1997 du Maurier Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1997 du Maurier Open
Final
Champion	Chris Woodruff
Runner-up	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	56 (4WC/7Q)
Seeds	16
Events

Chris Woodruff defeated Gustavo Kuerten in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Canadian Open.^[1]^[2]

Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion, but lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the third round.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

Michael Chang (semifinals)
Goran Ivanišević (third round)
Thomas Muster (third round)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals)
Gustavo Kuerten (final)
Mark Philippoussis (quarterfinals)
Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals)
Petr Korda (first round)
Tim Henman (first round)
Patrick Rafter (second round)
Jonas Björkman (third round)
Wayne Ferreira (third round)
Jim Courier (first round)
Alex O'Brien (third round)
Jan Siemerink (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Michael Chang	3	1

6	Gustavo Kuerten	6	6
					6	Gustavo Kuerten	5	6	3

						Chris Woodruff	7	4	6
4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7	5	3

	Chris Woodruff	5	7	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	M Chang	6	1
	S Lareau	1	5			S Stolle	1	0	r
	S Stolle	6	7							1	M Chang	4	6	6
	G Stafford	6	5	2						15	A O'Brien	6	2	3
	M Ondruska	4	7	6		M Ondruska	4	6⁷
	A Boetsch	1	2		15	A O'Brien	6	7⁹
15	A O'Brien	6	6												1	M Chang	7⁷	6
9	P Korda	4	4												8	R Krajicek	6⁵	4
	J Gimelstob	6	6			J Gimelstob	6	6
	S Draper	4	6	6		S Draper	3	1
	T Champion	6	1	2							J Gimelstob	2	4
	N Godwin	7⁷	4	6						8	R Krajicek	6	6
	B Black	6²	6	4		N Godwin	6³	1
					8	R Krajicek	7⁷	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					3	T Muster	4	7⁷	6
Q	J Salzenstein	6	6		Q	J Salzenstein	6	6¹	3
Q	W McGuire	4	2							3	T Muster	2	6	4
	G Grant	7¹¹	7⁷								F Santoro	6	2	6
	E Ran	6⁹	6⁰			G Grant	2	1
	F Santoro	7	4	6		F Santoro	6	6
14	J Courier	5	6	4												F Santoro	3	6⁶
11	P Rafter	6	6												6	G Kuerten	6	7⁸
	O Delaître	4	1		11	P Rafter	7⁷	4	4
WC	F Niemeyer	6⁵	3		Q	M Tebbutt	6⁴	6	6
Q	M Tebbutt	7⁷	6							Q	M Tebbutt	7	4	4
	S Sargsian	7⁷	3	3						6	G Kuerten	5	6	6
	J Stark	6³	6	6		J Stark	2	4
					6	G Kuerten	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					5	T Enqvist	6³	6	6
	D Nestor	7	4	4		T Haas	7⁷	4	4
	T Haas	5	6	6						5	T Enqvist	6	6
	D Flach	7⁷	6							12	J Björkman	3	2
	J Golmard	6⁰	4			D Flach	7	3	5
WC	B Kokavec	3	2		12	J Björkman	5	6	7
12	J Björkman	6	6											5	T Enqvist	5	7⁹	1
13	W Ferreira	7⁷	6											4	Y Kafelnikov	7	6⁷	6
	D Vacek	6⁵	1		13	W Ferreira	6	6
Q	C Caratti	6	6		Q	C Caratti	1	2
	M Damm	3	1							13	W Ferreira	5	3
	V Spadea	3	6	6						4	Y Kafelnikov	7	6
	L Roux	6	3	1		V Spadea	6	3	6⁶
					4	Y Kafelnikov	4	6	7⁸

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					7	M Philippoussis	6	6
Q	C Mamiit	1	6	5	Q	S Campbell	2	4
Q	S Campbell	6	4	7						7	M Philippoussis	7	6
	G Raoux	6	7⁷								G Raoux	5	3
Q	P Gauthier	3	6³			G Raoux	6	6
WC	S Leblanc	7⁷	4	6	WC	S Leblanc	1	4
10	T Henman	6³	6	3										7	M Philippoussis	4	4
16	J Siemerink	6	6												C Woodruff	6	6
	L Paes	3	4		16	J Siemerink	7⁷	5	6²
	C Woodruff	7⁹	6			C Woodruff	6⁴	7	7⁷
WC	J Robichaud	6⁷	3								C Woodruff	7⁸	6
	F Fetterlein	2	0							2	G Ivanišević	6⁶	2
	B Steven	6	6			B Steven	3	7¹⁰	4
					2	G Ivanišević	6	6⁸	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

The top seed received a bye to the final round.

Steve Campbell (qualified)
Cristiano Caratti (qualified)
Jeff Salzenstein (qualified)
Cecil Mamiit (qualified)
Wade McGuire (qualified)
Alex Reichel (qualifying competition)
Michael Tebbutt (qualified)
Lorenzo Manta (qualifying competition)
Pier Gauthier (qualified)
Max Mirnyi (qualifying competition)
Sander Groen (qualifying competition)
Ronald Agénor (qualifying competition)
Piet Norval (qualifying competition)
Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

				1	Steve Campbell	6	6	6

					Simon Larose	7	0	4
	Simon Larose	6	6

14	Aleksandar Kitinov	2	3

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Cristiano Caratti	6	6

	Ryan Clark	2	3
				2	Cristiano Caratti	7	7

				12	Ronald Agénor	6	6
	Phillipe Sylvestre	2	0

12	Ronald Agénor	6	6

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Jeff Salzenstein	6	6

WC	Martin Laurendeau	2	4
				3	Jeff Salzenstein	6	6	6

				13	Piet Norval	7	2	3
	Michael Shyjan	1	0

13	Piet Norval	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Cecil Mamiit	6	6

	Dominic Boulet	1	3
				4	Cecil Mamiit	6	6	6

				10	Max Mirnyi	7	4	2
	Vojtěch Flégl	0	3

10	Max Mirnyi	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Wade McGuire	6	6

WC	Eric Godin	2	4
					5	Wade McGuire	6	6

					11	Sander Groen	3	2
	Hughes Laverdière	7	1	1

11	Sander Groen	6	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Alex Reichel	4	6	6

	Emin Ağayev	6	4	4
					6	Alex Reichel	4	3

					9	Pier Gauthier	6	6
	Will Ritter	2	4

9	Pier Gauthier	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Michael Tebbutt	6	6

	Daniel Larouche	2	3
				7	Michael Tebbutt	6	6

				8	Lorenzo Manta	3	3
	Jean-François Berard	2	6

8	Lorenzo Manta	6	7

References

^ "Woodruff upsets Kuerten in Canadian Open final". The Washington Post. 4 August 1997. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ "Men Tennis Canadian Open Montreal CAN - 1997 Winner Chris Woodruff, United States". Todor 66. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

[1] "Woodruff upsets Kuerten in Canadian Open final". The Washington Post. 4 August 1997. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[2] "Men Tennis Canadian Open Montreal CAN - 1997 Winner Chris Woodruff, United States". Todor 66. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

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