1997 European Indoors – Singles

Lindsay Davenport defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 7–6, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.

Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Davenport.

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)  Martina Hingis (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (semifinals)
 * 3)  Iva Majoli (second round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (champion)
 * 5)  Amanda Coetzer (second round)
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (second round)
 * 7)  Irina Spîrlea (second round)
 * 8) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (qualified)

• # 🇧🇪 Dominique Van Roost (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Jennifer Capriati (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # Joannette Kruger (qualifying competition)

• # 🇦🇷 Florencia Labat (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Magüi Serna (first round)

• # 🇨🇿 Denisa Chládková (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Venus Williams

• # 🇨🇿 Sandra Kleinová

• # Miriam Oremans

• # 🇧🇪 Dominique Van Roost

Lucky loser

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot