# 1997 St. Petersburg Open – Singles

Magnus Gustafsson was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Thomas Johansson won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Renzo Furlan.

## Seeds

* Michael Stich (semifinals)
* Greg Rusedski (second round, withdrew)
* David Prinosil (second round)
* Daniel Vacek (second round)
* Thomas Johansson (champion)
* Karol Kučera (first round)
* Renzo Furlan (final)
* Kenneth Carlsen (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Michael Stich | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | Thomas Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Thomas Johansson | 6 | 6 | 5 | Thomas Johansson | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Renzo Furlan | 3 | 4 |
| | Ján Krošlák | 3 | 3 | 7 | Renzo Furlan | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Renzo Furlan | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Stich | 4 | 7 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 6 | 5 | 6$^7$ | 1 | M Stich | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Benfele Álvarez | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | E Benfele Álvarez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Camporese | 6$^3$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | 1 | M Stich | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Belov | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | K Carlsen | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | N Marques | 6 | 6 | | | N Marques | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Roig | 4 | 4 | | 8 | K Carlsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Carlsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Stich | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | D Vacek | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 |
| | P Fredriksson | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | D Vacek | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Delaître | 6 | 6 | | Q | O Delaître | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cherkasov | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | O Delaître | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | I Tchelychev | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Simian | 6 | 6 | | | S Simian | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Volkov | 4 | 1 | | 5 | T Johansson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | K Kučera | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | F Santoro | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Stoliarov | 2 | 4 | | | J Krošlák | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Krošlák | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | J Winnink | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Norman | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | M Norman | 7 | 6 | | | M Norman | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Rehmann | 2 | 2 | | 3 | D Prinosil | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Krošlák | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | R Furlan | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | R Furlan | 6 | 6 |
| | L Burgsmüller | 6$^2$ | 6$^3$ | | 7 | R Furlan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 3 | 4 | | | O Stanoytchev | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Stanoytchev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | R Furlan | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Olhovskiy | 5 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | Q | A Clément | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | A Clément | 7 | 4 | | Q | A Clément | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T El-Sawy | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | G Rusedski | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Rusedski | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |