1997 Italian Indoor – Singles

Goran Ivanišević was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Sergi Bruguera.

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

• # Goran Ivanišević (champion)

• # Richard Krajicek (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Boris Becker (withdrew — wrist pain)

• # 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (second round)

• # 🇩🇪 Michael Stich (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (second round)

• # Marc Rosset (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (first round)