1997 SEAT Open – Singles

Anke Huber was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Amanda Coetzer won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 against Barbara Paulus.

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)  Amanda Coetzer (champion)
 * 2) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (second round)
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (second round)
 * 4) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (final)
 * 6)  Yayuk Basuki (first round)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Kimberly Po (second round)
 * 8) 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva (first round)