PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Men's singles
Men's singles
1997 Lipton Championships
Final
Champion	Thomas Muster
Runner-up	Sergi Bruguera
Score	7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw	96 (12Q / 2LL) / 6WC)
Seeds	32
Events

Thomas Muster defeated Sergi Bruguera in the final, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Miami Open.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Andre Agassi was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Scott Draper.

Seeds

All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.

Pete Sampras (semifinals)
Thomas Muster (champion)
Michael Chang (third round)
Goran Ivanišević (quarterfinals)
Richard Krajicek (fourth round)
Thomas Enqvist (second round)
Carlos Moyá (third round)
Marcelo Ríos (third round)
Wayne Ferreira (third round)
~~Boris Becker~~ (withdrew)
Albert Costa (third round)
Andre Agassi (second round)
Félix Mantilla (second round)
Tim Henman (second round)
Marc Rosset (second round)
Alberto Berasategui (second round)
Jan Siemerink (second round)
Àlex Corretja (fourth round)
Richey Reneberg (second round, retired)
~~MaliVai Washington~~ (withdrew)
Petr Korda (second round)
Jim Courier (semifinals)
Bohdan Ulihrach (second round)
Mark Philippoussis (fourth round)
Jonas Björkman (quarterfinals)
Todd Woodbridge (second round)
Arnaud Boetsch (third round)
Cédric Pioline (second round)
Alex O'Brien (second round)
Sergi Bruguera (final)
Francisco Clavet (third round)
Javier Sánchez (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	Pete Sampras	w/o

	Hendrik Dreekmann
				1	Pete Sampras	7	6²	4

				30	Sergi Bruguera	5	7⁷	6
30	Sergi Bruguera	6	6

	Andriy Medvedev	0	3
									30	Sergi Bruguera	6⁶	3	1

									2	Thomas Muster	7⁸	6	6
22	Jim Courier	6	7⁷

4	Goran Ivanišević	2	6²
				22	Jim Courier	3	4

				2	Thomas Muster	6	6
25	Jonas Björkman	5	2

2	Thomas Muster	7	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					1	P Sampras	6	6
	M Zabaleta	7	5	6^d		A Voinea	2	0
	A Voinea	5	7	6						1	P Sampras	6	7⁷
WC	N Kiefer	6	5	7⁷						31	F Clavet	3	6³
	D van Scheppingen	2	7	6³	WC	N Kiefer	2	3
					31	F Clavet	6	6
															1	P Sampras	6	6
																M Larsson	2	0
					17	J Siemerink	1	3
	P Haarhuis	5	6	5		M Larsson	6	6
	M Larsson	7	0	7							M Larsson	5	7	6
Q	D Flach	6¹	6	2							C Doseděl	7	5	3
	C Doseděl	7⁷	2	6		C Doseděl	5	6	7
					15	M Rosset	7	2	5

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					LL	L Arnold	1	1
	M Filippini	4	4			H Dreekmann	6	6
	H Dreekmann	6	6								H Dreekmann	7⁷	3	7⁷
	M Joyce	1	6	3							G Kuerten	6⁵	6	6³
	G Kuerten	6	4	6		G Kuerten	7¹⁰	6
					23	B Ulihrach	6⁸	3
																H Dreekmann	6	6
																M Tillström	3	4
					26	T Woodbridge	6²	7	4
	L Roux	6⁶	1			M Tillström	7⁷	5	6
	M Tillström	7⁸	6								M Tillström	6	3	6
WC	J Gimelstob	6⁶	6	4						7	C Moyá	4	6	3
Q	M Charpentier	7⁸	3	6	Q	M Charpentier	6⁴	4
					7	C Moyá	7⁷	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					3	M Chang	6	7⁷
Q	M Merklein	2	6	6	Q	M Merklein	3	6⁴
	N Godwin	6	4	4						3	M Chang	4	3
	J Stoltenberg	6	6							30	S Bruguera	6	6
Q	J Grabb	3	2			J Stoltenberg	3	6	5
					30	S Bruguera	6	3	7
														30	S Bruguera	7⁷	6
														Q	G Etlis	6⁰	4
					19	R Reneberg	4	r
	G Blanco	4	4		Q	G Etlis	6
Q	G Etlis	6	6							Q	G Etlis	7⁷	7⁹
Q	J Alonso	6	6							Q	J Alonso	6²	6⁷
Q	S Bryan	4	0		Q	J Alonso	6⁴	6	6
					14	T Henman	7⁷	2	3

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					11	A Costa	6	6
WC	F Dewulf	7⁷	6		WC	F Dewulf	3	2
Q	A Hernández	6³	1							11	A Costa	3	6	6²
	C Ruud	4	4								A Medvedev	6	3	7⁷
	A Medvedev	6	6			A Medvedev	6	6²	7⁷
					21	P Korda	2	7⁷	6³
																A Medvedev	4	6	7
																N Kulti	6	3	5
					28	C Pioline	6	4	6⁸
	N Kulti	6	6			N Kulti	2	6	7¹⁰
WC	M Ondruska	0	2								N Kulti	6	7
WC	D Nestor	6	0	6						WC	D Nestor	4	5
	J Stark	3	6	3	WC	D Nestor	7¹¹	6
					6	T Enqvist	6⁹	3

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

					5	R Krajicek	7	7⁷
	P Rafter	4	4			H Gumy	5	6⁴
	H Gumy	6	6						5	R Krajicek	6	7
	M-K Goellner	6	2	3					27	A Boetsch	3	5
	F Meligeni	4	6	6		F Meligeni	4	3
					27	A Boetsch	6	6
														5	R Krajicek	6⁶	4
														22	J Courier	7⁸	6
					22	J Courier	6	6
	S Stolle	6	6⁰	7		S Stolle	2	2
	M A Gorriz	0	7⁷	5					22	J Courier	4	6	6
	S Draper	6	7⁷							S Draper	6	1	4
	S Schalken	3	6⁵			S Draper	7⁷	6
					12	A Agassi	6⁵	1

Section 6

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

					13	F Mantilla	4	4
	T Champion	7⁷	5	3		D Hrbatý	6	6
	D Hrbatý	6³	7	6						D Hrbatý	6	6
	A Rădulescu	4	4							C Woodruff	3	2
	C Woodruff	6	6			C Woodruff	6	6
					LL	N Lapentti	4	3
															D Hrbatý	4	4
														4	G Ivanišević	6	6
					29	A O'Brien	6⁴	5
	V Spadea	4	6	6		V Spadea	7⁷	7
Q	J Frana	6	3	4						V Spadea	6	6⁴	4
	A Gaudenzi	2	3						4	G Ivanišević	3	7⁷	6
	B Black	6	6			B Black	3	3
					4	G Ivanišević	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

					8	M Ríos	7	6
	S Sargsian	2	5			J Tarango	5	2
	J Tarango	6	7						8	M Ríos	3	6	1
	J van Herck	7⁷	3	4					25	J Björkman	6	3	6
Q	J Salzenstein	6⁵	6	6	Q	J Salzenstein	2	3
					25	J Björkman	6	6
														25	J Björkman	6	6
														24	M Philippoussis	3	4
					24	M Philippoussis	7	7⁷
	M Damm	6	5	6		M Damm	5	6⁴
	C Costa	1	7	4					24	M Philippoussis	6	6
	J A Viloca	0	3						9	W Ferreira	3	3
	J Novák	6	6			J Novák	4	2
					9	W Ferreira	6	6

Section 8

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

				16	A Berasategui	2	6⁴
Q	S Lareau	6	6	Q	S Lareau	6	7⁷
	M Woodforde	2	4						Q	S Lareau	1	5
Q	J Golmard	6	6						18	À Corretja	6	7
	G Raoux	2	3	Q	J Golmard	5	3
				18	À Corretja	7	6
													18	À Corretja	4	4
													2	T Muster	6	6
				32	J Sánchez	6	2	1
	G Forget	6³	5	WC	T Haas	4	6	6
WC	T Haas	7⁷	7						WC	T Haas	1	2
	L Paes	6⁴	6⁵						2	T Muster	6	6
	G Stafford	7⁷	7⁷		G Stafford	4	6	1
				2	T Muster	6	2	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Jérôme Golmard (qualified)
Javier Frana (qualified)
Doug Flach (qualified)
Sébastien Lareau (qualified)
Lucas Arnold (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
Nicolás Lapentti (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
Marcelo Charpentier (qualified)
Alejandro Hernández (qualified)
Jaime Oncins (qualifying competition)
Steve Bryan (qualified)
Dirk Dier (first round)
Gastón Etlis (qualified)
Guillermo Cañas (first round)
Roberto Jabali (qualifying competition)
Jean-Philippe Fleurian (first round)
Jimy Szymanski (first round)
Răzvan Sabău (qualifying competition)
Mark Knowles (first round)
Shuzo Matsuoka (first round)
Luis Herrera (first round)
Gabriel Silberstein (qualifying competition)
David Nainkin (qualifying competition)
Bryan Shelton (qualifying competition)
Gérard Solvès (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Lucas Arnold
Nicolás Lapentti

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Jérôme Golmard	6	6

	Attila Sávolt	3	2
					1	Jérôme Golmard	6	6

					23	Bryan Shelton	4	4
	Daniel Orsanic	6	3	3

23	Bryan Shelton	3	6	6

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Javier Frana	7	6

	Michael Tebbutt	6	3
				2	Javier Frana	6	3	6

					Cecil Mamiit	2	6	3
	Cecil Mamiit	6	6

24	Gérard Solvès	3	2

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Doug Flach	6	6

	Mark Petchey	1	2
					3	Doug Flach	6	6

					22	David Nainkin	4	2
	Oren Motevassel	4	6	4

22	David Nainkin	6	3	6

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Sébastien Lareau	6	6

	Rainer Schüttler	4	3
				4	Sébastien Lareau	6	6

				21	Gabriel Silberstein	2	3
	Martijn Bok	1	4

21	Gabriel Silberstein	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Lucas Arnold	7	6

	David Rikl	6	3
					5	Lucas Arnold	6	6	2

						Mark Merklein	3	7	6
	Mark Merklein	6	6	7

19	Shuzo Matsuoka	3	7	6

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Nicolás Lapentti	6	7	6

	Albert Chang	7	6	4
					6	Nicolás Lapentti	3	6

						Jeff Salzenstein	6	7
	Jeff Salzenstein	6	3	6

20	Luis Herrera	4	6	2

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Marcelo Charpentier	6	6

WC	Bojan Vujić	2	2
				7	Marcelo Charpentier	4	6	6

				17	Răzvan Sabău	6	4	4
	Stefan Koubek	0	4

17	Răzvan Sabău	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

8	Alejandro Hernández	6	4	6

WC	Scott Humphries	4	6	2
					8	Alejandro Hernández	2	6	6

						Steve Campbell	6	2	2
	Steve Campbell	6	6	7

18	Mark Knowles	3	7	6

Ninth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

9	Jaime Oncins	7	6

	Nicola Bruno	6	0
					9	Jaime Oncins	6	6	1

						Julián Alonso	4	7	6
	Julián Alonso	2	7	6

15	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6	6	2

Tenth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

10	Steve Bryan	6	7

	Mosé Navarra	3	6
					10	Steve Bryan	6	6

						Chris Haggard	3	2
	Chris Haggard	5	6	6

16	Jimy Szymanski	7	4	2

Eleventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

11	Dirk Dier	6	6	6

	Jim Grabb	3	7	7
						Jim Grabb	7	7

						Luis Morejón	6	6
	Luis Morejón	0	6	6

13	Guillermo Cañas	6	3	3

Twelfth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

12	Gastón Etlis	6	6

	Grant Doyle	4	4
				12	Gastón Etlis	6	6

				14	Roberto Jabali	4	1
	Ben Ellwood	4	3

14	Roberto Jabali	6	6

References

^ Sokolowski, Alexandre (30 March 2022). "March 30, 1997: The day Muster beat Bruguera in the Miami Open final, eight years after being hit by a car there". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ Fry, Darrell (31 March 1997). "Finally, Lipton is Muster's". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ Finn, Robin (31 March 1997). "Muster Tames Bruguera On Heated Hardcourts". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

External links

[1] Sokolowski, Alexandre (30 March 2022). "March 30, 1997: The day Muster beat Bruguera in the Miami Open final, eight years after being hit by a car there". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[2] Fry, Darrell (31 March 1997). "Finally, Lipton is Muster's". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[3] Finn, Robin (31 March 1997). "Muster Tames Bruguera On Heated Hardcourts". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

1997 Lipton Championships – Men's singles