1997 Italian Open – Men's Singles


was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.
Álex Corretja won the title, defeating Marcelo Ríos 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds

  1. Pete Sampras '
  2. Michael Chang '
  3. Thomas Muster '
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  5. Richard Krajicek '
  6. Goran Ivanišević '
  7. Marcelo Ríos '
  8. Carlos Moyà '
  9. Wayne Ferreira '
  10. Álex Corretja
  11. Álbert Costa '
  12. Boris Becker '
  13. Félix Mantilla '
  14. Tim Henman '
  15. Marc Rosset '
  16. Mark Philippoussis

    Draw

Finals

Top Half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom Half

Section 3

Section 4