1997 St. Petersburg Open
Encyclopedia
The 1997 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg
in Russia
and was part of the World Series
of the 1997 ATP Tour
. The tournament ran from March 17 through March 23, 1997.
Thomas Johansson
defeated
Renzo Furlan
6–3, 6–4
Andrei Olhovskiy
/
Brett Steven
defeated
David Prinosil
/
Daniel Vacek
6–4, 6–3
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and was part of the World Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
of the 1997 ATP Tour
1997 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:...
. The tournament ran from March 17 through March 23, 1997.
Men's Singles
Thomas JohanssonThomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson , commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a former Swedish professional tennis player. He is a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.-Junior career:...
defeated
Renzo FurlanRenzo Furlan
Renzo Furlan is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter finals by India's Leander Paes...
6–3, 6–4
- It was Johansson's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of his career.
Men's Doubles
Andrei OlhovskiyAndrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989....
/
Brett StevenBrett Steven
Brett Andrew Steven is a tennis player from New Zealand.Steven turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour doubles title in 1991 at Newport, Rhode Island....
defeated
David PrinosilDavid Prinosil
David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic...
/
Daniel VacekDaniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...
6–4, 6–3
- It was Olhovskiy's 2nd title of the year and the 15th of his career. It was Steven's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of his career.