The 1997 Estoril Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. This event was the 8th edition of the Estoril Open, included in the 1997 ATP Tour

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. The event took place at the

Estoril Court Central Estoril Court Central is the main tennis court in Oeiras, Portugal. Built in 2005, it currently holds 10,000 spectators. It used to host the Portugal Open The Portugal Open (formerly named Estoril Open) was an ATP and WTA clay court tennis t ...

, in Oeiras, Portugal, from April 7 through April 14, 1997.

Finals

Singles

Àlex Corretja Àlex Corretja i Verdegay (; born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. During his career, he was twice a major runner-up at the French Open (in 1998 and 2001), won the Tour Finals in 1998, reached a career-high single ...

defeated

Francisco Clavet Francisco Javier Clavet González de Castejón (; born 24 October 1968), known as Pato Clavet (), is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won eight singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 1992 Indian Wells Masters and the 1 ...

, 6–3, 7–5 *It was Corretja's 1st title of the year and 2nd of his career.

Doubles

Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times ( 1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he ...

Fernando Meligeni Fernando Ariel Meligeni (born April 12, 1971), nicknamed ''Fininho'' (diminutive form in Portuguese for ''thin''), is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He won 3 singles titles and reached the semi-finals of both the 1999 French Ope ...

defeated

Andrea Gaudenzi Andrea Gaudenzi (; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020. Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, in the province of Ravenna, and turned p ...

Filippo Messori Filippo Messori (born 12 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He was born in Modena. Messori enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won one doubles title, and achieved a caree ...

, 6–2, 6–2 *It was Kuerten's and Meligeni's 1st title of the year and 2nd of their careers.

References

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