Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Sandrine Testud.

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.

	Final
	4	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
		Sandrine Testud	4	1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Novotná	4	6	6
		Y Basuki	6	7					Y Basuki	6	2	2
		M Babel	4	6											1	J Novotná	6	3	1
	Q	N Tauziat	6	6											5	A Coetzer	1	6	6
		Å Carlsson	4	3				Q	N Tauziat	2	7	2
	WC	L Wild	1	2				5	A Coetzer	6	5	6
	5	A Coetzer	6	6																		5	A Coetzer	2	4
																						4	L Davenport	6	6
								4	L Davenport	6	6
		P Schnyder	6	6					P Schnyder	3	2
	Q	F Labat	3	2											4	L Davenport	6	7
	Q	A Miller	1	3												D Van Roost	1	5
		D Van Roost	6	6					D Van Roost	6	6
		A-G Sidot	3	3				7	R Dragomir	0	2
	7	R Dragomir	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	B Schultz-McCarthy	7	7
	Q	P Hy-Boulais	6	6				6	B Schultz-McCarthy	1
		M Maleeva	3	6				LL	S Farina	1	r
	LL	S Farina	6	7											6	B Schultz-McCarthy	2	5
		S Appelmans	6	6	2/r										3	I Majoli	6	7
		E Likhovtseva	4	7	4				E Likhovtseva	2	6	4
								3	I Majoli	6	3	6
																						3	I Majoli	5	3
	8	K Habšudová	3	1																			S Testud	7	6
		S Testud	6	6					S Testud	6	6
		C Rubin	6	6					C Rubin	4	1
		H Suková	1	2												S Testud	w/o
		N Sawamatsu	7	6											2	M Seles
		A Sugiyama	6	4					N Sawamatsu	4	3
								2	M Seles	6	6

• 1997 U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships Draw