The 1997 Generali Open was a men's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s in

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, Austria that was part of the

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of the

1997 ATP Tour The 1997 ATP Tour was the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP that year. The ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships, the ATP Super 9, the Championship Series and the World Series ...

. It was the 42nd edition of the tournament and was held from 21 July until 27 July 1997. Tenth-seeded

Filip Dewulf Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972) is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium. In his career, he won two ATP Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. In 1997 he reached the semifinals of the French Open, his best singles resu ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Julián Alonso Julián Alonso Pintor (born 2 August 1977) is a Spanish-American former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1995 and retired in 2003. He was known in tennis because of his powerful serve and Forehand compared with the Goran I ...

, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4, 6–1 * It was Dewulf's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Doubles

Wayne Arthurs /

Richard Fromberg Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Tennis career Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Buchmayer (born 14 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Biography Buchmayer, a left-handed player from Sankt Pölten, was coached by Jan Kukal. Turning professional in 1989, he made the round of 16 as a wil ...

Thomas Strengberger Thomas Strengberger (born 5 October 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Career A doubles specialist, Strengberger had the best performance of his career at the 1997 Austrian Open, where he and partner Thomas Buchmayer were ...

, 6–4, 6–3

References

External links

ITF tournament edition details
{{1997 ATP Tour

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Austrian Open Kitzbühel Austrian Open