Mary Pierce defeated the four-time defending champion
Conchita Martínez in the final, 6–4, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Italian Open.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight
seeds
A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm pl ...
received a
bye to the second round.
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Monica Seles ''(third round)''
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(quarterfinals)''
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Conchita Martínez ''(final)''
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Anke Huber ''(second round)''
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Iva Majoli ''(third round)''
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Amanda Coetzer ''(third round)''
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Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she becam ...
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Karina Habšudová ''(third round)''
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Brenda Schultz-McCarthy ''(second round)''
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Mary Pierce (champion)
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Barbara Paulus ''(semifinals)''
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Elena Likhovtseva ''(third round)''
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Sabine Appelmans ''(third round)''
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Ruxandra Dragomir
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania.
She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 1997 ...
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Nathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...
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Sandrine Testud
Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Career
Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, N ...
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Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
ITF tournament drawsWTA tournament draws
{{DEFAULTSORT:1997 Italian Open - Women's Singles
Women's Singles
Singles