1997 European Indoors – Singles

1997 European Indoors
1996 champion   Jana Novotná
Champion   Lindsay Davenport
Runner-up   Nathalie Tauziat
Final score   7–6, 7–5
Events
Singles   Doubles

Jana Novotná was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport.

Davenport won in the final 7–6, 7–5 against Nathalie Tauziat.

Contents

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.

  1. Martina Hingis (Quarterfinals)
  2. Jana Novotná (Semifinals)
  3. Iva Majoli (Second Round)
  4. Lindsay Davenport (Champion)
  1. Amanda Coetzer (Second Round)
  2. Anke Huber (Second Round)
  3. Irina Spîrlea (Second Round)
  4. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (First Round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
    Nathalie Tauziat 6 5  
4   Lindsay Davenport 7 7  

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1   M Hingis 6 6    
    K Habšudová 2 6       LL   A-G Sidot 3 2    
LL   A-G Sidot 6 7         1   M Hingis 6 2 5  
    L Raymond 7 6             L Raymond 4 6 7  
    H Suková 5 3           L Raymond 7 6  
WC   P Schnyder 6 3       5   A Coetzer 5 3    
5   A Coetzer 7 6             L Raymond 3 5  
          N Tauziat 6 7  
    3   I Majoli 6 2    
    S Appelmans 6 6 7         S Appelmans 7 6    
    B Schultz-McCarthy 3 7 5           S Appelmans 6 1 5
    N Tauziat 6 5 7           N Tauziat 4 6 7  
    K Po 3 7 5         N Tauziat 6 6 7
Q   D Van Roost 7 5 6     Q   D Van Roost 3 7 6  
8   A Sánchez Vicario 5 7 4  

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6   A Huber 7 6    
    M J Fernández 5 0       5   A Huber        
Q   V Williams 6 6       Q   V Williams w/o      
    R Dragomir 0 3         Q   V Williams 0 4    
Q   M Oremans 2 6 3       4   L Davenport 6 6    
    N Zvereva 6 2 6         N Zvereva 4 2 r
    4   L Davenport 6 2    
      4   L Davenport 6 6  
7   I Spîrlea 6 3 6       2   J Novotná 4 1  
    N Sawamatsu 4 6 2     7   I Spîrlea 6 1 r  
    M Maleeva 3 3       Q   S Kleinová 3 5    
Q   S Kleinová 6 6         Q   S Kleinová 2 6  
    A Sugiyama 6 1         2   J Novotná 6 7    
WC   B Schett 2 0 r         A Sugiyama 0 7 2
    2   J Novotná 6 6 6  
 

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