1997 Heineken Trophy – Women's singles

Women's singles
1997 Heineken Trophy
1996 Champion	Anke Huber
Champion	Ruxandra Dragomir
Runner-up	Miriam Oremans
Score	5–7, 6–2, 6–4

Anke Huber was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Miriam Oremans.

Ruxandra Dragomir won in the final 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 against Oremans.

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.

1. Anke Huber (Semifinals)
2. Mary Pierce (Quarterfinals)
3. Ruxandra Dragomir (Champion)
4. Karina Habšudová (Quarterfinals)

5. Sabine Appelmans (Quarterfinals)
6. Dominique Van Roost (Quarterfinals)
7. Patty Schnyder (First Round)
8. Åsa Carlsson (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

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	A Huber	6	2	6
		D Chládková	6	4					S Kleinová	4	6	4
		S Kleinová	7	6											1	A Huber	6	4	7
	WC	N van Lottum	6	5											5	S Appelmans	2	6	6
		F Labat	7	7					F Labat	5	5
		A Gerši	4	4				5	S Appelmans	7	7
	5	S Appelmans	6	6																		1	A Huber
	4	K Habšudová	6	6																			M Oremans	w/o
	Q	J Kandarr	3	4				4	K Habšudová	2	7	6
		P Hy-Boulais	6	4	6				P Hy-Boulais	6	5	4
		Y Yoshida	1	6	3										4	K Habšudová	2	5
		M Maleeva	6	6												M Oremans	6	7
	Q	S de Ville	2	1					M Maleeva	4	5
		M Oremans	7	6					M Oremans	6	7
	7	P Schnyder	5	2

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	D Van Roost	7	6
		L Wild	6	2				6	D Van Roost	2	6	6
		K Boogert	4						K Boogert	6	3	4
		L Savchenko	2	r											6	D Van Roost	1	6	4
	WC	A Olsza	0	3											3	R Dragomir	6	2	6
		B Rittner	6	6					B Rittner	1	0	r
		T Tanasugarn	3	1				3	R Dragomir	6	2
	3	R Dragomir	6	6																		3	R Dragomir	6	6
	8	Å Carlsson	6	3	7																	8	Å Carlsson	4	2
	Q	C Torrens Valero	3	6	5			8	Å Carlsson	6	6	7
		P Langrová	2	4				Q	F Lubiani	7	2	5
	Q	F Lubiani	6	6											8	Å Carlsson	w/o
		S Pitkowski	6	3	6										2	M Pierce
		E Callens	1	6	0				S Pitkowski	3	5
								2	M Pierce	6	7

External links

• 1997 Heineken Trophy Draw