# 1997 Páginas Amarillas Open – Singles

Jana Novotná was the defending champion and won in the final 7–5, 6–1 against Monica Seles.

## 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.
* Monica Seles (final)
* Jana Novotná (champion)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
* Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
* Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
* Kimberly Po (first round)
* Lisa Raymond (first round)
* Amy Frazier (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 |
| 1 | Monica Seles | 5 | 1 | |
| 2 | Jana Novotná | 7 | 6 | |

### 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 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 6 | 6 | | | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Martinek | 1 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Wild | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | V Ruano-Pascual | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | V Ruano-Pascual | 4 | 7 | 6 | | V Ruano-Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Pena | 4 | 3 | | 8 | A Frazier | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | F Labat | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| | A Ellwood | 3 | 4 | | 4 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande | 5 | 3 | | Q | S Cecchini | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Cecchini | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | I Spîrlea | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | L Němečková | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | F Labat | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | F Labat | 6 | 6 | | | F Labat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maruska | 3 | 6 | 6 | | M Maruska | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Po | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 7 | L Raymond | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 7 | 7 | | A Grossman | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Lubiani | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | A Grossman | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | C Cristea | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 4 | | C Cristea | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 2 | 1 | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | M J Fernández | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| | I Gorrochategui | 6 | 6 | | I Gorrochategui | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki | 2 | 4 | Q | G León García | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G León García | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | G León García | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | E Salvador | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 6 | 6 | | Å Carlsson | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |