# 1997 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles

Martina Hingis was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Lisa Raymond in the final 6–4, 6–2.

## 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 (second round)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* Lindsay Davenport (second round)
* Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
* Anke Huber (first round)
* n/a
* Irina Spîrlea (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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Amanda Coetzer | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | Amanda Coetzer | 2 | 1 | 1 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Lisa Raymond | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Irina Spîrlea | 3 | 1 | | Lisa Raymond | 4 | 2 |
| | Lisa Raymond | 6 | 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | N Zvereva | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Martínez | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Grande | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Maleeva | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | S Testud | 6 | 3 | | Q | R Grande | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | 6 | | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A-G Sidot | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Coetzer | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 6 | 2 | | Q | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Schnyder | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | P Schnyder | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | B Schett | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | A Coetzer | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | A Kournikova | 6 | 7 | | WC | A Kournikova | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 3 | | 5 | A Coetzer | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Coetzer | 7 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 2 | 0 | 8 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 2 | 1 | | K Habšudová | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Wiesner | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | A Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | L Davenport | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | I Spîrlea | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | A Huber | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | L Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| | M J Fernández | 6 | 6 | | M J Fernández | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | N Sawamatsu | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | S Farina | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | L Raymond | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |