# 1997 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals this year.
Fabrice Santoro won the tournament, beating Tommy Haas 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Patrick Rafter (first round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
* Àlex Corretja (first round)
* Félix Mantilla (quarterfinals)
* Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals)
* Richard Krajicek (second round)
* Mark Philippoussis (semifinals)
* Tim Henman (second 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Mark Philippoussis | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 | | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Tommy Haas | 4 | 4 |
| | Tommy Haas | 4 | 6 | 6 | Tommy Haas | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | P Rafter | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Clément | 6 | 7$^7$ | | WC | A Clément | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pioline | 4 | 7 | 6 | | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Grosjean | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | C Pioline | 3 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 6$^5$ | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | M Philippoussis | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | R Reneberg | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6 | | R Reneberg | 6 | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Thomann | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | 7 | M Philippoussis | 4 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Philippoussis | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Philippoussis | 4 | 2 |
| WC/4 | F Mantilla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | F Santoro | 6 | 6 |
| | A Medvedev | 3 | 0 | | WC/4 | F Mantilla | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Viloca Puig | 2 | 4 | | | L Roux | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Roux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC/4 | F Mantilla | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | C Van Garsse | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | F Santoro | 2 | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 3 | 3 | | 6 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | T Enqvist | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | T Enqvist | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Martin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | T Martin | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Mutis | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 5 | T Enqvist | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Portas | 1 | 3 | | | T Haas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Alonso | 2 | 6 | 6 | | J Alonso | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | À Corretja | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | T Haas | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | T Henman | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| | G Raoux | 1 | 0$^r$ | | 8 | T Henman | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Boetsch | 5 | 2 | | | M-K Goellner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | M-K Goellner | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | R Fromberg | 6$^6$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| LL | F Wibier | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | LL | F Wibier | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Steven | 1 | 2 | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |