Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Natasha Zvereva.

First-seeded Steffi Graf won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Mirjana Lučić.

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.

	Final
	WC/1	Steffi Graf	6	7
	Q	Mirjana Lučić	2	5

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								WC/1	S Graf	6	6
		P Hy-Boulais	3	6	6				P Hy-Boulais	3	2
		H Suková	6	4	4										WC/1	S Graf	3	6	6
		F Perfetti	4	3												S Testud	6	2	1
		S Testud	6	6					S Testud	6	6
		A Fusai	3	2				5	E Likhovtseva	3	0
	5	E Likhovtseva	6	6																		WC/1	S Graf	4	7	7
	3	A Coetzer	6	6																		3	A Coetzer	6	5	6
		N Sawamatsu	1	2				3	A Coetzer	7	6
	Q	M Díaz Oliva	6	2					A-G Sidot	5	4
		A-G Sidot	7	6											3	A Coetzer	6	6
		A Sugiyama	7	7												N Kijimuta	2	3
		M Babel	6	6					A Sugiyama	7	4	4
		N Kijimuta	7	3	6				N Kijimuta	5	6	6
	8	M Maleeva	5	6	1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	S Appelmans	6	6
		L Courtois	0	3				6	S Appelmans	6	6	6
		T Tanasugarn	6	5	6				T Tanasugarn	4	7	1
		P Suárez	2	7	3										6	S Appelmans	3	4
	WC	A Mauresmo	6	6											4	J Wiesner	6	6
	Q	S Cacic	2	4				WC	A Mauresmo	6	5	2
		K Studeníková	6	0	4			4	J Wiesner	3	7	6
	4	J Wiesner	4	6	6																	4	J Wiesner	5	7	6
	7	N Tauziat	7	1	6																	Q	M Lučić	7	6	7
		S-T Wang	6	6	2			7	N Tauziat	1	6	5
		P Begerow	2	6	2			Q	M Lučić	6	3	7
	Q	M Lučić	6	4	6										Q	M Lučić	7	6
		N Zvereva	6	6												N Zvereva	5	3
	Q	D Randriantefy	2	2					N Zvereva	3	7	6
								2	L Davenport	6	6	2

• 1997 Internationaux de Strasbourg draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine