Palermo 1997

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ATP ATP 500/250 Clay Start: Sep 29, 1997 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Alberto Berasategui

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Alex Corretja 6 6

Richard Fromberg 1 4

8 Francisco Clavet 6 6

Vincent Spadea 3 3

3 Albert Portas 6 6

Filippo Messori 1 3

6 Dominik Hrbaty 6 3

Hernan Gumy 3 2

5 Marcelo Filippini 7 6 7

Christian Ruud 6 7 5

Javier Sanchez 6 6

Julian Alonso 4 4

7 Karim Alami 6 6

Dinu Pescariu 4 3

2 Alberto Berasategui 6 4 6

Carlos Costa 4 6 3

Quarterfinal

1 Alex Corretja 7 6

8 Francisco Clavet 6 2

6 Dominik Hrbaty 7 6

3 Albert Portas 5 4

Javier Sanchez 6 1 6

5 Marcelo Filippini 3 6 4

2 Alberto Berasategui 7 6

7 Karim Alami 6 2

Semifinal

6 Dominik Hrbaty 6 6

1 Alex Corretja 4 4

2 Alberto Berasategui 6 6

Javier Sanchez 2 3

Final

2 Alberto Berasategui 6 6

6 Dominik Hrbaty 4 2

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Alex Corretja	Marzio Martelli	5-7	6-3	6-2
Richard Fromberg	Nicolas Lapentti	6-1	6-7³	6-3
Vincent Spadea	Massimo Valeri	2-6	6-4	6-0
Francisco Clavet	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3	6-1	·
Albert Portas	Marcello Craca	5-7	6-4	6-3
Filippo Messori	Adrian Voinea	6-4	6-3	·
Hernan Gumy	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3	7-6³	·
Dominik Hrbaty	Juan Antonio Marin	6-4	6-3	·
Marcelo Filippini	Galo Blanco	6-1	6-2	·
Christian Ruud	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	7-6⁷	7-5	·
Julian Alonso	Gilbert Schaller	6-4	6-7⁶	7-5
Javier Sanchez	Hicham Arazi	7-5	6-3	·
Karim Alami	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-3	2-0	·
Dinu Pescariu	Davide Scala	7-5	6-3	·
Carlos Costa	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4	6-4	·
Alberto Berasategui	Fernando Vicente	6-4	5-7	6-4

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
AB	Alberto Berasategui	ESP	Winner
	Dominik Hrbaty	SVK	Final
	Alex Corretja	ESP	Semifinal
JS	Javier Sanchez	ESP	Semifinal
	Albert Portas	ESP	Quarterfinal
FC	Francisco Clavet	ESP	Quarterfinal
	Karim Alami	MAR	Quarterfinal
MF	Marcelo Filippini	URU	Quarterfinal
CC	Carlos Costa	ESP	Round of 16
CR	Christian Ruud	NOR	Round of 16
DP	Dinu Pescariu	ROU	Round of 16
FM	Filippo Messori	ITA	Round of 16
HG	Hernan Gumy	ARG	Round of 16
JA	Julian Alonso	ESP	Round of 16
RF	Richard Fromberg	AUS	Round of 16
	Vincent Spadea	USA	Round of 16
AV	Adrian Voinea	ROU	Round of 32
AG	Andrea Gaudenzi	ITA	Round of 32
	Davide Sanguinetti	ITA	Round of 32
DS	Davide Scala	ITA	Round of 32
EA	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	ESP	Round of 32
FV	Fernando Vicente	ESP	Round of 32
GB	Galo Blanco	ESP	Round of 32
GS	Gilbert Schaller	AUT	Round of 32
HD	Hendrik Dreekmann	GER	Round of 32
	Hicham Arazi	MAR	Round of 32
JP	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	ESP	Round of 32
JM	Juan Antonio Marin	CRC	Round of 32
MC	Marcello Craca	GER	Round of 32
MM	Marzio Martelli	ITA	Round of 32
MV	Massimo Valeri	ITA	Round of 32
	Nicolas Lapentti	ECU	Round of 32