1997 Lipton Championships – Women's Singles

Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Women's Singles
1997 Lipton Championships
1996 Champion Steffi Graf
Champion Martina Hingis
Runner-up Monica Seles
Final score6–2, 6–1

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.

  1. Martina Hingis (Champion)
  2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Fourth Round)
  3. Jana Novotná (Semifinals)
  4. Monica Seles (Final)
  5. Lindsay Davenport (Fourth Round)
  6. Anke Huber (Third Round)
  7. Irina Spîrlea (Quarterfinals)
  8. Iva Majoli (Quarterfinals)
  9. Karina Habšudová (Second Round)
  10. Mary Joe Fernandez (Quarterfinals)
  11. Barbara Paulus (Semifinals)
  12. Amanda Coetzer (Second Round)
  13. Judith Wiesner (Third Round)
  14. Kimberly Po (Third Round)
  15. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Second Round)
  16. Elena Likhovtseva (Fourth Round)
  17. Nathalie Tauziat (Third Round)
  18. Magdalena Maleeva (Third Round)
  19. Sabine Appelmans (Third Round)
  20. Ruxandra Dragomir (Third Round)
  21. Chanda Rubin (Fourth Round)
  22. Lisa Raymond (Third Round)
  23. Jennifer Capriati (Second Round)
  24. Sandrine Testud (Quarterfinals)
  25. Ai Sugiyama (Third Round)
  26. Dominique Van Roost (Second Round)
  27. Amy Frazier (Third Round)
  28. Linda Wild (Second Round)
  29. Katarína Studeníková (Third Round)
  30. Åsa Carlsson (Fourth Round)
  31. Henrieta Nagyová (Third Round)
  32. Barbara Schett (Fourth Round)

Draw

Key

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
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 M J Fernandez 6 6  
  D Chládková 2 1     A Ellwood 4 4  
  A Ellwood 6 6   10 M J Fernandez 3 6 6
WC L Lee 6 6   18 M Maleeva 6 2 4
  C Cristea 3 4   WC L Lee 3 3  
18 M Maleeva 6 6  
10 M J Fernandez 6 6  
5 L Davenport 2 4  
28 L Wild 3 3  
WC C Morariu 1 64   Q M Grzybowska 6 6  
Q M Grzybowska 6 77   Q M Grzybowska 2 0  
  P Suárez 1 4   5 L Davenport 6 6  
  A-G Sidot 6 6     A-G Sidot 4 2  
5 L Davenport 6 6  

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
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 K Po 6 6  
  F Labat 6 6     F Labat 4 0  
  M de Swardt 2 3   14 K Po 3 5  
WC K Brandi 3 3   32 B Schett 6 7  
Q M Serna 6 6   Q M Serna 3 3  
32 B Schett 6 6  
32 B Schett 2 6 2
8 I Majoli 6 4 6
25 A Sugiyama 6 6  
  H Suková 3 4     A Dechaume-Balleret 0 1  
  A Dechaume-Balleret 6 6   25 A Sugiyama 3 6 3
  S-T Wang 6 6   8 I Majoli 6 3 6
  R Zrubáková 3 4     S-T Wang 4 6 63
8 I Majoli 6 1 77

Bottom Half

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
7 I Spîrlea 6 6  
  F Perfetti 6 4 6   F Perfetti 2 0  
WC M Shaughnessy 0 6 3 7 I Spîrlea 2 6 6
  S Kleinová 63 62   19 S Appelmans 6 2 3
  P Begerow 77 77     P Begerow 2 5  
19 S Appelmans 6 7  
7 I Spîrlea 1 77 77
21 C Rubin 6 62 64
21 C Rubin 6 6  
  K Kschwendt 3 1     A Grossman 2 0  
  A Grossman 6 6   21 C Rubin 3 6 7
Q M Sánchez Lorenzo 1 3   13 J Wiesner 6 3 5
  E Callens 6 6     E Callens 2 3  
13 J Wiesner 6 6  

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
9 K Habšudová 4 3  
  P Langrová 4 0     N Zvereva 6 6  
  N Zvereva 6 6     N Zvereva 4 6 1
WC M Tu 7 6   30 Å Carlsson 6 1 6
  A Miller 5 1   WC M Tu 7 1 4
30 Å Carlsson 5 6 6
30 Å Carlsson 2 1  
4 M Seles 6 6  
27 A Frazier 6 6  
  S Devillé 3 1     B Rittner 4 3  
  B Rittner 6 6   27 A Frazier 3 3  
  N Sawamatsu 4 6 6 4 M Seles 6 6  
  S Farina 6 1 2   N Sawamatsu 3 6 2
4 M Seles 6 2 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
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 B Schultz-McCarthy 6 62 4
Q T Panova 77 6   Q T Panova 1 77 6
Q D Randriantefy 64 3   Q T Panova 64 1  
  P Schnyder 6 6   24 S Testud 77 6  
  A Gerši 1 3     P Schnyder 4 4  
24 S Testud 6 6  
24 S Testud 6 7  
2 A Sánchez Vicario 0 5  
31 H Nagyová 77 6  
Q S Smith 79 1 5   J Kandarr 62 0  
  J Kandarr 67 6 7 31 H Nagyová 5 6 4
  E Makarova 5 1   2 A Sánchez Vicario 7 4 6
  N Kijimuta 7 6     E Makarova 6 3 2
2 A Sánchez Vicario 4 6 6

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