1997 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
 Hingis won 12 titles, including 3 slams and reaching the final of all 4 slams | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | December 30, 1996 - November 24, 1997 |
| Edition | 27th |
| Tournaments | 51 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (11) WTA Tier IV (11) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  |
| Most tournament finals | |
| Prize money leader | (US$3,400,196) |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | |
| Doubles Team of the year |   |
| Most improved player of the year |  |
| Newcomer of the year | |
| Comeback player of the year |  |
← 1996 1998 → | |
Schedule
The table below shows the 1997 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Tier I events |
| WTA Tier II events |
| WTA Tier III events |
| WTA Tier IV events |
| Team events |
January
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February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
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October
November
Statistical Information
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
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The following players won their first title:
List of titles won by country:
Rankings
Below are the 1997 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
- 1997 ATP Tour – men's tour
References
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1997" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1997" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
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