AHMEDABAD ATP CHALLENGER 1997 Ahmedabad, India December 1-7, 1997 32 Draw $25,000+H Surface: Hard Singles Main Draw Seeded Players: 1 . L.PAES 2 . O.OGORODOV 3 . A.MERINOV 4 . O.STANOYTCHEV 5 . E.ERLICH 6 . F.FONTANG 7 . R.FALENTI 8 . E.RAN First Round L.PAES d. (WC)V.REDDY 6-3 6-2 M.BHUPATHI d. (WC)N.KIRTANE 6-1 6-2 G.MOTOMURA d. (SE)T.SUZUKI 1-3 Ret. E.RAN d. (Q)D.TOMASHEVICH 7-5 6-1 M.HROMEC d. A.MERINOV 5-7 6-2 6-3 (Q)V.KUTSENKO d. L.TIELEMAN 6-3 6-1 D.NAINKIN d. (WC)H.MANKAD 7-5 6-0 O.FUKAREK d. E.ERLICH 6-4 6-3 F.FONTANG d. A.STOLIAROV 6-2 6-2 S.RANDJELOVIC d. E.COUTO 7-6(6) 7-6(5) (Q)H.WILTSCHNIG d. B.MOTA 6-0 4-6 6-1 O.STANOYTCHEV d. L.MILLIGAN 6-4 6-1 J.CUNHA-SILVA d. R.FALENTI 6-4 6-1 V.VOLTCHKOV d. (WC)S.KIRTANE 7-5 6-2 M.BELGRAVER d. (SE)B.COWAN 6-3 6-1 O.OGORODOV d. (Q)S.IWABUCHI 6-3 6-3 Second Round L.PAES d. M.BHUPATHI 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 G.MOTOMURA d. E.RAN 2-6 6-3 6-1 (Q)V.KUTSENKO d. M.HROMEC 6-4 6-1 D.NAINKIN d. O.FUKAREK 6-4 7-5 S.RANDJELOVIC d. F.FONTANG 6-1 6-2 (Q)H.WILTSCHNIG d. O.STANOYTCHEV 6-4 1-0 Ret. V.VOLTCHKOV d. J.CUNHA-SILVA 6-3 6-4 O.OGORODOV d. M.BELGRAVER 7-6(8) 6-2 Quarterfinals L.PAES d. G.MOTOMURA 1-6 6-4 7-6(7) (Q)V.KUTSENKO d. D.NAINKIN 6-2 6-4 (Q)H.WILTSCHNIG d. S.RANDJELOVIC 6-4 6-2 O.OGORODOV d. V.VOLTCHKOV 6-4 7-5 Semifinals (Q)V.KUTSENKO d. L.PAES 7-5 6-2 (Q)H.WILTSCHNIG d. O.OGORODOV 6-4 2-6 7-5 Final (Q)V.KUTSENKO d. (Q)H.WILTSCHNIG 6-1 6-4 Doubles Main Draw Seeded Players: 1 . COUTO-CUNHA-SILVA 2 . MOTOMURA-OGORODOV 3 . HROMEC-MOTA 4 . ERLICH-RAN First Round COUTO-CUNHA-SILVA d. BHUPATHI-KIRTANE 5-7 6-3 6-3 SRIDHAR-WAKALKAR d. W/O HROMEC-MOTA d. CALDWELL-SHIMADA 6-3 7-6(2) COWAN-WILTSCHNIG d. FUKAREK-TIELEMAN 6-3 6-1 RANDJELOVIC-VOLTCHKOV d. GHOUSE-MANKAD 6-4 6-1 KIRTANE-PAES d. ERLICH-RAN 7-6(12) 7-5 HILPERT-NAINKIN d. KUTSENKO-TOMASHEVICH 3-6 6-3 7-5 MOTOMURA-OGORODOV d. RADHAKRISHNAN-REDDY 6-3 6-2 Quarterfinals COUTO-CUNHA-SILVA d. SRIDHAR-WAKALKAR 6-1 6-2 HROMEC-MOTA d. COWAN-WILTSCHNIG 3-6 6-4 6-3 RANDJELOVIC-VOLTCHKOV d. KIRTANE-PAES 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 MOTOMURA-OGORODOV d. HILPERT-NAINKIN 6-4 2-6 7-6(3) Semifinals COUTO-CUNHA-SILVA d. HROMEC-MOTA 6-2 6-1 MOTOMURA-OGORODOV d. RANDJELOVIC-VOLTCHKOV 6-0 6-3 Final COUTO-CUNHA-SILVA d. MOTOMURA-OGORODOV 6-4 3-6 6-3 Singles Prize ATP Tour Money Pts. Winner $3,600 60 Finalist 2,120 43 Semifinalist 1,255 25 Quarterfinalist 730 13 Second round 430 7 First round 260 1 Doubles Prize Money ATP Tour (per team) Pts. Winner $1,550 60 Finalist 900 43 Semifinalist 540 25 Quarterfinalist 320 13 First round 180 1