title: 1997 Marseille Open – Singles
text: # 1997 Marseille Open – Singles
  
  Guy Forget was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
  
  Thomas Enqvist won the final 6–4, 1–0 after Marcelo Ríos was forced to retire.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Marcelo Ríos (final, retired)
  * Thomas Enqvist (champion)
  * Michael Stich (first round)
  * Marc Rosset (quarterfinals)
  * Cédric Pioline (first round)
  * Petr Korda (second round)
  * Francisco Clavet (first round)
  * Hendrik Dreekmann (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Marcelo Ríos | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | Sergi Bruguera | 3 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | |
  | | Sergi Bruguera | 3 | $7^7$ | 4 | 1 | Marcelo Ríos | 4 | $0^r$ |
  | | | | | | 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 1 |
  | WC | Fabrice Santoro | 4 | 3 | | 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 1 |
  | 2 | Thomas Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Ríos | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J A Viloca | $6^4$ | 4 | | 1 | M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J van Herck | 6 | 6 | | | J van Herck | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Dewulf | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | M Ríos | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | K Kučera | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Larsson | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
  | Q | A Clément | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Clément | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Larsson | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | F Clavet | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Ríos | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 |
  | 3 | M Stich | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Bruguera | 3 | $7^7$ | 4 |
  | | D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | D Vacek | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | O Delaître | 6 | 2 | 4 | | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Chesnokov | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Chesnokov | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | | L Roux | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | S Bruguera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | A Olhovskiy | 1 | 6 | 4 | | L Roux | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Bruguera | 6 | $6^9$ | 6 | | S Bruguera | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | C Pioline | 1 | $7^{11}$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | P Korda | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | F Roig | 4 | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | P Korda | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Grosjean | 4 | 7 | 1 | WC | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | F Santoro | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | WC | F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | Q | M Mirnyi | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | M Rosset | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
  | | N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | N Kulti | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Schaller | 1 | 4 | | 4 | M Rosset | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | F Santoro | 4 | 3 |
  | 8 | H Dreekmann | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | T Champion | 2 | $1^r$ | | 8 | H Dreekmann | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Tillström | 6 | 1 | 0 | | T Carbonell | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Carbonell | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | H Dreekmann | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
  | | S Simian | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | $6^1$ | | | | | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | D Hrbatý | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | $7^7$ | | D Hrbatý | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Fredriksson | 1 | 2 | | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | T Enqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  