1997 BellSouth Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 ATP Auckland Open
Champions South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
Runners-up United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
Final score 6–4, 4–6, 7–6

Marcos Ondruska and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but lost in the first round to David Adams and Menno Oosting.

Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 against Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Patrick Galbraith (Champions)
  2. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Nicklas Kulti (Semifinals)

  1. United States Rick Leach / United States Jonathan Stark (Final)
  2. South Africa David Adams / Netherlands Menno Oosting (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
6 1 6
WC New Zealand J Greenhalgh
New Zealand G Wilson
4 6 4 1 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
6 6  
WC Chile M Ríos
United Kingdom G Rusedski
2 6 5 WC New Zealand A Hunt
New Zealand B Steven
2 4  
WC New Zealand A Hunt
New Zealand B Steven
6 4 7 1 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
6 7  
4 South Africa D Adams
Netherlands M Oosting
6 6 6 4 South Africa D Adams
Netherlands M Oosting
3 6  
  South Africa M Ondruska
United States J Waite
2 7 3 4 South Africa D Adams
Netherlands M Oosting
6 7  
  South Africa M Barnard
United States D Randall
6 2     Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner
4 6  
  Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic P Vízner
7 6   1 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
6 4 7
  Argentina P Albano
Spain T Carbonell
6 7 3 3 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
4 6 6
  Sweden D Ekerot
United States J Tarango
7 6 6   Sweden D Ekerot
United States J Tarango
7 3 3
  Netherlands S Noteboom
Netherlands S Schalken
5 5   3 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
6 6 6
3 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
7 7   3 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
6 6  
  United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa G Muller
7 6 7 2 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
3 4  
Q South Africa J-L de Jager
South Africa C van Rensburg
6 7 6   United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa G Muller
4 4  
  Czech Republic J Novák
Czech Republic C Suk
6 5   2 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
6 6  
2 Sweden J Björkman
Sweden N Kulti
7 7  

References

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