1997 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Monte Carlo Open
Champions	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
Runners-up	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Score	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Draw	28 (4WC/2Q)
Seeds	8

Main article: 1997 Monte Carlo Open

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.

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

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

• 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
• SR = Special ranking

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

Qualifying

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round

Qualifying competition

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov	5	2
	WC	Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos	7	6
								WC	Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos	6	6	2
								3	Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti	3	7	6
		Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild	6	2
	3	Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti	7	6

External links

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)