# 1997 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles

Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Natasha Zvereva.
First-seeded Steffi Graf won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Mirjana Lučić.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Steffi Graf (champion)
* Lindsay Davenport (second round)
* Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
* Judith Wiesner (semifinals)
* Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
* Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
* Magdalena Maleeva (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 |
| WC/1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 7 | |
| Q | Mirjana Lučić | 2 | 5 | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | WC/1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais | 3 | 6 | 6 | | P Hy-Boulais | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | WC/1 | S Graf | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Perfetti | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | S Testud | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fusai | 3 | 2 | | 5 | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC/1 | S Graf | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | N Sawamatsu | 1 | 2 | | 3 | A Coetzer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Díaz Oliva | 6 | 2 | | | A-G Sidot | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | N Kijimuta | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | M Babel | 6 | 6 | | | A Sugiyama | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kijimuta | 7 | 3 | 6 | | N Kijimuta | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Maleeva | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Courtois | 0 | 3 | | 6 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 5 | 6 | | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Suárez | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | S Appelmans | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | J Wiesner | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | S Cacic | 2 | 4 | | WC | A Mauresmo | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Studeníková | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | J Wiesner | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Wiesner | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Wiesner | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | N Tauziat | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Lučić | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| | S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | N Tauziat | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Begerow | 2 | 6 | 2 | Q | M Lučić | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Lučić | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | Q | M Lučić | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Zvereva | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | D Randriantefy | 2 | 2 | | | N Zvereva | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |