# 1997 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis – Singles

Thomas Muster was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Stuttgart at the same week.
Francisco Clavet won the title by defeating Juan Albert Viloca 6–4, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Francisco Clavet (champion)
* Javier Sánchez (first round)
* Marcelo Filippini (first round)
* Galo Blanco (second round)
* Julián Alonso (first round)
* Hernán Gumy (first round)
* Carlos Costa (second round)
* Karim Alami (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 | Francisco Clavet | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Nicolás Lapentti | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| | Nicolás Lapentti | 5 | 6$^5$ | 1 | Francisco Clavet | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| | | | | | Juan Albert Viloca | 4 | 6$^7$ |
| | Fernando Meligeni | 3 | 1 | | Juan Albert Viloca | 4 | 6$^7$ |
| | Juan Albert Viloca | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### 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 | F Clavet | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | F Clavet | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Burillo | 6 | 6 | | | J Burillo | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Nydahl | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | F Clavet | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | A Sá | 0 | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | | Q | A Sá | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 6 | 6$^9$ | 2 | Q | A Sá | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Herrera | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | WC | L Herrera | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Alami | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | F Clavet | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| 4 | G Blanco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 5 | 6$^5$ |
| Q | F Fontang | 3 | 4 | | 4 | G Blanco | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | E Benfele Álvarez | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 3 | 6 | | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Craca | 5 | 6 | 6 | | M Craca | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Alonso | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | H Gumy | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Arnold Ker | 6 | 0 | 6 | Q | L Arnold Ker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Squillari | 4 | 4 | | Q | G Etlis | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Etlis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | L Arnold Ker | 6 | 6$^4$ | 0 | | | |
| | R Delgado | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Meligeni | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| | O Gross | 0 | 1 | | | R Delgado | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | F Meligeni | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Filippini | 6 | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | F Meligeni | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | C Costa | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | JA Viloca | 6 | 6 |
| | A Martín | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | C Costa | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Vašek | 6 | 1 | 4 | | JA Viloca | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Viloca | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | JA Viloca | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Hernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | JA Marín | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | M Osorio | 1 | 1 | | WC | A Hernández | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Marín | 7 | 6 | | | JA Marín | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Sánchez | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |