1997 Lipton Championships – Men's singles

Thomas Muster defeated Sergi Bruguera in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Miami Open.

Andre Agassi was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Scott Draper.

Seeds
All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round. • # 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (champion)

• # 🇺🇸 Michael Chang (third round)

• # Goran Ivanišević (quarterfinals)

• # Richard Krajicek (fourth round)

• # 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (third round)

• # Marcelo Ríos (third round)

• # Wayne Ferreira (third round)

• # 🇩🇪 Boris Becker (withdrew)

• # 🇪🇸 Albert Costa (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Félix Mantilla (second round)

• # 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (second round)

• # Marc Rosset (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Alberto Berasategui (second round)

• # Jan Siemerink (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Àlex Corretja (fourth round)

• # 🇺🇸 Richey Reneberg (second round, retired)

• # 🇺🇸 MaliVai Washington (withdrew)

• # 🇨🇿 Petr Korda (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Jim Courier (semifinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Bohdan Ulihrach (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (fourth round)

• # 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Arnaud Boetsch (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Sergi Bruguera (final)

• # 🇪🇸 Francisco Clavet (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Javier Sánchez (second round)

Qualifying seeds
• # 🇫🇷 Jérôme Golmard (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Javier Frana (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Doug Flach (qualified)

• # 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Lucas Arnold (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)

• # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)

• # 🇦🇷 Marcelo Charpentier (qualified)

• # 🇲🇽 Alejandro Hernández (qualified)

• # 🇧🇷 Jaime Oncins (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Bryan (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Dirk Dier (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Gastón Etlis (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Guillermo Cañas (first round)

• # 🇧🇷 Roberto Jabali (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Jean-Philippe Fleurian (first round)

• # 🇻🇪 Jimy Szymanski (first round)

• # Răzvan Sabău (qualifying competition)

• # Mark Knowles (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Shuzo Matsuoka (first round)

• # 🇲🇽 Luis Herrera (first round)

• # Gabriel Silberstein (qualifying competition)

• # David Nainkin (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Bryan Shelton (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Gérard Solvès (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇫🇷 Jérôme Golmard

• # 🇦🇷 Javier Frana

• # 🇺🇸 Doug Flach

• # 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau

• # 🇺🇸 Mark Merklein

• # 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein

• # 🇦🇷 Marcelo Charpentier

• # 🇲🇽 Alejandro Hernández

• # 🇪🇸 Julián Alonso

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Bryan

• # 🇺🇸 Jim Grabb

• # 🇦🇷 Gastón Etlis

Lucky losers
• # 🇦🇷 Lucas Arnold

• # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti