1997 French Open – Women's singles qualifying

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 María Sánchez Lorenzo (first round)

• # Joannette Kruger (qualified)

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• # 🇺🇸 Corina Morariu (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇿 Eva Martincová (qualifying competition)

• # 🇦🇺 Kerry-Anne Guse (first round)

• # 🇰🇷 Park Sung-hee (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Sandra Cacic (qualified)

• # Barbara Mulej (second round)

• # 🇩🇪 Marketa Kochta (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Samantha Smith (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Janet Lee (qualified)

• # 🇧🇪 Nancy Feber (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇦 Sonya Jeyaseelan (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Laura Golarsa (qualified)

• # 🇦🇹 Sylvia Plischke (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Marlene Weingärtner (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇮🇹 Laura Golarsa

• # 🇩🇪 Marketa Kochta

• # 🇺🇸 Janet Lee

• # 🇺🇸 Sandra Cacic

• # 🇰🇷 Park Sung-hee

• # 🇨🇦 Sonya Jeyaseelan

• # 🇫🇷 Emmanuelle Curutchet

• # Joannette Kruger