# 1997 Marseille Open – Singles

Guy Forget was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Thomas Enqvist won the final 6–4, 1–0 after Marcelo Ríos was forced to retire.

## Seeds

* Marcelo Ríos (final, retired)
* Thomas Enqvist (champion)
* Michael Stich (first round)
* Marc Rosset (quarterfinals)
* Cédric Pioline (first round)
* Petr Korda (second round)
* Francisco Clavet (first round)
* Hendrik Dreekmann (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| 1 | Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Sergi Bruguera | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| | Sergi Bruguera | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1 | Marcelo Ríos | 4 | 0$^r$ |
| | | | | | 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 1 |
| WC | Fabrice Santoro | 4 | 3 | | 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Ríos | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J A Viloca | 6$^4$ | 4 | | 1 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J van Herck | 6 | 6 | | | J van Herck | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | M Ríos | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Kučera | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Larsson | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | A Clément | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Clément | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Larsson | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F Clavet | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Ríos | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| 3 | M Stich | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Bruguera | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 |
| | D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | D Vacek | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Delaître | 6 | 2 | 4 | | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Chesnokov | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Chesnokov | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | L Roux | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | S Bruguera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Olhovskiy | 1 | 6 | 4 | | L Roux | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bruguera | 6 | 6$^9$ | 6 | | S Bruguera | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | C Pioline | 1 | 7$^{11}$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | P Korda | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Roig | 4 | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | P Korda | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Grosjean | 4 | 7 | 1 | WC | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Santoro | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | WC | F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | M Mirnyi | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | M Rosset | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | N Kulti | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Schaller | 1 | 4 | | 4 | M Rosset | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | F Santoro | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | H Dreekmann | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 |
| WC | T Champion | 2 | 1$^r$ | | 8 | H Dreekmann | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tillström | 6 | 1 | 0 | | T Carbonell | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | H Dreekmann | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | S Simian | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | | D Hrbatý | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Fredriksson | 1 | 2 | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |