1997 Sparkassen Cup – Singles

Anke Huber was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná.

Novotná won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 against Amanda Coetzer.

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


 * 1)  Martina Hingis (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (champion)
 * 3)  Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
 * 4)  Amanda Coetzer (final)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (semifinals)
 * 6) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (second round)
 * 7) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Yayuk Basuki (second round)