# 1997 Shanghai Open – Singles

Andrei Olhovskiy was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Thierry Champion.
Ján Krošlák won in the final 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ against Alexander Volkov.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Ctislav Doseděl (first round)
* Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
* Filip Dewulf (second round)
* Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals)
* Michael Joyce (first round)
* Sargis Sargsian (first round)
* Ján Krošlák (champion)
* Alexander Volkov (final)

## 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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | C Doseděl | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Flach | 6 | 6 | | | D Flach | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Eltingh | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6$^3$ | Q | K Ullyett | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Ullyett | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | D Flach | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Ran | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | A Volkov | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pescosolido | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | E Ran | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Xia | 5 | 2 | | 8 | A Volkov | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Volkov | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Volkov | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | F Dewulf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Steven | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | |
| | S Matsuoka | 4 | 4 | | 3 | F Dewulf | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Steven | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | B Steven | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Knowles | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | B Steven | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | G Solvès | 7$^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Mirnyi | 6$^5$ | 6 | 2 | | J Gimelstob | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Solvès | 6$^5$ | 7$^8$ | 6 | | G Solvès | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Joyce | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Alexander Volkov | 2 | 6$^2$ |
| 6 | S Sargsian | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Ján Krošlák | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| Q | L Paes | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sinner | 7 | 4 | 6$^3$ | | T Nydahl | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Nydahl | 5 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | Q | L Paes | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jonsson | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | J Tarango | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Nestor | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | L Jonsson | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Iwabuchi | 3 | 4 | | 4 | J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | L Paes | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| 7 | J Krošlák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Krošlák | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Messori | 4 | 1 | | 7 | J Krošlák | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov | 7$^7$ | 1 | 7 | | O Ogorodov | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cherkasov | 6$^5$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 7 | J Krošlák | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Pan | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Golmard | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Golmard | 7 | 6 | | | J Golmard | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Champion | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | T Champion | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Olhovskiy | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |