Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...

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 Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...

, 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.

Seeds

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 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. #

(champion) # Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(fourth round)'' # Jana Novotná ''(semifinals)'' # Monica Seles ''(final)'' # Lindsay Davenport ''(fourth round)'' # Anke Huber ''(third round)'' #

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 ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Iva Majoli Iva Majoli-Marić (born 12 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven ot ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Karina Habšudová ''(second round)'' # Mary Joe Fernández ''(quarterfinals)'' # Barbara Paulus ''(semifinals)'' # Amanda Coetzer ''(second round)'' # Judith Wiesner ''(third round)'' #

Kimberly Po Kimberly Po (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000, partnering Donald Johnson. She also was a runner-up at the US Open in women' ...

''(third round)'' # Brenda Schultz-McCarthy ''(second round)'' # Elena Likhovtseva ''(fourth round)'' #

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 ...

''(third round)'' #

Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Магдалена Георгиева Малеева, ; born 1 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to Octo ...

''(third round)'' #

Sabine Appelmans Sabine Appelmans (born 22 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. She was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011. Career Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first traine ...

''(third round)'' #

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 ...

''(third round)'' # Chanda Rubin ''(fourth round)'' # Lisa Raymond ''(third round)'' # Jennifer Capriati ''(second round)'' #

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 ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Ai Sugiyama ''(third round)'' # Dominique Van Roost ''(second round)'' # Amy Frazier ''(third round)'' #

Linda Wild Linda Harvey Wild (born February 11, 1971) is a retired tennis player from the United States. Born as Linda Harvey, she later used the family name of her stepfather and coach Steve Wild. Wild turned professional in 1989. In the first round of he ...

''(second round)'' #

Katarína Studeníková Katarína Studeníková (born 2 September 1972) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. Her highest singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is 31st, which she reached on 23 December 1996. Her career-high in doubles was at ...

''(third round)'' #

Åsa Carlsson Åsa may refer to: * Åsa, Kungsbacka, Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden * Åsa, Ringerike, Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway People with the given name * Åsa Domeij (born 1962), former politician for the Swedish Green Part ...

''(fourth round)'' #

Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ...

''(third round)'' #

Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, ...

''(fourth round)''

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

1997 Lipton Championships Draw
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