
F Montana
6 6
WC A Medvedev
M Stich
7 1 4 D Johnson
F Montana
6 6
WC A Boetsch
C Pioline
7 6 6 3 E Ferreira
P Galbraith
4 4
Q B Haygarth
M Mirnyi
6 7 3 WC A Boetsch
C Pioline
3 E Ferreira
P Galbraith
w / o
D Johnson
F Montana
6 6
7 L Pimek
B Talbot
6 6 2 Y Kafelnikov
D Vacek
1 4
C Brandi
F Wibier
2 4 7 L Pimek
B Talbot
6 6
Q G Kuerten
N Lapentti
6 7 Q G Kuerten
N Lapentti
0 4
E Couto
N Marques
4 5 7 L Pimek
B Talbot
4 6
O Delaître
F Santoro
6 6 2 Y Kafelnikov
D Vacek
6 7
P Nyborg
S Noteboom
4 4 O Delaître
F Santoro
3 6 3
2 Y Kafelnikov
D Vacek
6 4 6

References

  1. "Past Champions". Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Retrieved 17 March 2020. 1997 - Marcelo Rios - F. Montana/D. Johnson
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