1997 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1997 Australian Open.

Seeds
• # -

• # Mark Knowles (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇷🇺 Andrey Cherkasov (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Omar Camporese (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Bryan (second round)

• # 🇧🇪 Kris Goossens (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇪🇬 Tamer El-Sawy (first round)

• # 🇷🇴 Andrei Pavel (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇩🇪 Jens Knippschild (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Oliver Gross (second round)

• # 🇺🇿 Oleg Ogorodov (second round)

• # Gabriel Silberstein (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Lars Jonsson (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Jérôme Golmard (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Martin Sinner (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Doug Flach (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Shuzo Matsuoka (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Justin Gimelstob (qualified)

• # 🇮🇱 Eyal Ran (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Cristiano Caratti (second round)

• # 🇲🇽 Alejandro Hernandez (second round)

• # 🇮🇹 Filippo Messori (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Gérard Solvès (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇷 Roberto Jabali (first round)

• # 🇷🇴 Dinu Pescariu (qualified)

• # Kevin Ullyett (second round)

• # 🇷🇴 Răzvan Sabău (second round)

• # David Nainkin (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇴 Ionuț Moldovan (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Gouichi Motomura (qualifying competition)

• # 🇬🇧 Mark Petchey (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Geoff Grant (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt

• # 🇺🇸 Geoff Grant

• # 🇷🇺 Andrey Cherkasov

• # 🇩🇪 Karsten Braasch

• # 🇺🇸 Bryan Shelton

• # 🇦🇺 Toby Mitchell

• # 🇺🇸 Alex Reichel

• # 🇷🇴 Dinu Pescariu

• # 🇩🇪 Jens Knippschild

• # Jacco Eltingh

• # Fernon Wibier

• # 🇪🇸 Óscar Burrieza

• # 🇸🇪 Lars Jonsson

• # 🇮🇱 Eyal Ran

• # 🇺🇸 Justin Gimelstob

• # 🇺🇸 David Caldwell

Lucky losers
• # Mark Knowles

• # 🇷🇴 Andrei Pavel

• # 🇧🇪 Kris Goossens