Marcelo Ríos defeated Àlex Corretja in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1997 Monte Carlo Open. Thomas Muster was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Fabrice Santoro.

Seeds

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

• # 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten (qualified) • # 🇦🇺 Scott Draper (first round) • # Adrian Voinea (qualifying competition) • # 🇸🇰 Ján Krošlák (first round) • # 🇦🇺 Richard Fromberg (first round) • # 🇪🇸 Carlos Costa (qualified) • # 🇪🇸 Galo Blanco (qualifying competition) • # 🇪🇸 Emilio Benfele Álvarez (qualified) • # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti (qualifying competition) • # Nuno Marques (qualified) • # 🇪🇸 Francisco Roig (qualified) • # 🇩🇪 Jens Knippschild (first round) • # 🇷🇺 Andrei Cherkasov (qualifying competition) • # 🇸🇪 Lars Jönsson (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

• # 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten • # 🇷🇺 Andrei Merinov • # 🇮🇹 Davide Sanguinetti • # Nuno Marques • # 🇪🇸 Francisco Roig • # 🇪🇸 Carlos Costa • # 🇪🇸 Emilio Benfele Álvarez

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier