Gustavo Kuerten defeated Sergi Bruguera in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 French Open. It was his first major singles title. He became the first unseeded player since Mats Wilander in 1982 and the second-lowest ranked player ever to win a major, and the first Brazilian to win a men's singles major. Following the win, Kuerten improved in the rankings from world No. 66 to No. 15. Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion, but lost to Kuerten in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

• 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (third round) • 🇺🇸 Michael Chang (fourth round) • 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals) • Goran Ivanišević (first round) • 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (third round) • Richard Krajicek (third round) • Marcelo Ríos (fourth round) • 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (fourth round) • 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (second round) • 🇪🇸 Félix Mantilla (second round) • 🇪🇸 Albert Costa (third round) • 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (first round) • Wayne Ferreira (third round) • 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (first round) • Marc Rosset (fourth round) • 🇪🇸 Sergi Bruguera (final)

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8