# 1997 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles

Monica Seles won in the final 6–1, 3–6, 7–6 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

## 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.
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
* Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
* Kimberly Po (quarterfinals)
* Yayuk Basuki (semifinals)
* n/a
* Patty Schnyder (first round)
* Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
* Henrieta Nagyová (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Monica Seles | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 6 | 6 |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 4 | 2 | | T Tanasugarn | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | N Zvereva | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| | A Ellwood | 3 | 2 | | | A Sugiyama | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Zvereva | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Sawamatsu | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S-T Wang | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kijimuta | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | C Martínez | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | M Endo | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | N Sawamatsu | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Torrens Valero | 4 | 5 | | Q | M Endo | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 2 | 6 | 6 | | N Sawamatsu | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | H Nagyová | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | Y Basuki | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 5 | 6 | 5 | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | H Inoue | 4 | 4 | WC | M Saeki | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Saeki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | Y Basuki | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y Yoshida | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | K Po | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | R Hiraki | 6 | 6 | WC | R Hiraki | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | K Po | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | P Schnyder | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Q | M Vento | 6 | 6 | Q | M Vento | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 5 | 5 | Q | F Li | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Li | 7 | 7 | | | | | | Q | F Li | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | S Asagoe | 6 | 6 | Q | S Asagoe | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |