# 1997 Ameritech Cup – Singles

Jana Novotná was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Tauziat.
Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–0, 7–5 against Tauziat.

## 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 (quarterfinals)
* Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
* Lindsay Davenport (champion)
* Iva Majoli (semifinals)
* Mary Pierce (second round)
* Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
* Lisa Raymond (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 |
| | Nathalie Tauziat | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 7 | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | A Frazier | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Nejedly | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 6 | 5 | 6 | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | S Appelmans | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M J Fernández | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | L Courtois | 5 | 7 | 6 | PR | L Courtois | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Mauresmo | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | L Osterloh | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | Y Basuki | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | | | Y Basuki | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 4 | 5 | | 7 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 2 | 2 | | 8 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | A Sugiyama | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Snyder | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | L Raymond | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 5 | 6 | 6 | | J Kruger | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Williams | 4 | 4 |
| Q | C Cristea | 3 | 3 | | 5 | M Pierce | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Williams | 6 | 7 | | WC | S Williams | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | WC | S Williams | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 3 | 5 | | | M Grzybowska | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |