# 1997 Italian Open – Men's singles

Álex Corretja defeated Marcelo Ríos in the final, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Italian Open.
Thomas Muster was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Scott Draper.

## Seeds

* Pete Sampras (first round)
* Michael Chang (first round)
* Thomas Muster (second round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round)
* Richard Krajicek (second round)
* Goran Ivanišević (semifinals)
* Marcelo Ríos (final)
* Carlos Moyà (third round)
* Wayne Ferreira (first round)
* Álex Corretja (champion)
* Álbert Costa (third round)
* Boris Becker (third round)
* Félix Mantilla (first round)
* Tim Henman (second round)
* Marc Rosset (third round)
* Mark Philippoussis (first round)

## 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
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Alberto Berasategui | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Alberto Berasategui | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | Marcelo Ríos | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | 10 | Álex Corretja | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Goran Ivanišević | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | 10 | Álex Corretja | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 10 | Álex Corretja | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | P Sampras | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Courier | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | J Courier | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Portas | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ | | Q | A Portas | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rusedski | 6$^7$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | J Courier | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 15 | M Rosset | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | |
| Q | E Benfele Álvarez | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | E Benfele Álvarez | 5 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Golmard | 5 | 4 | | 15 | M Rosset | 7 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | M Rosset | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Courier | 3 | 6 | 6$^4$ |
| 9 | W Ferreira | 6 | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Ríos | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ |
| | M Larsson | 4 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | M Larsson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 5 | 6 | 6 | | T Johansson | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Sanguinetti | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | M Larsson | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | M Ríos | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 4 | 1 | | Q | F Santoro | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Camporese | 3 | 5 | | 7 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Ríos | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 5 | 6$^5$ | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Woodbridge | 5 | 1 | | | P Haarhuis | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Berasategui | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Berasategui | 6 | 6 | | | A Berasategui | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Rafter | 6 | 3 | 6 | | P Rafter | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | F Mantilla | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | A Berasategui | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Á Costa | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M-K Goellner | 5 | 5 |
| | A Rădulescu | 5 | 2 | | 11 | Á Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 5 | 3 | | | J Siemerink | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Siemerink | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 11 | Á Costa | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | M-K Goellner | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| | J Stark | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | M-K Goellner | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Nargiso | 5 | 3 | | 5 | R Krajicek | 6$^6$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Krajicek | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 6$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Woodforde | 2 | 7$^{10}$ | 4 | 6 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Fetterlein | 4 | 5 | | | C Ruud | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | G Ivanišević | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | |
| | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | B Becker | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | |
| | B Black | 4 | 3 | | | C Pioline | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Gaudenzi | 6$^3$ | 2 | | 12 | B Becker | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | B Becker | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | T Henman | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | S Draper | 4 | 4 |
| | R Carretero | 6 | 5 | 0$^r$ | 14 | T Henman | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Scala | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | Q | D Scala | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Musa | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | Q | D Scala | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Draper | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Draper | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 5 | 3 | | | S Draper | 7$^7$ | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Martelli | 3 | 2 | | 3 | T Muster | 6$^4$ | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Muster | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | C Moyà | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Pescosolido | 4 | 4 | | 8 | C Moyà | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Haas | 3 | 6 | 7 | | T Haas | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | 8 | C Moyà | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | A Boetsch | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 10 | Á Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A O'Brien | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | A Boetsch | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 0 | 3 | | 10 | Á Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Á Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Á Corretja | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 16 | M Philippoussis | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Alami | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | | | C Woodruff | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | K Alami | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | S Stolle | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | S Bruguera | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | S Bruguera | 6 | 6 | | | S Bruguera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gumy | 6 | 6 | | | H Gumy | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Chang | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Fabrice Santoro (qualified)
* Lionel Roux (qualifying competition)
* Albert Portas (qualified)
* Emilio Benfele Álvarez (qualified)
* Richard Fromberg (first round)
* Carlos Costa (first round)
* Franco Squillari (qualifying competition)
* Nicolas Kiefer (first round)
* Jérôme Golmard (qualified)
* Martin Sinner (qualifying competition)
* Fernando Vicente (qualifying competition)
* Frederik Fetterlein (qualified)
* Gastón Etlis (qualifying competition)
* Mariano Zabaleta (first round)
* Olivier Delaître (first round)
* Guillermo Cañas (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Fabrice Santoro
* Davide Sanguinetti
* Albert Portas
* Emilio Benfele Álvarez
* Frederik Fetterlein
* Daniele Musa
* Jérôme Golmard
* Davide Scala

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ivo Heuberger | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| | Ivo Heuberger | 0 | 3 | 1 | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | WC | Giorgio Galimberti | 1 | 3 |
| WC | Giorgio Galimberti | 6 | 6 | WC | Giorgio Galimberti | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Guillermo Cañas | 4 | 3 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Lionel Roux | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Mosé Navarra | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | Mosé Navarra | 2 | 1 | 2 | Lionel Roux | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | Davide Sanguinetti | 6 | 6 |
| | Davide Sanguinetti | 6 | 7 | | Davide Sanguinetti | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | Olivier Delaître | 3 | 5 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Albert Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Stefano Tarallo | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Stefano Tarallo | 4 | 3 | | 3 | Albert Portas | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 13 | Gastón Etlis | 5 | 2 |
| | Jim Grabb | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | Gastón Etlis | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | Gastón Etlis | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Gabrio Castrichella | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Gabrio Castrichella | 3 | 1 | | 4 | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Jacobo Díaz | 2 | 3 |
| | Jacobo Díaz | 6 | 4 | 6 | | Jacobo Díaz | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Mariano Zabaleta | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Richard Fromberg | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | James Sekulov | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | James Sekulov | 5 | 6 | 6 | | James Sekulov | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | 12 | Frederik Fetterlein | 6 | 6 |
| | Cristiano Caratti | 4 | 3 | | 12 | Frederik Fetterlein | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Frederik Fetterlein | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Carlos Costa | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Daniele Musa | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Daniele Musa | 6 | 6 | | | Daniele Musa | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | Fernando Vicente | 6 | 2 |
| | Vincenzo Santopadre | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | Fernando Vicente | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | Fernando Vicente | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Franco Squillari | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Filippo Messori | 5 | 0 | | | | |
| | Filippo Messori | 5 | 0 | 7 | Franco Squillari | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | 9 | Jérôme Golmard | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Daniele Balducci | 2 | 2 | 9 | Jérôme Golmard | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Jérôme Golmard | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 8 | Nicolas Kiefer | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | Davide Scala | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Davide Scala | 6 | 6 | | Davide Scala | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | 10 | Martin Sinner | 2 | 5 |
| WC | Florian Allgauer | 5 | 5 | 10 | Martin Sinner | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Martin Sinner | 7 | 7 | | | | |