The 1997 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 26 May until 8 June. It was the 101st staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1997.
^Kuerten became the first male tennis player from Brazil to win a Grand Slam singles title. He also became the 2nd unseeded men's singles winner (after Mats Wilander in 1982).
^Majoli became the first tennis player from Croatia (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title.
^Henin won the 2003 women's singles crown, and would go to win 4 singles titles (in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007).
Gustavo Kuerten
Iva Majoli
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 
Daniel Vacek
Gigi Fernández / 
Natalia Zvereva
Rika Hiraki / 
Mahesh Bhupathi
