1997 U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships – Singles

Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Sandrine Testud.

Singles
1997 U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships
Champion	Lindsay Davenport
Runner-up	Sandrine Testud
Score	6–4, 6–1
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
2. Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
3. Iva Majoli (semifinals)
4. Lindsay Davenport (champion)
5. Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
6. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
7. Ruxandra Dragomir (second round)
8. Karina Habšudová (first 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

Final

	Final
	4	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
		Sandrine Testud	4	1

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Novotná	4	6	6
		Y Basuki	6	7					Y Basuki	6	2	2
		M Babel	4	6											1	J Novotná	6	3	1
	Q	N Tauziat	6	6											5	A Coetzer	1	6	6
		Å Carlsson	4	3				Q	N Tauziat	2	7	2
	WC	L Wild	1	2				5	A Coetzer	6	5	6
	5	A Coetzer	6	6																		5	A Coetzer	2	4
																						4	L Davenport	6	6
								4	L Davenport	6	6
		P Schnyder	6	6					P Schnyder	3	2
	Q	F Labat	3	2											4	L Davenport	6	7
	Q	A Miller	1	3												D Van Roost	1	5
		D Van Roost	6	6					D Van Roost	6	6
		A-G Sidot	3	3				7	R Dragomir	0	2
	7	R Dragomir	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	B Schultz-McCarthy	7	7
	Q	P Hy-Boulais	6	6				6	B Schultz-McCarthy	1
		M Maleeva	3	6				LL	S Farina	1	r
	LL	S Farina	6	7											6	B Schultz-McCarthy	2	5
		S Appelmans	6	6	2/r										3	I Majoli	6	7
		E Likhovtseva	4	7	4				E Likhovtseva	2	6	4
								3	I Majoli	6	3	6
																						3	I Majoli	5	3
	8	K Habšudová	3	1																			S Testud	7	6
		S Testud	6	6					S Testud	6	6
		C Rubin	6	6					C Rubin	4	1
		H Suková	1	2												S Testud	w/o
		N Sawamatsu	7	6											2	M Seles
		A Sugiyama	6	4					N Sawamatsu	4	3
								2	M Seles	6	6

External links

• 1997 U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships Draw