1997 Sydney International – Women's singles

Monica Seles was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Martina Hingis won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 6–1 against Jennifer Capriati.

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) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
 * 2)  Martina Hingis (champion)
 * 3)  Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
 * 5)  Irina Spîrlea (first round)
 * 6) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (first round)
 * 7)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
 * 8) n/a
 * 9)  Amanda Coetzer (first round)