Thomas Muster defeated Sergi Bruguera in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Miami Open. Andre Agassi was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Scott Draper.

Seeds

All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round. • # 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (semifinals) • # 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (champion) • # 🇺🇸 Michael Chang (third round) • # Goran Ivanišević (quarterfinals) • # Richard Krajicek (fourth round) • # 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (third round) • # Marcelo Ríos (third round) • # Wayne Ferreira (third round) • # 🇩🇪 Boris Becker (withdrew) • # 🇪🇸 Albert Costa (third round) • # 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Félix Mantilla (second round) • # 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (second round) • # Marc Rosset (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (second round) • # Jan Siemerink (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (fourth round) • # 🇺🇸 Richey Reneberg (second round, retired) • # 🇺🇸 MaliVai Washington (withdrew) • # 🇨🇿 Petr Korda (second round) • # 🇺🇸 Jim Courier (semifinals) • # 🇨🇿 Bohdan Ulihrach (second round) • # 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (fourth round) • # 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (quarterfinals) • # 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Arnaud Boetsch (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline (second round) • # 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Sergi Bruguera (final) • # 🇪🇸 Francisco Clavet (third round) • # 🇪🇸 Javier Sánchez (second round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

• # 🇫🇷 Jérôme Golmard (qualified) • # 🇦🇷 Javier Frana (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Doug Flach (qualified) • # 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau (qualified) • # 🇦🇷 Lucas Arnold (qualifying competition, Lucky loser) • # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti (qualifying competition, Lucky loser) • # 🇦🇷 Marcelo Charpentier (qualified) • # 🇲🇽 Alejandro Hernández (qualified) • # 🇧🇷 Jaime Oncins (qualifying competition) • # 🇺🇸 Steve Bryan (qualified) • # 🇩🇪 Dirk Dier (first round) • # 🇦🇷 Gastón Etlis (qualified) • # 🇦🇷 Guillermo Cañas (first round) • # 🇧🇷 Roberto Jabali (qualifying competition) • # 🇫🇷 Jean-Philippe Fleurian (first round) • # 🇻🇪 Jimy Szymanski (first round) • # Răzvan Sabău (qualifying competition) • # Mark Knowles (first round) • # 🇯🇵 Shuzo Matsuoka (first round) • # 🇲🇽 Luis Herrera (first round) • # Gabriel Silberstein (qualifying competition) • # David Nainkin (qualifying competition) • # 🇺🇸 Bryan Shelton (qualifying competition) • # 🇫🇷 Gérard Solvès (first round)

Qualifiers

• # 🇫🇷 Jérôme Golmard • # 🇦🇷 Javier Frana • # 🇺🇸 Doug Flach • # 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau • # 🇺🇸 Mark Merklein • # 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein • # 🇦🇷 Marcelo Charpentier • # 🇲🇽 Alejandro Hernández • # 🇪🇸 Julián Alonso • # 🇺🇸 Steve Bryan • # 🇺🇸 Jim Grabb • # 🇦🇷 Gastón Etlis

Lucky losers

• # 🇦🇷 Lucas Arnold • # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier