# 1997 Acura Classic – Singles

Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion but lost in the final 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 against Monica Seles.

## 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.
* Martina Hingis (semifinals)
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Amanda Coetzer (second round)
* Lindsay Davenport (final)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
* Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
* Irina Spîrlea (first round)
* Kimberly Po (second 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 |
| 4 | Lindsay Davenport | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Monica Seles | 5 | 7 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | A-G Sidot | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Huber | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Q | A Grossman | 0 | 3 | | WC | V Williams | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Kournikova | 0 | 1 | | 6 | A Huber | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 3 | 7 | 6 | | Y Basuki | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 6 | 7 | | | N Tauziat | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Serna | 5 | 1 | | 8 | K Po | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Po | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 2 | 6 | | 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 3 | 6 | 6 | | A Sugiyama | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Frazier | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | T Panova | 1 | 0 | | | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Frazier | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | I Spîrlea | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 |
| | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | N Zvereva | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Kijimuta | 6 | 5 | | | R Dragomir | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | N Zvereva | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | S Testud | 7 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |