1997 du Maurier Open – Women's singles

Two-time defending champion Monica Seles defeated Anke Huber in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Canadian Open.

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


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (champion)
 * 2)  Iva Majoli (second round)
 * 3)  Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (third round)
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce (third round)
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (final)
 * 9)  Irina Spîrlea (first round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals, retired)
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Kimberly Po (third round)
 * 12)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
 * 13)  Ruxandra Dragomir (first round)
 * 14) 🇸🇰 Karina Habšudová (first round)
 * 15) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (third round)
 * 16) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (third round)

Qualifying seeds
• # 🇦🇹 Marion Maruska (first round)

• # Cătălina Cristea (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Francesca Lubiani (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇮🇹 Rita Grande (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Ann Grossman (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (first round, retired)

• # 🇦🇷 Inés Gorrochategui (first round)

• # Kristie Boogert (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇩🇪 Andrea Glass

• # 🇷🇺 Tatiana Panova

• # 🇨🇦 Sonya Jeyaseelan

• # 🇯🇵 Miho Saeki

• # 🇨🇦 Renata Kolbovic

• # 🇮🇹 Rita Grande

• # 🇺🇸 Ann Grossman

• # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Dechy

Lucky loser

 * 1) 🇮🇹 Francesca Lubiani