1997 Ameritech Cup – Singles


Jana Novotná was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Tauziat.
Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–0, 7–5 against Tauziat.

Seeds

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.
  1. Jana Novotná '
  2. Monica Seles '
  3. Lindsay Davenport
  4. Iva Majoli '
  5. Mary Pierce '
  6. Mary Joe Fernández '
  7. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy '
  8. Lisa Raymond ''''