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These clay courts give a great challenge to the participants as the strategy of Game play changes.The 1997 French Open Tennis Tournament was one of the tournaments that were held in these courts.
The 1997 French Open Tennis Tournament Statistics
The 1996 French Open Tennis Tournament featured the events of Men Singles, Women Singles, men Doubles, Women Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Junior Championships. In the Men Singles Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Michael Stich by 7-6, 7-5, 7-6. In the Women Singles Steffi Graff again won the title by defeating Arantxa Sanchez Vicario by 6-3, 6-7, 10-8. In the men Doubles the title was won by Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek after they defeated Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek by 6-2, 6-3. In the Women Doubles category Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez defeated previous year champion Gigi Fernandez and Natalia Zvereva. The score line was 6-2, 6-1. In the Mixed Doubles category Patricia Tarabini and Javier Frana defeated Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen by straight sets 6-2, 6-2. In the Junior Championships the Boys Singles was won by Alberto Marin. The Girls Singles was won by Amelie Mauresmo. The Boys Singles was won by Sebastien Grosjean and Olivier Mutis and the Girls Doubles was won by Alice Canepa and Giulia Casoni.
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