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1997 WTA Tour

1997 WTA Tour
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Hingis won 12 titles, including 3 slams and reaching the final of all 4 slams
Details
Duration December 30, 1996 - November 24, 1997
Edition 27th
Tournaments 51
Categories Grand Slam (4)
WTA Championships
WTA Tier I (9)
WTA Tier II (15)
WTA Tier III (11)
WTA Tier IV (11)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Switzerland Martina Hingis (12)
Most tournament finals Switzerland Martina Hingis (13)
Prize money leader Switzerland Martina Hingis (3,400,196)
Points leader Switzerland Martina Hingis (6,264)
Awards
Player of the year Switzerland Martina Hingis
Doubles Team of the year United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Most improved player of the year South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Newcomer of the year United States Venus Williams
Comeback player of the year France Mary Pierce
1996
1998

The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

The table below shows the 1997 WTA Tour schedule.

List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:

The following players won their first title:

List of titles won by country:

Below are the 1997 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:


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