1997 du Maurier Open – Men's singles

Chris Woodruff defeated Gustavo Kuerten in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Canadian Open.

Wayne Ferreira was the defending champion, but lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the third round.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Michael Chang (semifinals)
 * 2)  Goran Ivanišević (third round)
 * 3) 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (third round)
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten (final)
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇨🇿 Petr Korda (first round)
 * 10) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (first round)
 * 11) 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (second round)
 * 12) 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (third round)
 * 13)  Wayne Ferreira (third round)
 * 14) 🇺🇸 Jim Courier (first round)
 * 15) 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (third round)
 * 16)  Jan Siemerink (second round)

Qualifying seeds
The top seed received a bye to the final round. • # 🇺🇸 Steve Campbell (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Cristiano Caratti (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein (qualified)

• # Cecil Mamiit (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Wade McGuire (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Alex Reichel (qualifying competition)

• # 🇦🇺 Michael Tebbutt (qualified)

• # Lorenzo Manta (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Pier Gauthier (qualified)

• # 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi (qualifying competition)

• # Sander Groen (qualifying competition)

• # Ronald Agénor (qualifying competition)

• # Piet Norval (qualifying competition)

• # 🇲🇰 Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Steve Campbell

• # 🇮🇹 Cristiano Caratti

• # 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein

• # Cecil Mamiit

• # 🇺🇸 Wade McGuire

• # 🇫🇷 Pier Gauthier

• # 🇦🇺 Michael Tebbutt