1997 Lipton Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1997 Lipton Championships
Final
Champion	Martina Hingis
Runner-up	Monica Seles
Score	6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw	96
Seeds	32
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Martina Hingis defeated Monica Seles in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Miami Open. At 16 years and 6 months, Hingis became the youngest-ever world No. 1 player in women's singles. This marked the first time that neither Steffi Graf, Seles nor Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were ranked No. 1 since August 17, 1987.

Steffi Graf was the three-time reigning champion, but did not compete that year.

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis	6	6
	10	Mary Joe Fernández	4	1
								1	Martina Hingis	6	2	6
								3	Jana Novotná	3	6	4
	3	Jana Novotná	6	3	79
	8	Iva Majoli	2	6	67
															1	Martina Hingis	6	6
															4	Monica Seles	2	1
	7	Irina Spîrlea	6	2	3
	4	Monica Seles	3	6	6
								4	Monica Seles	6	6
								11	Barbara Paulus	1	0
	11	Barbara Paulus	6	6
	24	Sandrine Testud	3	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	M Hingis	3	6	6
		N Dechy	2	4					P Hy-Boulais	6	3	2
		P Hy-Boulais	6	6											1	M Hingis	6	6
	WC	V Williams	6	4	6										WC	V Williams	4	2
		G Helgeson-Nielsen	1	6	3			WC	V Williams	77	3	6
								23	J Capriati	65	6	2
																						1	M Hingis	6	2	6
																						16	E Likhovtseva	3	6	3
								20	R Dragomir	2	6	78
		I Gorrochategui	6	78					I Gorrochategui	6	3	66
	WC	B Rippner	4	66											20	R Dragomir	77	4	5
	WC	J Watanabe	2	6	6										16	E Likhovtseva	65	6	7
	Q	Á Montolio	6	3	2			WC	J Watanabe	2	0
								16	E Likhovtseva	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								10	M J Fernández	6	6
		D Chládková	2	1					A Ellwood	4	4
		A Ellwood	6	6											10	M J Fernández	3	6	6
	WC	L Lee	6	6											18	M Maleeva	6	2	4
		C Cristea	3	4				WC	L Lee	3	3
								18	M Maleeva	6	6
																						10	M J Fernández	6	6
																						5	L Davenport	2	4
								28	L Wild	3	3
	WC	C Morariu	1	64				Q	M Grzybowska	6	6
	Q	M Grzybowska	6	77											Q	M Grzybowska	2	0
		P Suárez	1	4											5	L Davenport	6	6
		A-G Sidot	6	6					A-G Sidot	4	2
								5	L Davenport	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	J Novotná	4	6	6
		R Grande	6	1	3			Q	M Saeki	6	3	3
	Q	M Saeki	0	6	6										3	J Novotná	6	6
		R Hiraki	4	6	6										27	L Raymond	2	1
		M Endo	6	4	3				R Hiraki	3	6	2
								27	L Raymond	6	4	6
																						3	J Novotná	6	6
																							A Kournikova	3	4
								29	K Studeníková	6	6
		G Pizzichini	4	4					T Tanasugarn	0	2
		T Tanasugarn	6	6											29	K Studeníková	6	4	0
		A Kournikova	6	6												A Kournikova	1	6	6
		N Miyagi	2	0					A Kournikova	6	3	6
								12	A Coetzer	1	6	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								14	K Po	6	6
		F Labat	6	6					F Labat	4	0
		M de Swardt	2	3											14	K Po	3	5
	WC	K Brandi	3	3											32	B Schett	6	7
	Q	M Serna	6	6				Q	M Serna	3	3
								32	B Schett	6	6
																						32	B Schett	2	6	2
																						8	I Majoli	6	4	6
								25	A Sugiyama	6	6
		H Suková	3	4					A Dechaume-Balleret	0	1
		A Dechaume-Balleret	6	6											25	A Sugiyama	3	6	3
		S-T Wang	6	6											8	I Majoli	6	3	6
		R Zrubáková	3	4					S-T Wang	4	6	63
								8	I Majoli	6	1	77

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								7	I Spîrlea	6	6
		F Perfetti	6	4	6				F Perfetti	2	0
	WC	M Shaughnessy	0	6	3										7	I Spîrlea	2	6	6
		S Kleinová	63	62											19	S Appelmans	6	2	3
		P Begerow	77	77					P Begerow	2	5
								19	S Appelmans	6	7
																						7	I Spîrlea	1	77	77
																						21	C Rubin	6	62	64
								21	C Rubin	6	6
		K Kschwendt	3	1					A Grossman	2	0
		A Grossman	6	6											21	C Rubin	3	6	7
	Q	M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	3											13	J Wiesner	6	3	5
		E Callens	6	6					E Callens	2	3
								13	J Wiesner	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								9	K Habšudová	4	3
		P Langrová	4	0					N Zvereva	6	6
		N Zvereva	6	6												N Zvereva	4	6	1
	WC	M Tu	7	6											30	Å Carlsson	6	1	6
		A Miller	5	1				WC	M Tu	7	1	4
								30	Å Carlsson	5	6	6
																						30	Å Carlsson	2	1
																						4	M Seles	6	6
								27	A Frazier	6	6
		S Devillé	3	1					B Rittner	4	3
		B Rittner	6	6											27	A Frazier	3	3
		N Sawamatsu	4	6	6										4	M Seles	6	6
		S Farina	6	1	2				N Sawamatsu	3	6	2
								4	M Seles	6	2	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	A Huber	6	6
		M Oremans	4	4				WC	L McNeil	3	3
	WC	L McNeil	6	6											6	A Huber	61	3
		A Fusai	6	5	6											A Fusai	77	6
		M Maruska	4	7	3				A Fusai	6	77
								26	D Van Roost	4	64
																							A Fusai	1	6	1
																						11	B Paulus	6	2	6
								17	N Tauziat	4	79	6
		L Neiland	6	7					L Neiland	6	67	4
		L Richterová	3	5											17	N Tauziat	1	77	1
		E Wagner	2	6	6										11	B Paulus	6	65	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	6	4	3				E Wagner	1	3
								11	B Paulus	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								15	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	62	4
	Q	T Panova	77	6				Q	T Panova	1	77	6
	Q	D Randriantefy	64	3											Q	T Panova	64	1
		P Schnyder	6	6											24	S Testud	77	6
		A Gerši	1	3					P Schnyder	4	4
								24	S Testud	6	6
																						24	S Testud	6	7
																						2	A Sánchez Vicario	0	5
								31	H Nagyová	77	6
	Q	S Smith	79	1	5				J Kandarr	62	0
		J Kandarr	67	6	7										31	H Nagyová	5	6	4
		E Makarova	5	1											2	A Sánchez Vicario	7	4	6
		N Kijimuta	7	6					E Makarova	6	3	2
								2	A Sánchez Vicario	4	6	6

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