1997 Gold Flake Open - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1997 Chennai Open, known for sponsorship reasons as the 1997 Gold Flake Open, was an ATP

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tournament held in Chennai

Chennai

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, India

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. The tournament was held from April 7 to April 14.

Men's Singles

Mikael Tillström defeated

Alex Radulescu

Alex Rădulescu is a former tennis player from Romania, who competed for Germany.Rădulescu turned professional in 1992. The righthander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 10, 1997, when he became the number 51 of the world...

6-4, 4-6, 7-5

It was Tillström's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Men's Doubles

Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

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Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...

defeated

Oleg Ogorodov

Oleg Ogorodov is a former tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His career high singles rank came on May 13, 1996 when he was ranked 101st in men's singles tennis rankings...

Eyal Ran

Eyal Ran is a professional Israeli tennis player and Captain of the Israeli Davis Cup team.His career high ATP ranking in singles was 138 , and in doubles it was 71 .-Tennis career:...

7-6, 7-5

It was Paes's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Bhupathi's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.

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