1997 Lipton Championships – Women's singles
Introduction Martina Hingis defeated Monica Seles in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Miami Open. At 16 years and 6 months, Hingis became the youngest-ever world No. 1 player in women's singles. This marked the first time that neither Steffi Graf, Seles nor Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were ranked No. 1 since August 17, 1987.Steffi Graf was the three-time reigning champion, but did not compete that year.
Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.# '''Martina Hingis (champion)'''# Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(fourth round)''# Jana Novotná ''(semifinals)''# Monica Seles ''(final)''# Lindsay Davenport ''(fourth round)''# Anke Huber ''(third round)''# Irina Spîrlea ''(quarterfinals)''# Iva Majoli ''(quarterfinals)''# Karina Habšudová ''(second round)''# Mary Joe Fernández ''(quarterfinals)''# Barbara Paulus ''(semifinals)''# Amanda Coetzer ''(second round)''# Judith Wiesner ''(third round)''# Kimberly Po ''(third round)''# Brenda Schultz-McCarthy ''(second round)''# Elena Likhovtseva ''(fourth round)''# Nathalie Tauziat ''(third round)''# Magdalena Maleeva ''(third round)''# Sabine Appelmans ''(third round)''# Ruxandra Dragomir ''(third round)''# Chanda Rubin ''(fourth round)''# Lisa Raymond ''(third round)''# Jennifer Capriati ''(second round)''# Sandrine Testud ''(quarterfinals)''# Ai Sugiyama ''(third round)''# Dominique Van Roost ''(second round)''# Amy Frazier ''(third round)''# Linda Wild ''(second round)''# Katarína Studeníková ''(third round)''# Åsa Carlsson ''(fourth round)''# Henrieta Nagyová ''(third round)''# Barbara Schett ''(fourth round)''
Draw ===Finals======Top half=======Section 1========Section 2========Section 3========Section 4=======Bottom half=======Section 5========Section 6========Section 7========Section 8====
References *  1997 Lipton Championships Draw