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Moving from Category:1997 in Pennsylvania to Category:1997 in sports in Pennsylvania Diffusing per WP:DIFFUSE using Cat-a-lot

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{{TennisEventInfo|1997|Advanta Championships|
| date=February 24 – March 2
| category=[[ATP Championship Series|Championship Series]]
| draw=32S /16D
| prize_money=$589,250
| edition=30th
| surface=Hard / indoor
| location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]], U.S.
| venue=[[CoreStates Center]]
| attendance=39,145<ref name="inquirer">{{cite news |author1=Diane Pucin |title=Sampras holds off Rafter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178303437/ |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 7, 1997 |pages=F1, F2 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Sampras]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1997 Philadelphia – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1997/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>
| champd={{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sébastien Lareau]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex O'Brien]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1997 Philadelphia – Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1997/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>
| before_name=Comcast U.S. Indoor
| main_name=U.S. Pro Indoor
}}

The '''1997 Advanta Championships''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Tennis court#Indoor courts|indoor hard courts]] at the [[CoreStates Center]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the United States and was part of the [[ATP International Series Gold|Championship Series]] of the [[1997 ATP Tour]]. It was the 30th edition of the tournament and was held from February 24 through March 2, 1997. First-seeded [[Pete Sampras]] won the singles title, his third at the event after 1990 and 1992, and earned $100,000 first-prize money.<ref name="wot1998">{{cite book|title=International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998|year=1998|publisher=CollinsWillow|location=London|isbn=9780002188241|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]|pages=140, 153}}</ref>

==Finals==
===Singles===
{{main|1997 Advanta Championships – Singles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Sampras]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Patrick Rafter]] 5–7, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3
* It was Sampras' 3rd singles title of the year and the 47th of his [[Pete Sampras career statistics|career]].

===Doubles===
{{main|1997 Advanta Championships – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sébastien Lareau]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex O'Brien]] defeated {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Ellis Ferreira]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Galbraith]] 6–3, 6–3
* It was Lareau's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was O'Brien's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/philadelphia/usa/1997/m-csd-usa-02a-1997/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]

{{U.S. Pro Indoor tournaments}}
{{1997 ATP Tour}}

[[Category:1997 ATP Tour|Advanta Championships]]
[[Category:U.S. Pro Indoor]]
[[Category:1997 in sports in Pennsylvania|Advanta Championships]]
[[Category:1997 in American tennis|Advanta Championships]]
[[Category:February 1997 sports events in the United States|Advanta Championships]]
[[Category:March 1997 sports events in the United States|Advanta Championships]]

1997 Advanta Championships - Revision history

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