# 1997 Heineken Trophy – Women's singles

Anke Huber was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Miriam Oremans.
Ruxandra Dragomir won in the final 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 against Oremans.

## 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.
* Anke Huber (semifinals)
* Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
* Ruxandra Dragomir (champion)
* Karina Habšudová (quarterfinals)
* Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
* Dominique Van Roost (quarterfinals)
* Patty Schnyder (first round)
* Åsa Carlsson (semifinals)

## 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 |
| | Miriam Oremans | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Ruxandra Dragomir | 5 | 6 | 6 |

### Top half

| 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | A Huber | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Chládková | 6 | 4 | | | S Kleinová | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kleinová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | A Huber | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | N van Lottum | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | S Appelmans | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Labat | 7 | 7 | | | F Labat | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gerši | 4 | 4 | | 5 | S Appelmans | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Huber | 6 | 4 | r |
| 4 | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Oremans | 4 | 6 | |
| Q | J Kandarr | 3 | 4 | | 4 | K Habšudová | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 4 | 6 | | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Yoshida | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | K Habšudová | 2 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Oremans | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Q | S Devillé | 2 | 1 | | | M Maleeva | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 7 | 6 | | | M Oremans | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Schnyder | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 6 | D Van Roost | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Wild | 6 | 2 | | 6 | D Van Roost | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert | 4 | | | | K Boogert | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Neiland | 2 | r | | | | | | | 6 | D Van Roost | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | A Olsza | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | R Dragomir | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 6 | 6 | | | B Rittner | 1 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 3 | 1 | | 3 | R Dragomir | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Dragomir | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Dragomir | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Å Carlsson | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Å Carlsson | 4 | 2 |
| Q | C Torrens Valero | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Langrová | 2 | 4 | | Q | F Lubiani | 7 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Lubiani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | Å Carlsson | w/o | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | | | | | | | |
| | E Callens | 1 | 6 | 0 | | S Pitkowski | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |