1997 BellSouth Open – Singles

Jiří Novák was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Kenneth Carlsen.

Jonas Björkman won in the final 7–6(7–0), 6–0 against Carlsen.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1)  Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals)
 * 2) n/a
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (second round)
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (first round)
 * 5) 🇦🇷 Hernán Gumy (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Chris Woodruff (second round)
 * 7) 🇬🇧 Greg Rusedski (first round)
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Martin Damm (first round)