# 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles

Goran Ivanišević was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Daniel Vacek.
Richard Krajicek won in the final 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ against Vacek.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Goran Ivanišević (semifinals)
* Richard Krajicek (champion)
* Thomas Enqvist (semifinals)
* Jan Siemerink (first round)
* Àlex Corretja (first round)
* Paul Haarhuis (first round)
* Cédric Pioline (first round)
* Petr Korda (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
| 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 |
| 1 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Santoro | 3 | 4 | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 7 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Simian | 3 | 2 | | | G Raoux | 5 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Boetsch | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | P Korda | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J van Herck | 6 | 6 | | | J van Herck | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 3 | 5 | | 8 | P Korda | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Korda | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Ivanišević | 4 | 6 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| 4 | J Siemerink | 6$^3$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Vacek | 6 | 1 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | D Vacek | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D v Scheppingen | 6 | 6 | | WC | D v Scheppingen | 6$^5$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | D Vacek | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Delaître | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | R Furlan | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Eltingh | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | O Delaître | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 6 | 3 | 6 | | R Furlan | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | À Corretja | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Daniel Vacek | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ |
| 6 | P Haarhuis | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Richard Krajicek | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| Q | M Sinner | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Sinner | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 2 | 6 | 3 | | A Rădulescu | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rădulescu | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | A Rădulescu | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Olhovskiy | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | WC/3 | T Enqvist | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | SE | N Kiefer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 5 | 7$^7$ | 2 | WC/3 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC/3 | T Enqvist | 7 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC/3 | T Enqvist | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 7 | C Pioline | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | R Krajicek | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Stich | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Stich | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | T Carbonell | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | M Stich | 6$^4$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | R Krajicek | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kučera | 2 | 6 | 3 | | D Prinosil | 6$^7$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm | 4 | 2 | | 2 | R Krajicek | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |