1997 Lipton Championships – Women's Singles

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

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 becoming the youngest World no. 1 player in the history of WTA, overtaking Graf's total of 377 consecutive weeks.

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

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

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 de Ville	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

References

1997 Lipton Championships Draw

1997 WTA Tour

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