Prague 1997

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ATP ATP 500/250 Clay Start: Apr 28, 1997 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Cedric Pioline

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Marcello Craca 7 6

1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 4

Emilio Benfele Alvarez 7 4 6

Carlos Costa 5 6 4

4 Cedric Pioline 6 6

Jan Kroslak 3 1

Richard Fromberg 6 6

Marcos Aurelio Gorriz 2 4

Albert Portas 1 6 6

Tomas Carbonell 6 3 2

3 Bohdan Ulihrach 6 6

Galo Blanco 4 0

Fabrice Santoro 7 3 6

Gustavo Kuerten 6 6 1

2 Marcelo Rios 6 6

Stephane Simian 4 2

Quarterfinal

Emilio Benfele Alvarez 6 7

Marcello Craca 3 5

4 Cedric Pioline 6 4 6

Richard Fromberg 4 6 2

3 Bohdan Ulihrach 2 6 6

Albert Portas 6 4 4

Fabrice Santoro 4 6 6

2 Marcelo Rios 6 3 0

Semifinal

4 Cedric Pioline 6 6 6

Emilio Benfele Alvarez 3 7 1

3 Bohdan Ulihrach 6 6

Fabrice Santoro 4 2

Final

4 Cedric Pioline 6 5 7

3 Bohdan Ulihrach 2 7 6

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Lionel Roux	7-6⁴	6-1	·
Marcello Craca	Jerome Golmard	5-7	6-4	6-2
Carlos Costa	Nicolas Lapentti	2-6	7-6³	7-6⁴
Emilio Benfele Alvarez	Hicham Arazi	6-3	6-0	·
Cedric Pioline	Karol Kucera	7-5	4-6	6-4
Jan Kroslak	Michal Tabara	6-1	6-2	·
Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	Oliver Gross	6-4	6-1	·
Richard Fromberg	Javier Sanchez	6-2	6-2	·
Tomas Carbonell	Arnaud Boetsch	6-4	6-3	·
Albert Portas	Thierry Champion	6-3	6-1	·
Galo Blanco	Leander Paes	6-7³	6-3	6-4
Bohdan Ulihrach	Franco Squillari	6-0	6-3	·
Fabrice Santoro	Daniel Vacek	7-5	6-0	·
Gustavo Kuerten	Andrei Pavel	6-2	7-5	·
Stephane Simian	Francisco Roig	4-6	6-2	6-4
Marcelo Rios	Orlin Stanoytchev	6-4	6-3	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Cedric Pioline	FRA	Winner
	Bohdan Ulihrach	CZE	Final
EA	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	ESP	Semifinal
	Fabrice Santoro	FRA	Semifinal
	Albert Portas	ESP	Quarterfinal
MC	Marcello Craca	GER	Quarterfinal
	Marcelo Rios	CHI	Quarterfinal
RF	Richard Fromberg	AUS	Quarterfinal
CC	Carlos Costa	ESP	Round of 16
GB	Galo Blanco	ESP	Round of 16
	Gustavo Kuerten	BRA	Round of 16
JK	Jan Kroslak	SVK	Round of 16
MG	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	ESP	Round of 16
SS	Stephane Simian	FRA	Round of 16
TC	Tomas Carbonell	ESP	Round of 16
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	RUS	Round of 16
	Andrei Pavel	ROU	Round of 32
	Arnaud Boetsch	FRA	Round of 32
DV	Daniel Vacek	CZE	Round of 32
FR	Francisco Roig	ESP	Round of 32
	Franco Squillari	ARG	Round of 32
	Hicham Arazi	MAR	Round of 32
JS	Javier Sanchez	ESP	Round of 32
	Jerome Golmard	FRA	Round of 32
KK	Karol Kucera	SVK	Round of 32
LP	Leander Paes	IND	Round of 32
LR	Lionel Roux	FRA	Round of 32
MT	Michal Tabara	CZE	Round of 32
	Nicolas Lapentti	ECU	Round of 32
OG	Oliver Gross	GER	Round of 32
OS	Orlin Stanoytchev	BUL	Round of 32
TC	Thierry Champion	FRA	Round of 32