1997 Romanian Open – Singles
# 1997 Romanian Open – Singles

Alberto Berasategui was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Nicolás Lapentti.

Richard Fromberg won the title by defeating Andrea Gaudenzi 6–1, $7–6^{(7–2)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Carlos Moyá (second round)
* Àlex Corretja (second round)
* Alberto Berasategui (second round)
* Albert Portas (quarterfinals)
* Hicham Arazi (first round)
* Marcelo Filippini (first round)
* Marc-Kevin Goellner (semifinals)
* Karim Alami (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Marc-Kevin Goellner | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | |
| | Andrea Gaudenzi | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | Andrea Gaudenzi | 6 | $7^7$ | | Andrea Gaudenzi | 1 | $6^2$ |
| | | | | | Richard Fromberg | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | Richard Fromberg | 4 | 6 | 6 | Richard Fromberg | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | Francisco Clavet | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1/WC | C Moyá | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Dreekmann | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1/WC | C Moyá | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Costa | $7^9$ | 6 | | | C Costa | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | I Moldovan | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | C Costa | 2 | $6^5$ | | | | |
| Q | F Vicente | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | MK Goellner | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | C Ruud | $7^7$ | 7 | | | C Ruud | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Viloca | 3 | 3 | | 7 | MK Goellner | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | MK Goellner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | MK Goellner | 2 | $6^4$ |
| 3 | A Berasategui | 6 | 1 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | A Gaudenzi | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | D Pescariu | 3 | 6 | $6^7$ | 3 | A Berasategui | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | N Lapentti | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Benfele Álvarez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Alonso | 1 | 4 | | | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Marín | 6 | 6 | | | JA Marín | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Filippini | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | H Arazi | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg | 6 | 6 | | | R Fromberg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | T Carbonell | $6^2$ | 1 | | | A Voinea | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | R Fromberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 6 | $7^{10}$ | | | | | | | 4 | A Portas | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | O Stanoytchev | 4 | $6^8$ | | | D Sanguinetti | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Martín | 6 | $6^5$ | 4 | 4 | A Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Portas | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | R Fromberg | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | K Alami | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | F Clavet | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | F Clavet | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 2 | 2 | | Q | T Behrend | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Behrend | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Clavet | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Sánchez | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Blanco | 4 | 1 | | | J Sánchez | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 4 | 1 | | 2/WC | À Corretja | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2/WC | À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
