# 1997 Torneo Godó – Singles

The 1997 Torneo Godó was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Barcelona, Spain that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1997 ATP Tour. It was the 45th edition of the tournament and was held from 14–21 April.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Thomas Muster (third round)
* Kafelnikov (second round)
* Goran Ivanišević (second round)
* Carlos Moyá (semifinals)
* Marcelo Ríos (second round)
* Wayne Ferreira (second round)
* Albert Costa (champion)
* Félix Mantilla (third round)
* Albert Portas (semifinals)
* Sergi Bruguera (first round)
* Àlex Corretja (first round)
* Jan Siemerink (first round)
* Bohdan Ulihrach (first round)
* Magnus Gustafsson (first round)
* Michael Stich (first round)
* Cédric Pioline (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 | Final |
| 7 | Albert Costa | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| 4 | Carlos Moyá | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | Carlos Moyá | 6 | 5 | 7 | Albert Costa | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Albert Portas | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| | Albert Portas | 6 | 7 | | Albert Portas | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Alberto Berasategui | 3 | 5 | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Muster | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 6 | 6 | 7 | | R Furlan | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Díaz | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | T Muster | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Filippini | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 16 | C Pioline | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 4 | 3 | | M Filippini | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | C Pioline | 7 | 6 | | 16 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gumy | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | C Pioline | 4 | 2 |
| | M-K Goellner | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Costa | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | S Bruguera | 4 | 6 | 2 | | M-K Goellner | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | G López | 6 | 6 | | | G López | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Salvador-Estepa | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | M-K Goellner | | | | | | |
| | JA Viloca | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Costa | w/o | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 3 | 0 | | | JA Viloca | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 4 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 6 | 1 | 6 | | F Clavet | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | C Moyá | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Arazi | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | M Górriz | 3 | 4 | | | H Arazi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Alonso | 7 | 3 | 6 | | J Alonso | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 |
| | A Medvedev | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Medvedev | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | À Corretja | 5 | 6 | 4 | | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Costa | 6 | 6 | | | C Costa | 2 | ;0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Schalken | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Martín | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 1 | 1 | | | A Martín | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | W Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 5 | M Ríos | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | A Portas | 6 | 6 | | | A Portas | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten | 2 | 1 | | | | | | A Portas | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| | J Burillo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | F Vicente | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | |
| | E Sánchez | 3 | 0 | | | J Burillo | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 6 | 6 | | | F Vicente | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | J Siemerink | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | A Portas | 6 | 7 |
| | C Ruud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | K Alami | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | B Ulihrach | 3 | 4 | | | C Ruud | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson | 7 | 3 | 6 | | D Johnson | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | R Carretero-Diaz | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | C Ruud | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Blanco | 4 | 4 | | | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | G Ivanišević | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| 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 |
| | | | | 8 | F Mantilla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Roig | 7 | 6 | | F Roig | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A López Morón | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | F Mantilla | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | A Berasategui | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Draper | 6 | 3 | | R Fromberg | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | A Berasategui | 6 | 6 | 9 | A Berasategui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 9 | A Berasategui | 6 | 7 |
| | G Schaller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | F Meligeni | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | M Stich | 2 | 2 | | G Schaller | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 7 | 6 | | F Meligeni | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kučera | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | F Meligeni | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Larsson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | M Larsson | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 5 | 4 | | M Larsson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |