# 1997 Toshiba Classic – Singles

Kimiko Date was the defending champion but she had retired at the end of the previous year.
Martina Hingis won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Monica Seles.

## 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.
* Martina Hingis (champion)
* Monica Seles (final)
* Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
* Anke Huber (second round)
* Mary Pierce (semifinals)
* Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
* Irina Spîrlea (second 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 |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 7 | 6 | |
| 2 | Monica Seles | 6 | 4 | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | Q | V Williams | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | H Suková | 7 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | C Martínez | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 5 | 0 | r | | H Suková | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C Martínez | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Pierce | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | WC/4 | A Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 1 | 2 | | | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Testud | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | R Grande | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 6 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | | | N Tauziat | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | A Huber | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | A Huber | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | | | Y Basuki | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Miller | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | Y Basuki | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | S Drake-Brockman | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 7 | 6 | | | A-G Sidot | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 |
| | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 3 | | 8 | I Spîrlea | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 7 | 2 | 6 | | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Po | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | N Zvereva | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Stevenson | 3 | 1 | | | A Sugiyama | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |