The 1997 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.

It was the 117th edition of the US Open and was held from August 25 through September 7, 1997.

This was the first year to use Arthur Ashe Stadium as the primary stadium, replacing Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Patrick Rafter defeated Greg Rusedski 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 Martina Hingis defeated Venus Williams 6–0, 6–4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek defeated Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti 7–6(10–8), 6–3 Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná defeated Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 6–4 Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach defeated Mercedes Paz / Pablo Albano 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) Arnaud Di Pasquale defeated Wesley Whitehouse 6–7, 6–4, 6–1 Cara Black defeated Kildine Chevalier 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú defeated Jean-René Lisnard / Michaël Llodra 6–4, 6–4 Marissa Irvin / Alexandra Stevenson defeated Cara Black / Irina Selyutina 6–2, 7–6