1997 Shanghai Open – Singles


was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Thierry Champion.
Ján Krošlák won in the final 6-2, 7-6 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 '
  2. Andrei Olhovskiy '
  3. Filip Dewulf '
  4. Jeff Tarango '
  5. Michael Joyce '
  6. Sargis Sargsian '
  7. Ján Krošlák
  8. Alexander Volkov

    Draw