See main article: 1997 Dutch Open (tennis). Francisco Clavet was the defending champion, but the eighth seeded Spaniard lost in the quarterfinals to Carlos Moyá. Sláva Doseděl won in the final 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–2 against number one seed Carlos Moyà and captured his third and last title of his professional career.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.