1997 WTA German Open – Singles


was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Amanda Coetzer.
Mary Joe Fernández won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Mary Pierce.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
  1. Steffi Graf '
  2. Jana Novotná '
  3. Lindsay Davenport '
  4. Conchita Martínez '
  5. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  6. Iva Majoli '
  7. Amanda Coetzer '
  8. Irina Spîrlea '
  9. Karina Habšudová '
  10. Mary Joe Fernández
  11. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy '
  12. Mary Pierce '
  13. Barbara Paulus '
  14. Judith Wiesner '
  15. Ruxandra Dragomir '
  16. Elena Likhovtseva

    Draw

Finals

Top Half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom Half

Section 3

Section 4