# 1997 Rexona Cup – Singles

The 1997 Rexona Cup singles was a tennis event for women played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany. The 1997 Rexona Cup tournament was held from April 28 through May 4, 1997, and was part of Tier II of the 1997 WTA Tour.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Petra Langrová. Iva Majoli won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Ruxandra Dragomir.

## 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.
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
* Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
* Anke Huber (second round)
* Iva Majoli (champion)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
* Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
* Ruxandra Dragomir (final)
* Sandrine Testud (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 |
| 7 | Ruxandra Dragomir | 3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Iva Majoli | 6 | 6 | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Langrová | 6 | 6 | | P Langrová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Lubiani | 3 | 3 | | | | | | P Langrová | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | O Lugina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Perfetti | 4 | 1 | Q | O Lugina | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | A-G Sidot | 4 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | R Dragomir | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | A Huber | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Olsza | 2 | 0 | | B Schett | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | B Schett | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | F Labat | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | R Dragomir | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 3 | 2 | | F Labat | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gerši | 4 | 3 | 7 | R Dragomir | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 1 | 1 | | 6 | M Pierce | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | P Suárez | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | M Pierce | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Cristea | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Serna | 4 | 6 | 7 | | M Serna | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | S Testud | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 2 | 3 |
| Q | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Kandarr | 6 | 7 | | WC | J Kandarr | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Krivencheva | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Rittner | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | S Klösel | 1 | 7 | 3 | | B Rittner | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | C Martínez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |