1997 Nokia Open – Singles
# 1997 Nokia Open – Singles

Greg Rusedski was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.

First-seeded Jim Courier won the title, beating Magnus Gustafsson $7–6^{(12–10)},$ 3–6, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Jim Courier (champion)
* Mark Woodforde (first round)
* Thomas Johansson (semifinals)
* Martin Damm (first round)
* Magnus Gustafsson (final)
* Jiří Novák (first round)
* Scott Draper (first round)
* Richey Reneberg (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1/WC | Jim Courier | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Thomas Johansson | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Thomas Johansson | 3 | 4 | 1/WC | Jim Courier | $7^{12}$ | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Magnus Gustafsson | $6^{10}$ | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Magnus Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | 5 | Magnus Gustafsson | $6^{10}$ | 6 | 3 |
| | Kenneth Carlsen | 2 | 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 | J Courier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rădulescu | 3 | 4 | | 1/WC | J Courier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Fredriksson | 7 | 3 | 0 | | M Ondruska | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1/WC | J Courier | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P McEnroe | 6 | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | J Krošlák | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | C Wilkinson | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | Q | C Wilkinson | 3 | $7^8$ | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ | | J Krošlák | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | R Reneberg | 6 | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | 1/WC | J Courier | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | T Johansson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 3 | 4 |
| Q | N Kulti | 5 | 3 | | 3 | T Johansson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Reichel | 4 | 6 | 3 | | L Paes | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Paes | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Stark | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | G Pozzi | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | G Stafford | 6 | 5 | 6 | | G Stafford | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | $7^7$ | 3 | $7^7$ | | G Pozzi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Novák | $6^4$ | 6 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | M Gustafsson | $7^7$ | 1 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sinner | $6^3$ | 6 | $6^5$ | 5 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Wheaton | 5 | 3 | | Q | D Rikl | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Rikl | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Black | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | M Tebbutt | 6 | 3 | 4 | | J Gimelstob | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Black | 6 | 6 | | | B Black | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Damm | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | S Draper | 6 | 4 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | K Carlsen | 2 | 4 |
| | A O'Brien | 3 | 6 | $7^9$ | | A O'Brien | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Furlan | 6 | 6 | | | R Furlan | $6^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | A O'Brien | 5 | 7 | $6^4$ | | | | |
| WC | J Xia | $6^0$ | 4 | | | | | | | | K Carlsen | 7 | 5 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | M Tillström | $7^7$ | 6 | | | M Tillström | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 6 | $7^7$ | | | K Carlsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Woodforde | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
