# 1997 du Maurier Open – Women's singles

Two-time defending champion Monica Seles defeated Anke Huber in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Canadian Open.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (third round)
* Mary Pierce (third round)
* Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
* Anke Huber (final)
* Irina Spîrlea (first round)
* Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals, retired)
* Kimberly Po (third round)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
* Ruxandra Dragomir (first round)
* Karina Habšudová (first round)
* Sandrine Testud (third round)
* Sabine Appelmans (third 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Monica Seles | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 7 | Conchita Martínez | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Conchita Martínez | 2 | 6 | | 1 | Monica Seles | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Anke Huber | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Anke Huber | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Anke Huber | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | 2 | 0$^r$ | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Grossman | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Fusai | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 16 | S Appelmans | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 1 | 0 | | | A Fusai | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Hy-Boulais | 3 | 3 | | 16 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | R Dragomir | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | R Grande | 0 | 0 |
| | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Grande | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | R Grande | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | Q | R Grande | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Jeyaseelan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | M Pierce | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Babel | 4 | 6 | | Q | S Jeyaseelan | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | WC/4 | L Davenport | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Callens | 4 | 3 | | | A Sugiyama | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC/4 | L Davenport | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Serna | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | R Kolbovic | 2 | 2 | | | M Serna | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Saeki | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | M Saeki | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | WC/4 | L Davenport | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Martínez | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | N Kijimuta | 6 | 2 | 6 | | N Kijimuta | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | | | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kleinová | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | Y Basuki | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 7 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y Yoshida | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Y Yoshida | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | C Martínez | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 8 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Wild | 2 | 0 | | | F Labat | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A Glass | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 15 | S Testud | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | L Raymond | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 5 | 2 | | 15 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | S Testud | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Huber | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | K Po | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| | N Tauziat | 1 | 6 | | 11 | K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina | 4 | 3 | | | J Capriati | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 11 | K Po | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | N Dechy | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Williams | 1 | 6 | 1 | Q | N Dechy | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Miller | 7 | 2 | 6 | | A Miller | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | N Arendt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 2 | 4 | | | N Arendt | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 4 | 5 | | 10 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | M J Fernández | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | K Habšudová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Maleeva | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Panova | 2 | 6 | | LL | F Lubiani | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | F Lubiani | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | M Maleeva | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Sawamatsu | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 1 | 4 | | | N Sawamatsu | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | I Majoli | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Marion Maruska (first round)
* Cătălina Cristea (first round)
* Francesca Lubiani (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Rita Grande (qualified)
* Ann Grossman (qualified)
* Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (first round, retired)
* Inés Gorrochategui (first round)
* Kristie Boogert (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Andrea Glass
* Tatiana Panova
* Sonya Jeyaseelan
* Miho Saeki
* Renata Kolbovic
* Rita Grande
* Ann Grossman
* Nathalie Dechy

### Lucky loser

* Francesca Lubiani

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Marion Maruska | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Andrea Glass | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Andrea Glass | 6 | 6 | Andrea Glass | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Maureen Drake | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| WC | Christina Popescu | 2 | 6 | Maureen Drake | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| | Maureen Drake | 6 | 7 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | Tatiana Panova | 7 | 7 | | | |
| | Olga Barabanschikova | 5 | 5 | | | |
| | Olga Barabanschikova | 5 | 5 | Tatiana Panova | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | Siobhan Drake-Brockman | 5 | 6 |
| | Siobhan Drake-Brockman | 5 | | Siobhan Drake-Brockman | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret | 1$^r$ | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Francesca Lubiani | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Martina Nejedly | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Martina Nejedly | 2 | 2 | 3 | Francesca Lubiani | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 | | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| | Mercedes Paz | 4 | 0 | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | Jane Taylor | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Vanessa Webb | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | Vanessa Webb | 6 | 3 | 1 | Jane Taylor | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | Miho Saeki | 6 | 6 |
| | Miho Saeki | 6 | 6 | | Miho Saeki | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Inés Gorrochategui | 3 | 4 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 8 | Kristie Boogert | 6 | 2 | | | |
| | Renata Kolbovic | 7 | 6 | | | |
| | Renata Kolbovic | 7 | 6 | Renata Kolbovic | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Tracey Hiete | 3 | 2 |
| WC | Sanja Bajin | 6 | 5 | Tracey Hiete | 3 | 2 |
| | Tracey Hiete | 7 | 7 | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | Jana Nejedly | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Petia Marinova | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Petia Marinova | 0 | 3 | | Jana Nejedly | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | 4 | Rita Grande | 6 | 6 |
| | Kristina Brandi | 3 | 1 | 4 | Rita Grande | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Rita Grande | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Ann Grossman | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Lindsay Lee | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Lindsay Lee | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | Ann Grossman | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Jolene Watanabe | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | Jolene Watanabe | 6 | 4 | | | Jolene Watanabe | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | Rene Simpson | 2 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | |

#### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| WC | Susan Huang | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel | 6 | 6 | | Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | Nathalie Dechy | 6 | 6 |
| | Nathalie Dechy | 4 | 7 | 6 | Nathalie Dechy | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Cătălina Cristea | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | |