# 1997 Sparkassen Cup – Singles

Anke Huber was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná.
Novotná won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 against Amanda Coetzer.

## 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 (semifinals)
* Jana Novotná (champion)
* Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
* Amanda Coetzer (final)
* Anke Huber (semifinals)
* Barbara Paulus (second round)
* Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
* Yayuk Basuki (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 |
| 4 | Amanda Coetzer | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 4 | 6 |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 6 | 4 | 6 | | M Maruska | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maruska | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Chládková | 6 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | 7 | S Appelmans | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 7 | 6 | 6 | | M Oremans | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Simpson | 3 | 3 | | 7 | S Appelmans | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | M Maleeva | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | M Grzybowska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | M Grzybowska | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 5 | 0 | | Q | M Grzybowska | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | B Paulus | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Paulus | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 5 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina | 4 | 2 | 5 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Courtois | 3 | 4 | | M Serna | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | A Huber | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | A Glass | 6 | 4 | | B Schett | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Huber | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | Y Basuki | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Q | A Cocheteux | 6 | 3 | 8 | Y Basuki | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Kandarr | 4 | 0 | Q | S Kleinová | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Kleinová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | S Kleinová | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | E Callens | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 7 | 6 | | J Kruger | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |