# 1997 IGA Tennis Classic – Singles

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond.

## 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.
* Lindsay Davenport (champion)
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Kimberly Po (semifinals)
* Lisa Raymond (final)
* Jennifer Capriati (quarterfinals)
* Amy Frazier (first round)
* Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer (second round)
* Patricia Hy-Boulais (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 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Lisa Raymond | 4 | 2 | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea | 6 | 6 | | | C Cristea | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Watanabe | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | J Capriati | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | K Nagatsuka | 6 | 7 | | Q | K Nagatsuka | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Vento | 3 | 4 | | 5 | J Capriati | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Capriati | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | K Po | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Po | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| | T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 4 | | 3 | K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Radford | 4 | 2 | | | L Lee | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Cacic | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | S Cacic | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | K Adams | 6 | 2 | | | S Cacic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Miyagi | 6 | 5 | r | 7 | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Werdel-Witmeyer | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 8 | P Hy-Boulais | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Shriver | 7 | 6 | 6 | WC | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki | 2 | 6 | 3 | | R Simpson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Simpson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | WC | P Shriver | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | L Raymond | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | G Helgeson-Nielsen | 4 | 4 | | | A Dechaume-Balleret | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kschwendt | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Raymond | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | A Frazier | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | F Lubiani | 1 | 0 |
| | F Lubiani | 7 | 7 | | | F Lubiani | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska | 7 | 3 | 6 | | M Grzybowska | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | E Brioukhovets | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | F Lubiani | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | A Gavaldón | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | 2 | A Coetzer | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Tu | 6 | 2 | 7 | | M Tu | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |