French Open, Wednesday’s Results

Wednesday, May 28, 1997 | 10:48 a.m.

PARIS -- Results Wednesday of the French Open at Roland Garros stadium:

MEN

Singles

First Round

Frederic Fontang, France, def. Patrik Fredriksson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-7(6-8), 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.

Second Round

Andrei Medvedev, Ukraine, def. Juan Albert Viloca, Spain, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Cedric Pioline, France, def. Gaston Etlis, Argentina, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).

Alex Corretja (8), Spain, def. Jens Knippschild, Germany, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8).

Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia def. Guillaume Raoux, France 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

Filip Dewulf, Belgium def. Fernando Meligeni, Brazil 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3.

Marc Rosset (15), Switzerland, def. Jason Stoltenberg, Australia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

Lionel Roux, France, def. Sebastien Lareau, Canada, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.

Jan Siemerink, Netherlands, def. Salvador Navarro, Spain, 6-1, 6-7 (1-7), 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles

First Round

Cristian Brandi and Filippo Messori, Italy, def. Kelly Jones, San Diego, and Scott Melville, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 6-4, 7-5.

Scott Davis, Newport Beach, Calif., and Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, def. Brent Haygarth, South Africa, and T.J. Middleton, Atlanta, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).

Trevor Kronemann, Bradenton, Fla., and David Macpherson, Australia (16), def. Javier Frana, Argentina, and Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 4-6, 7-6 (14-12), 6-3.

Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota, Portugal, def. Sandon Stolle, Australia, and Cyril Suk, Czech Republic (12), 6-2, 6-7 (10-12), 6-2.

Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen, Atlanta, def. Mark Keil, Tampa, Fla., and Chris Woodruff, Knoxville, Tenn., 6-3, 6-4.

Martin Damm, Czech Republic, and Andrei Olhovskiy, Russia (11), def. Sasa Hirszon and Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

Neil Broad, Britain, and Piet Norval, South Africa (13), def. Byron Black, Zimbabwe, and Justin Gimelstob, Whippany, N.J., 6-3, 6-2.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, Australia (1), def. Jean-Francois Bachelot and Jean-Baptiste Perlant, France, 6-2, 6-1.

Petr Korda, Czech Republic, and Jeff Salzenstein, Englewood, Colo., def. Libor Pimek, Belgium, and Byron Talbot, South Africa (15), 7-5, 6-0.

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis, Netherlands (2), def. David Adams and Wayne Ferreira, South Africa, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor, Canada (3), def. Marius Barnard and John-Laffnie de Jager, South Africa, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).

WOMEN

Singles

Second Round

Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, def. Katarina Studenikova, Slovakia, 6-0, 2-0, retired.

Jana Novotna (4), Czech Republic, def. Jana Kandarr, Germany, 6-4, 6-0.

Caroline Dhenin, France, def. Silvia Talaja, Croatia, 6-2, 7-5.

Irina Spirlea (13), Romania, def. Ines Gorrochategui, Argentina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Nicole Arendt, Gainesville, Fla., def. Laura Golarsa, Italy, 6-2, 6-2.

Ruxandra Dragomir, Romania, def. Yayuk Basuki, Indonesia, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6.

Amanda Coetzer (11), South Africa, def. Amy Frazier, Rochester Hills, Mich., 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

Conchita Martinez (7), Spain, def. Chanda Rubin, Lafayette, La., 6-3, 6-0.

Karina Habsudova (15), Slovakia, def. Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, 6-2, 6-2.

Steffi Graf (2), Germany, def. Amelie Mauresmo, France, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles

First Round

Mary Joe Fernandez, Key Biscayne, Fla., and Lisa Raymond, Wayne, Pa. (5), def. Corina Morariu, Boca Raton, Fla., and Anne-Gaelle Sidot, France, 6-1, 6-3.

Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain (3), def. Rita Grande, Italy, and Kerry-Anne Guse, Australia, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).

Emmanuelle Curutchet and Sophie Georges, France, def. Debbie Graham, Newport Beach, Calif., and Kristine Kunce, Australia, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.

Wiltrud Probst, Germany, and Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Annabel Ellwood and Rachel McQuillan, Australia, 6-3, 6-1.

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