1997 Lipton Championships – Women's singles

Martina Hingis defeated Monica Seles in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Miami Open. At 16 years and 6 months, Hingis became the youngest-ever world No. 1 player in women's singles. This marked the first time that neither Steffi Graf, Seles nor Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were ranked No. 1 since August 17, 1987.

Steffi Graf was the three-time reigning champion, but did not compete that year.

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


 * 1) Martina Hingis (champion)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round)
 * 3) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (final)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (fourth round)
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (third round)
 * 7) Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
 * 8) Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (second round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
 * 11) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
 * 12) Amanda Coetzer (second round)
 * 13) 🇦🇹 Judith Wiesner (third round)
 * 14) 🇺🇸 Kimberly Po (third round)
 * 15) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
 * 16) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (fourth round)
 * 17) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (third round)
 * 18) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (third round)
 * 19) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (third round)
 * 20) Ruxandra Dragomir (third round)
 * 21) 🇺🇸 Chanda Rubin (fourth round)
 * 22) 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (third round)
 * 23) 🇺🇸 Jennifer Capriati (second round)
 * 24) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
 * 25) 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (third round)
 * 26) 🇧🇪 Dominique Van Roost (second round)
 * 27) 🇺🇸 Amy Frazier (third round)
 * 28) 🇺🇸 Linda Wild (second round)
 * 29) 🇸🇰 Katarína Studeníková (third round)
 * 30) 🇸🇪 Åsa Carlsson (fourth round)
 * 31) 🇸🇰 Henrieta Nagyová (third round)
 * 32) 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (fourth round)