# 1997 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles

Fernando Meligeni the defending champion, lost in the quarterfinals to Grant Stafford.
Michael Chang won the title, defeating Grant Stafford 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Michael Chang (champion)
* MaliVai Washington (first round)
* Petr Korda (second round)
* Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
* Jason Stoltenberg (semifinals)
* Chris Woodruff (semifinals)
* Byron Black (quarterfinals)
* Sandon Stolle (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
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | M Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J-M Gambill | 3 | 3 | | 1 | M Chang | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Jensen | 2 | 2 | | | J A Viloca | 2 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J A Viloca | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Chang | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D van Scheppingen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | B Black | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Fredriksson | 4 | 4 | | | D van Scheppingen | 6$^6$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Van Herck | 3 | 6$^4$ | | 7 | B Black | 7$^8$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Black | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Chang | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | P Korda | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Stoltenberg | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | J Salzenstein | 6 | 4 | 3$^r$ | 3 | P Korda | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | W Black | 4 | 5 | | | M Filippini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Filippini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | M Filippini | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Norman | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | J Stoltenberg | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 5 | 1$^r$ | | | M Norman | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 1 | 5 | | 5 | J Stoltenberg | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Stoltenberg | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Michael Chang | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | C Woodruff | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grant Stafford | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| | J Frana | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | C Woodruff | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Spadea | 1 | 2 | | | O Gross | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Gross | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | C Woodruff | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Jabali | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | A O'Brien | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 4 | 6 | 6 | | K Carlsen | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Schaller | 4 | 2 | | 4 | A O'Brien | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | C Woodruff | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | S Stolle | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Stafford | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 3 | 6$^4$ | | 8 | S Stolle | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Champion | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Merklein | 6$^3$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | F Meligeni | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Rodríguez | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Rodríguez | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Washington | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |