1997 Australian Open
Template:Use dmy dates Template:TennisEventInfo The 1997 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 85th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 13 through 26 January 1997.
Prior to the 2021 US Open, this was the last Grand Slam tournament not to feature Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, or Venus Williams in the main singles draw.
Seniors
Men's singles
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- It was Sampras' 9th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd and last Australian Open title.
Women's singles
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- It was Hingis' 1st career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. Hingis became the first Swiss player – male or female – to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Men's doubles
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- It was Woodbridge's 13th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd Australian Open title. It was Woodforde's 14th career Grand Slam title and his 4th and last Australian Open title.
Women's doubles
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- It was Hingis' 3rd career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian Open title. It was Zvereva's 18th career Grand Slam title and her 5th and last Australian Open title.
Mixed doubles
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- It was Bollegraf's 3rd career Grand Slam title and her only Australian Open title. It was Leach's 7th career Grand Slam title and his 4th Australian Open title.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Template:Flagicon Daniel Elsner defeated Template:Flagicon Wesley Whitehouse 7–6, 6–2
Girls' singles
Template:Flagicon Mirjana Lučić defeated Template:Flagicon Marlene Weingärtner 6–2, 6–2
Boys' doubles
Template:Flagicon David Sherwood / Template:Flagicon James Trotman defeated Template:Flagicon Jaco van der Westhuizen / Template:Flagicon Wesley Whitehouse 7–6, 6–3
Girls' doubles
Template:Flagicon Mirjana Lučić / Template:Flagicon Jasmin Wöhr defeated Template:Flagicon Cho Yoon-jeong / Template:Flagicon Shiho Hisamatsu 6–2, 6–2
Other events
Legends' doubles
Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara / Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle defeated Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson / Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall 6–4, 6–4