1997 U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships – Singles

Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Sandrine Testud.

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) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
 * 3)  Iva Majoli (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (champion)
 * 5)  Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
 * 6)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)
 * 7)  Ruxandra Dragomir (second round)
 * 8) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (first round)