# 1997 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles

Jana Novotná was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Lindsay Davenport.
Martina Hingis won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 7–6 against Davenport.

## 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 (champion)
* Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
* Lindsay Davenport (final)
* Iva Majoli (first round)
* Irina Spîrlea (semifinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (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 |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Lindsay Davenport | 5 | 7 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | | S Appelmans | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Huber | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | L Raymond | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Huber | 6 | 1 | 6 | | A Huber | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | I Majoli | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Li | 6 | 6 | | | C Rubin | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | A Sugiyama | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 2 | 0 | | 8 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Williams | 3 | 2 | 7 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Weingärtner | 2 | 3 | Q | M Vento | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Vento | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | S Taylor | 2 | 2 | | | | | 4 | M Seles | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | | B Schultz-McCarthy | 3 | r | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | M Seles | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | I Spîrlea | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 5 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 |
| | N Tauziat | 3 | 3 | 5 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Cacic | 3 | 1 | | C Martínez | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | 5 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | J Kruger | 5 | 1 | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 7 | 6 | | A Frazier | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |