# 1997 U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships – Singles

Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Sandrine Testud.

## 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)
* Iva Majoli (semifinals)
* Lindsay Davenport (champion)
* Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
* Ruxandra Dragomir (second round)
* Karina Habšudová (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 |
| 4 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 | |
| | Sandrine Testud | 4 | 1 | |

### Section 1

| 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 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 6 | 7 | | Y Basuki | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Babel | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | A Coetzer | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 4 | 3 | Q | N Tauziat | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Wild | 1 | 2 | 5 | A Coetzer | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Coetzer | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | P Schnyder | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Labat | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | A Miller | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | D Van Roost | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 3 | 3 | 7 | R Dragomir | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Dragomir | 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 |
| 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 6 | | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 3 | 6 | | LL | S Farina | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Farina | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | 2/r | | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 4 | 7 | 4 | | E Likhovtseva | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | K Habšudová | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Testud | 7 | 6 |
| | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | C Rubin | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | S Testud | w/o | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 4 | | | N Sawamatsu | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |