1997 Shanghai Open – Singles

Andrei Olhovskiy was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Thierry Champion.

Ján Krošlák won in the final 6–2, 7–6(7–2) against Alexander Volkov.

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


 * 1) 🇨🇿 Ctislav Doseděl (first round)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
 * 3) 🇧🇪 Filip Dewulf (second round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Michael Joyce (first round)
 * 6) 🇦🇲 Sargis Sargsian (first round)
 * 7) 🇸🇰 Ján Krošlák (champion)
 * 8) 🇷🇺 Alexander Volkov (final)