Chris Woodruff defeated Gustavo Kuerten in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Canadian Open. Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion, but lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the third round.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

The top seed received a bye to the final round. • # 🇺🇸 Steve Campbell (qualified) • # 🇮🇹 Cristiano Caratti (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein (qualified) • # Cecil Mamiit (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Wade McGuire (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Alex Reichel (qualifying competition) • # 🇦🇺 Michael Tebbutt (qualified) • # Lorenzo Manta (qualifying competition) • # 🇫🇷 Pier Gauthier (qualified) • # 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi (qualifying competition) • # Sander Groen (qualifying competition) • # Ronald Agénor (qualifying competition) • # Piet Norval (qualifying competition) • # 🇲🇰 Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)

Qualifiers

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Campbell • # 🇮🇹 Cristiano Caratti • # 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein • # Cecil Mamiit • # 🇺🇸 Wade McGuire • # 🇫🇷 Pier Gauthier • # 🇦🇺 Michael Tebbutt

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier