# 1997 Infiniti Open – Singles

The 1997 Infiniti Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Hardcourt in Los Angeles, United States that was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. It was the seventieth edition of the tournament and was held from July 21 through July 27, 1997.
Michael Chang did not return to defend his title, as he opted to rest in order to compete at Montreal in the following week.
Jim Courier won the title by defeating Thomas Enqvist 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Goran Ivanišević (semifinals)
* Thomas Enqvist (final)
* Mark Philippoussis (quarterfinals)
* Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals)
* Patrick Rafter (second round)
* Jim Courier (champion)
* Andre Agassi (first round)
* Alex O'Brien (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Goran Ivanišević | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 6 | Jim Courier | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Jim Courier | 6 | 6 | 6 | Jim Courier | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 4 | 4 |
| | Guillaume Raoux | 4 | 1 | 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | G Ivanišević | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Godwin | 6 | 3 | 1 | G Ivanišević | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Delaître | 6 | 6 | | O Delaître | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Ran | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Black | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Black | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | D Flach | 2 | 0 | | B Black | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob | 7 | 6 | | J Gimelstob | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Agassi | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Courier | 6 | 6 |
| | M Ondruska | 4 | 4 | 4 | R Krajicek | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Weiner | 6 | 6 | Q | G Weiner | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Bryan | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | R Krajicek | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | J Courier | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | M Bhupathi | 7 | 7 | Q | M Bhupathi | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Stafford | 5 | 5 | 6 | J Courier | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Courier | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | P Rafter | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Roux | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | P Rafter | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Etlis | 3 | 4 | | | G Raoux | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Raoux | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Stolle | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | M Philippoussis | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | M Tebbutt | 6 | 3 | 6 | | S Stolle | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Jabali | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | M Philippoussis | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Philippoussis | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | G Raoux | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | A O'Brien | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 |
| | S Sargsian | 6 | 6 | | | S Sargsian | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lareau | 6 | 1 | | | K Carlsen | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Carlsen | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | V Spadea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Simian | 4 | 2 | | | V Spadea | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bryan | 3 | 2 | | 2 | T Enqvist | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |