Women's singles Champion Martina Hingis Runner-up Monica Seles Final score 6–2, 6–1 Draw 96 Seeds 32
1997 tennis event results
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Monica Seles . At 16 years and 6 months, Hingis became the youngest World no. 1 player in the history of the WTA. This marked the first time that neither Graf, Seles nor Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were ranked No. 1 since August 17, 1987.
Seeds [ ]
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.
Martina Hingis (champion)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round)
Jana Novotná (semifinals)
Monica Seles (final)
Lindsay Davenport (fourth round)
Anke Huber (third round)
Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
Karina Habšudová (second round)
Mary Joe Fernandez (quarterfinals)
Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
Amanda Coetzer (second round)
Judith Wiesner (third round)
Kimberly Po (third round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
Elena Likhovtseva (fourth round)
Nathalie Tauziat (third round)
Magdalena Maleeva (third round)
Sabine Appelmans (third round)
Ruxandra Dragomir (third round)
Chanda Rubin (fourth round)
Lisa Raymond (third round)
Jennifer Capriati (second round)
Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
Ai Sugiyama (third round)
Dominique Van Roost (second round)
Amy Frazier (third round)
Linda Wild (second round)
Katarína Studeníková (third round)
Åsa Carlsson (fourth round)
Henrieta Nagyová (third round)
Barbara Schett (fourth round)
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
SR = Special ranking
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Martina Hingis
6
6
10
Mary Joe Fernandez
4
1
1
Martina Hingis
6
2
6
3
Jana Novotná
3
6
4
3
Jana Novotná
6
3
79
8
Iva Majoli
2
6
67
1
Martina Hingis
6
6
4
Monica Seles
2
1
7
Irina Spîrlea
6
2
3
4
Monica Seles
3
6
6
4
Monica Seles
6
6
11
Barbara Paulus
1
0
11
Barbara Paulus
6
6
24
Sandrine Testud
3
3
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
M Hingis
3
6
6
N Dechy
2
4
P Hy-Boulais
6
3
2
P Hy-Boulais
6
6
1
M Hingis
6
6
WC
V Williams
6
4
6
WC
V Williams
4
2
G Helgeson-Nielsen
1
6
3
WC
V Williams
77
3
6
23
J Capriati
65
6
2
1
M Hingis
6
2
6
16
E Likhovtseva
3
6
3
20
R Dragomir
2
6
78
I Gorrochategui
6
78
I Gorrochategui
6
3
66
WC
B Rippner
4
66
20
R Dragomir
77
4
5
WC
J Watanabe
2
6
6
16
E Likhovtseva
65
6
7
Q
Á Montolio
6
3
2
WC
J Watanabe
2
0
16
E Likhovtseva
6
6
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
3
J Novotná
4
6
6
R Grande
6
1
3
Q
M Saeki
6
3
3
Q
M Saeki
0
6
6
3
J Novotná
6
6
R Hiraki
4
6
6
27
L Raymond
2
1
M Endo
6
4
3
R Hiraki
3
6
2
27
L Raymond
6
4
6
3
J Novotná
6
6
A Kournikova
3
4
29
K Studeníková
6
6
G Pizzichini
4
4
T Tanasugarn
0
2
T Tanasugarn
6
6
29
K Studeníková
6
4
0
A Kournikova
6
6
A Kournikova
1
6
6
N Miyagi
2
0
A Kournikova
6
3
6
12
A Coetzer
1
6
3
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
Section 6 [ ]
Section 7 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
6
A Huber
6
6
M Oremans
4
4
WC
L McNeil
3
3
WC
L McNeil
6
6
6
A Huber
61
3
A Fusai
6
5
6
A Fusai
77
6
M Maruska
4
7
3
A Fusai
6
77
26
D Van Roost
4
64
A Fusai
1
6
1
11
B Paulus
6
2
6
17
N Tauziat
4
79
6
L Neiland
6
7
L Neiland
6
67
4
L Richterová
3
5
17
N Tauziat
1
77
1
E Wagner
2
6
6
11
B Paulus
6
65
6
T Whitlinger-Jones
6
4
3
E Wagner
1
3
11
B Paulus
6
6
Section 8 [ ]
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