# 1997 Dutch Open – Singles

Francisco Clavet was the defending champion, but the eighth seeded Spaniard lost in the quarterfinals to Carlos Moyá. Sláva Doseděl won in the final 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–2 against number one seed Carlos Moyà and captured his third and last title of his professional career.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Carlos Moyà (final)
* Albert Costa (first round)
* Alberto Berasategui (first round)
* Magnus Norman (semifinals)
* Bohdan Ulihrach (first round)
* Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Hicham Arazi (second round)
* Francisco Clavet (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 | Final |
| 1 | Carlos Moyà | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Magnus Norman | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Magnus Norman | 4 | 3 | 1 | Carlos Moyà | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ | 7 | 2 |
| | | | | | Sláva Doseděl | 7 | 7 | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | Marcelo Filippini | 6$^5$ | 2 | | Sláva Doseděl | 7 | 7 | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | Sláva Doseděl | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |

### Section 1

| 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 |
| 1 | C Moyà | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Carraz | 4 | 4 | | 1 | C Moyà | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis | 3 | 6$^3$ | | Q | F Vicente | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Vicente | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 1 | C Moyà | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Blanco | 3 | 6 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | 8 | F Clavet | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 3 | 4 | | E Benfele Álvarez | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Němeček | 3 | 5 | | 8 | F Clavet | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | F Clavet | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Moyà | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | M Norman | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Norman | 4 | 3 |
| | D Hrbatý | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | M Norman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | M Gustafsson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | M Norman | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | C Ruud | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 6 | 6 | | | C Ruud | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Dreekmann | 4 | 6 | 6 | | H Dreekmann | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Ulihrach | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 6 | J Sánchez | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Kempers | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | J Sánchez | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gumy | 7 | 6 | | | H Gumy | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| SE | A Martín | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | J Sánchez | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | |
| | M Filippini | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | M Filippini | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 5 | 6 | 4 | | M Filippini | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | K Alami | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Berasategui | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Filippini | 6$^5$ | 2 |
| 7 | H Arazi | 2 | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | S Doseděl | 7 | 6 |
| | F Meligeni | 6 | 1 | 6$^8$ | 7 | H Arazi | 5 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Doseděl | 6 | 6 | | | S Doseděl | 7 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Wibier | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | S Doseděl | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | WC | J van Lottum | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | |
| WC | J van Lottum | 7 | 6 | | WC | J van Lottum | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D van Scheppingen | 6 | 6 | | WC | D van Scheppingen | 0 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Costa | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |