1997 French Open

1997 French Open
Date:  
Edition:   96th
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's Singles
Gustavo Kuerten
Women's Singles
Iva Majoli
Men's Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek
Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
Mixed Doubles
Rika Hiraki / Mahesh Bhupathi
French Open
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List of the 1997 French Open champions:

Contents

Seniors

Men's Singles

Gustavo Kuerten[1] def. Sergi Bruguera, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Women's Singles

Iva Majoli def. Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–2

Men's Doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek def. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3

Women's Doubles

Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva def. Mary Joe Fernandez / Lisa Raymond, 6–2, 6–3

Mixed Doubles

Rika Hiraki / Mahesh Bhupathi def. Lisa Raymond / Patrick Galbraith, 6–4, 6–1

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Daniel Elsner def. Luis Horna, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Justine Henin[2] def. Cara Black, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

José de Armas / Luis Horna def. Arnaud Di Pasquale / Julien Jeanpierre, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

Girls' Doubles

Cara Black / Irina Selyutina def. Maja Matevžič / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–0, 5–7, 7–5

Notes

  1. ^ Kuerten became the first male tennis player from Brazil to win a Grand Slam singles title. He also became the 2nd unseeded men's singles winner (after Mats Wilander in 1982).
  2. ^ Henin won the 2003 women's singles crown, and would go to win 4 singles titles (in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007).