# 1997 Bank of the West Classic – Singles

Martina Hingis was the defending champion and won in the final 6–0, 6–2 against Conchita Martínez.

## 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 (champion)
* Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
* Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
* Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
* Mary Pierce (first round)
* Conchita Martínez (final)
* Kimberly Po (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond (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 |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 6 | |
| 6 | Conchita Martínez | 0 | 2 | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Nejedly | 0 | 3 | | | M Maleeva | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | L McNeil | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | L Wild | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| | L Wild | 6 | 7 | | | L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Kremer | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | A Kremer | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Pierce | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 2 | 2 | | LL | S Cacic | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Cacic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais | 3 | 2 | | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Lubiani | 4 | 3 | | 8 | L Raymond | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Schnitzer | 2 | 4 | | 7 | K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Miller | 2 | 6 | 3 | | A Sugiyama | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | 7 | K Po | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | E deLone | 5 | 7 | 0 | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Tu | 7 | 5 | 6 | | M Tu | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 |
| Q | S Drake-Brockman | 3 | 2 | | 6 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kijimuta | 6 | 0 | 0 | | A Frazier | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | C Martínez | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | R Grande | 6 | 7 | | | R Grande | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |