1997 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles

Singles
1997 ATP Tour World Championships
Champion	Pete Sampras
Runner-up	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Final score	6–3, 6–2, 6–2

Pete Sampras was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 6–2, against Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

Seeds

1. Pete Sampras (Champion)
2. Michael Chang (Round Robin)
3. Patrick Rafter (Round Robin)
4. Jonas Björkman (Semifinals)
5. Greg Rusedski (Round Robin, withdrew due to a right hamstring injury)
6. Carlos Moyá (Semifinals)
7. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Final)
8. Sergi Bruguera (Round Robin, withdrew due to a lower back injury)
9. Thomas Muster (Round Robin)
10. Tim Henman (Round Robin)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Pete Sampras	6	6
	4	Jonas Björkman	3	4
								1	Pete Sampras	6	6	6
								6	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3	2	2
	6	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7^7	7^7
	7	Carlos Moyá	6^2	6^3

Red Group

		Sampras	Rafter	Rusedski Muster	Moyá	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Pete Sampras		6–4, 6–1	6–4, 7–5 (w/ Rusedski)	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 2–6	2–1	5–2	37–32	1
3	Patrick Rafter	4–6, 1–6		4–6, 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Rusedski)	6–4, 6–2	2–1	4–3	33–31	3
5 9	Greg Rusedski Thomas Muster	4–6, 5–7 (w/ Rusedski)	6–4, 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Rusedski)		2–6, 3–6 (w/ Muster)	0–2 0–1	1–4 0–2	22–29 5–12	4 5
7	Carlos Moyá	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2	4–6, 2–6	6–2, 6–3 (w/ Muster)		2–1	4–3	36–29	2

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

White Group

		Chang	Björkman	Kafelnikov	Bruguera Henman	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Michael Chang		4–6, 5–7	3–6, 0–6	7–6^(10–8), 6–2 (w/ Bruguera)	1–2	2–4	25–33	3
4	Jonas Björkman	6–4, 7–5		3–6, 6–7^(6–8)	6–3, 6–1 (w/ Bruguera)	2–1	4–2	34–26	2
6	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–3, 6–0	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)		4–6, 4–6 (w/ Henman)	2–1	4–2	33–24	1
8 10	Sergi Bruguera Tim Henman	6–7^(8–10), 2–6 (w/ Bruguera)	3–6, 1–6 (w/ Bruguera)	6–4, 6–4 (w/ Henman)		0–2 1–0	0–4 2–0	12–25 12–8	5 4

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

See also

• ATP World Tour Finals appearances

External links

• Finals Draw
• Round Robin Draw (Red Group)
• Round Robin Draw (White Group)