# 1997 Faber Grand Prix – Singles

Iva Majoli was the defending champion and won in the final 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 against Jana Novotná.

## 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.
* Jana Novotná (final)
* Anke Huber (second round)
* Iva Majoli (champion)
* Karina Habšudová (second round)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
* Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
* Sabine Appelmans (second round)
* Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Iva Majoli | 4 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Rittner | 6 | 3 | 5 | | R Dragomir | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Van Roost | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | E Likhovtseva | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | D Chládková | 6 | 6 | 3 | | D Van Roost | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Likhovtseva | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Maleeva | 0 | 5 |
| | | | | | 4 | K Habšudová | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | M Maleeva | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Kleinová | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | Q | S Testud | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | S Testud | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat | 4 | 6 | | 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 7 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Studeníková | 2 | 3 | | 7 | S Appelmans | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 7 | 6 | | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Singer | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | E Callens | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Y Basuki | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | B Paulus | 6 | 4 |
| | A Miller | 0 | 0 | | 6 | B Paulus | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Å Carlsson | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Perfetti | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | B Paulus | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | M Oremans | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 4 | 6 | 7 | | M Oremans | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Huber | 0 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |