1997 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 Kroger St. Jude International
1996 ChampionsThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
ChampionsSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
Runners-upUnited States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
Final score6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1996 · Kroger St. Jude International · 1998 →

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.

Ferreira and Galbraith won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark.

Seeds[]

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

  1. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde (Semifinals)
  2. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Canada Grant Connell (Quarterfinals)
  3. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (Quarterfinals)
  4. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Patrick Galbraith (Champions)
  5. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (Quarterfinals)
  6. Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien (Second Round)
  7. United States Rick Leach / United States Jonathan Stark (Final)
  8. United States Jim Grabb / United States Richey Reneberg (Quarterfinals)

Draw[]

Key[]

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • SE = Special exempt
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted

Final[]

Final
     
4 South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
6 3 6
7 United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
3 6 1

Top Half[]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
7 6  
  South Africa B Haygarth
Netherlands S Schalken
7 7     South Africa B Haygarth
Netherlands S Schalken
6 2  
  Spain T Carbonell
Spain F Roig
6 6   1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
3 6 7
  Sweden J Björkman
United States D Flach
7 6 6 8 United States J Grabb
United States R Reneberg
6 4 6
WC United States M Joyce
United States D Pate
6 7 4   Sweden J Björkman
United States D Flach
4 4  
8 United States J Grabb
United States R Reneberg
6 6  
1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 4  
4 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
7 6  
4 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
6 6 6
  United States K Kinnear
United States D Randall
6 7     United States K Kinnear
United States D Randall
4 7 4
WC United States L Jensen
United States M Jensen
4 6   4 South Africa E Ferreira
United States P Galbraith
6 7 7
  Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
6 6   5 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
7 6 5
  United States B MacPhie
South Africa G Muller
3 4     Australia M Philippoussis
Australia P Rafter
6 3  
5 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
7 6  

Bottom Half[]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
6 3 4
Q United States J Gimelstob
New Zealand B Steven
6 6   Q United States J Gimelstob
New Zealand B Steven
3 6 6
  United States P McEnroe
United States C Woodruff
2 3   Q United States J Gimelstob
New Zealand B Steven
6 4 6
WC United States B Gilbert
Armenia S Sargsian
6 2   3 Netherlands J Eltingh
Netherlands P Haarhuis
3 6 3
  United States T Kronemann
Australia D Macpherson
7 6     United States T Kronemann
Australia D Macpherson
3 4  
3 Netherlands J Eltingh
Netherlands P Haarhuis
6 6  
Q United States J Gimelstob
New Zealand B Steven
6 7 1
7 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
7 6 6
7 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
6 6  
  France J-P Fleurian
France G Raoux
6 6 2   South Africa C van Rensburg
United States J Waite
2 3  
  South Africa C van Rensburg
United States J Waite
7 3 6 7 United States R Leach
United States J Stark
7 7  
WC United States B Shelton
United States M Washington
4 2   2 Zimbabwe B Black
Canada G Connell
6 6  
  Argentina J Frana
Argentina L Lobo
6 6     Argentina J Frana
Argentina L Lobo
3 4  
2 Zimbabwe B Black
Canada G Connell
6 6  

References[]

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