1997 Heineken Trophy – Men's singles
# 1997 Heineken Trophy – Men's singles

Richey Reneberg was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year.

Richard Krajicek won the tournament, beating Guillaume Raoux in the final, 6–4, $7–6^{(9–7)}.$

## Seeds

* Michael Chang (semifinals)
* Thomas Muster (first round)
* Richard Krajicek (champion)
* Jonas Björkman (final)
* Marc Rosset (first round)
* Magnus Gustafsson (second round)
* Thomas Johansson (first round)
* Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Chang | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Richard Krajicek | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Richard Krajicek | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | 3 | Richard Krajicek | 6 | $7^9$ |
| | | | | | Q | Guillaume Raoux | 4 | $6^7$ |
| 4 | Jonas Björkman | 0 | 1 | | Q | Guillaume Raoux | 4 | $6^7$ |
| Q | Guillaume Raoux | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M Chang | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | M Chang | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pioline | 3 | 6 | 5 | | A Rădulescu | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rădulescu | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | M Chang | $6^5$ | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | F Clavet | $7^7$ | $6^8$ | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | V Spadea | 6 | 5 | 3 | | H Arazi | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Eltingh | $6^8$ | 3 | | 8 | F Clavet | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | F Clavet | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Chang | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | R Krajicek | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Krajicek | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 |
| | P Haarhuis | 5 | $6^4$ | | 3 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Dreekmann | 5 | $7^8$ | 7 | | H Dreekmann | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Doseděl | 7 | $6^6$ | 5 | | | | | | 3 | R Krajicek | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | |
| | C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Damm | $6^2$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | |
| WC | D van Scheppingen | 4 | 0 | | | C Woodruff | 1 | $7^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm | 6 | $7^7$ | | | M Damm | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Rosset | 1 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | M Gustafsson | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | M Gustafsson | $6^5$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Wibier | 6 | 6 | | Q | F Wibier | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Benfele Álvarez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | F Wibier | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Reneberg | 5 | $0^r$ | | | D Vacek | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Björkman | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Björkman | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | T Johansson | 0 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | Q | G Raoux | 6 | 6 |
| | S Schalken | 6 | $7^7$ | | | S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kulti | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 | Q | L Paes | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Paes | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Schalken | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | |
| WC | V Voltchkov | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | G Raoux | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| Q | G Raoux | 7 | 6 | | Q | G Raoux | 6 | 2 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| SE | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | SE | K Alami | 4 | 6 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Muster | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
