1997 Italian Open – Women's singles

Mary Pierce defeated the four-time defending champion Conchita Martínez in the final, 6–4, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Italian Open.

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


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (third round)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (final)
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (second round)
 * 5)  Iva Majoli (third round)
 * 6)  Amanda Coetzer (third round)
 * 7)  Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
 * 8) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (third round)
 * 9)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
 * 10) 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce (champion)
 * 11) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
 * 12) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (third round)
 * 13) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (third round)
 * 14)  Ruxandra Dragomir (quarterfinals)
 * 15) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
 * 16) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (second round)