1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

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1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Date March 3 – March 9
Edition 25th
Category ATP International Series
Surface Hardcourt / Indoor
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands
Venue Ahoy Rotterdam
Champions
Singles
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Doubles
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis

The 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from March 3 through March 9, 1997.

The singles draw featured ATP No. 5, 1996 Grand Slam Cup runner-up, Moscow and Zagreb titlist and Rotterdam defending champion Goran Ivanišević, reigning Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek and Paris, Stockholm and Marseille winner Thomas Enqvist. Also seeded were New Haven and Vienna finalist Jan Siemerink, Hamburg, Kitzbühel and Marbella runner-up Àlex Corretja, Paul Haarhuis, Cédric Pioline and Petr Korda.

Champions

Men's Singles

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Netherlands Richard Krajicek defeated Czech Republic Daniel Vacek 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)

  • It was Krajicek's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Men's Doubles

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Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis defeated Belgium Libor Pimek / South Africa Byron Talbot 7–6, 6–4

  • It was Eltingh's 2nd title of the year and the 34th of his career. It was Haarhuis' 2nd title of the year and the 33rd of his career.

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