1997 Heineken Trophy – Women's singles

Anke Huber was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Miriam Oremans.

Ruxandra Dragomir won in the final 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 against Oremans.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


 * 1) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
 * 3)  Ruxandra Dragomir (champion)
 * 4) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇧🇪 Dominique Van Roost (quarterfinals)
 * 7)  Patty Schnyder (first round)
 * 8) 🇸🇪 Åsa Carlsson (semifinals)