# 1997 Volvo Women's Open – Singles

Ruxandra Dragomir was the defending champion of the Volvo Women's Open but lost in the semifinals to Henrieta Nagyová.
Nagyová won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 7–5 against Dominique Van Roost.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Ruxandra Dragomir (semifinals)
* Dominique Van Roost (final)
* Florencia Labat (first round)
* Henrieta Nagyová (champion)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round)
* Denisa Chládková (first round)
* Sandra Kleinová (quarterfinals)
* Åsa Carlsson (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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | R Dragomir | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Horn | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | R Dragomir | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Yoshida | 2 | 3 | | | L Golarsa | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | R Dragomir | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Kunce | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | C Morariu | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | C Morariu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki | 4 | 3 | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Dragomir | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | H Nagyová | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H Nagyová | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Endo | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | H Nagyová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Saeki | 1 | 2 | | | S-T Wang | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D van de Zande | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | S Kleinová | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noorlander | 6 | 6 | | | S Noorlander | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Panova | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | S Kleinová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Kleinová | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Henrieta Nagyová | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | D Chládková | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | D Van Roost | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| | O Barabanschikova | 3 | 7 | 6 | | O Barabanschikova | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kulikovskaya | 2 | 7 | 4 | | S-H Park | 6 | 2 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-H Park | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | O Barabanschikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Pratt | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi | 6 | 3 | 4 | | A Ellwood | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Pratt | 6 | 6 | | | N Pratt | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | F Labat | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | O Barabanschikova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Å Carlsson | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | L Courtois | 6 | 6 | | | L Courtois | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea | 6 | 6 | | | C Cristea | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y-J Cho | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | L Courtois | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Sangaram | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Niroj | 1 | 6 | | WC | B Sangaram | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N van Lottum | 4 | 0 | | 2 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |