Defending champion Pete Sampras defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the final, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1997 ATP Tour World Championships. It was his fourth Tour Finals title.^[1]

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Pete Sampras	6	6
	4	Jonas Björkman	3	4
								1	Pete Sampras	6	6	6
								6	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3	2	2
	6	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	77	77
	7	Carlos Moyá	62	63

		Sampras	Rafter	Rusedski Muster	Moyá	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Pete Sampras		6–4, 6–1	6–4, 7–5 (w/ Rusedski)	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–6	2–1	5–2	37–32	1
3	Patrick Rafter	4–6, 1–6		4–6, 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Rusedski)	6–4, 6–2	2–1	4–3	33–31	3
5 9	Greg Rusedski Thomas Muster	4–6, 5–7 (w/ Rusedski)	6–4, 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Rusedski)		2–6, 3–6 (w/ Muster)	0–2 0–1	1–4 0–2	22–29 5–12	4 5
7	Carlos Moyá	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–2	4–6, 2–6	6–2, 6–3 (w/ Muster)		2–1	4–3	36–29	2

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

		Chang	Björkman	Kafelnikov	Bruguera Henman	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Michael Chang		4–6, 5–7	3–6, 0–6	7–6(10–8), 6–2 (w/ Bruguera)	1–2	2–4	25–33	3
4	Jonas Björkman	6–4, 7–5		3–6, 6–7(6–8)	6–3, 6–1 (w/ Bruguera)	2–1	4–2	34–26	2
6	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–3, 6–0	6–3, 7–6(8–6)		4–6, 4–6 (w/ Henman)	2–1	4–2	33–24	1
8 10	Sergi Bruguera Tim Henman	6–7(8–10), 2–6 (w/ Bruguera)	3–6, 1–6 (w/ Bruguera)	6–4, 6–4 (w/ Henman)		0–2 1–0	0–4 2–0	12–25 12–8	5 4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

• ATP World Tour Finals appearances