1997 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles

Barbara Schett was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Sandrine Testud.

Testud won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Elena Makarova.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (champion)
 * 3) 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Florencia Labat (second round)
 * 5) 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano-Pascual (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Francesca Lubiani (first round)
 * 8) 🇮🇹 Flora Perfetti (first round)