1997 Lipton Championships – Women's Singles
| Women's Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Lipton Championships | |
| 1996 Champion |
 Steffi Graf
|
| Champion |
 Martina Hingis
|
| Runner-up |
 Monica Seles
|
| Final score | 6–2, 6–1 |
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Monica Seles. At 16 years and 6 months, Hingis becoming the youngest World no. 1 player in the history of WTA. This marked the first time that neither Graf, Seles nor Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was ranked No. 1 since August 17, 1987.
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 received a bye to the second round.
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