# 1997 SEAT Open – Singles

Anke Huber was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Amanda Coetzer won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 against Barbara Paulus.

## 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.
* Amanda Coetzer (champion)
* Karina Habšudová (second round)
* Sandrine Testud (second round)
* Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
* Barbara Paulus (final)
* Yayuk Basuki (first round)
* Kimberly Po (second round)
* Natasha Zvereva (first 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 | Amanda Coetzer | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Barbara Paulus | 4 | 6 | 5 |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Coetzer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Babel | 4 | 1 | | LL | S Farina | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | A Coetzer | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | M Oremans | 5 | 7 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | A Kremer | 1 | 3 | | WC | M Oremans | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 6 | | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Y Basuki | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Coetzer | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | K Studeníková | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | Å Carlsson | 1 | 4 | | 3 | S Testud | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 6 | 6 | | | J Kruger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Kruger | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | Q | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | | Q | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Rittner | 6 | 5 | 1/r | 7 | K Po | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | K Po | 0 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Dechy | 4 | 4 | | 5 | B Paulus | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Glass | 4 | 4 | | | A Mauresmo | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | B Paulus | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | R Grande | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | S Appelmans | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | H Suková | 6 | 3 | 6 | | H Suková | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Chládková | 0 | 4 | | 4 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Paulus | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | N Zvereva | 3 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | A-G Sidot | 3 | 4 |
| | H Nagyová | 3 | | | | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat | 4 | 4 | | | N Sawamatsu | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Nagyová | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A-G Sidot | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | K Habšudová | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |