Cédric Pioline was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Andreas Vinciguerra.
Nicolas Escudé won in the final 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) against Roger Federer.
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Marat Safin (first round) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
Àlex Corretja (quarterfinals)
Tim Henman (second round)
Arnaud Clément (second round)
Dominik Hrbatý (second round) Sébastien Grosjean (second round) Juan Carlos Ferrero (first round) Nicolas Escudé (qualified)
Sláva Doseděl (qualified)
Ivan Ljubičić (qualified)
Jens Knippschild (qualified)
Rogier Wassen (first round) Tomas Behrend (second round)
Tuomas Ketola (second round) Ján Krošlák (second round)