1997 Faber Grand Prix – Singles

Iva Majoli was the defending champion and won in the final 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 against Jana Novotná.

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 (final)
 * 2) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (second round)
 * 3)  Iva Majoli (champion)
 * 4) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (second round)
 * 5)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
 * 6) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
 * 7) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (second round)
 * 8) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals)