1997 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Fourth-seeded Martina Hingis won in the final 6–2, 6–2 over Mary Pierce to capture the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1997 Australian Open. Hingis did not lose a set in the entire tournament. She became the youngest woman (at the age of 16 years and three months) to win a Grand Slam singles title since Lottie Dod won the 1887 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Women's Singles
1997 Australian Open
Champion Martina Hingis
Runner-up Mary Pierce
Final score6–2, 6–2
Draw128
Seeds16

Monica Seles was the defending champion, but did not compete that year. Steffi Graf's 45-match major winning streak came to an end (started from 1995 French Open) when she was defeated by Amanda Coetzer in the fourth round.

Until 2019, this would remain the last time that the top three seeded players would fail to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

Seeds
  1. Steffi Graf (Fourth round)
  2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Third round)
  3. Conchita Martínez (Fourth round)
  4. Martina Hingis (Champion)
  5. Anke Huber (Fourth round)
  6. Iva Majoli (First round)
  7. Lindsay Davenport (Fourth round)
  8. Irina Spîrlea (Quarterfinals)
  9. Karina Habšudová (Fourth round)
  10. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Second round)
  11. Judith Wiesner (First round)
  12. Amanda Coetzer (Semifinals)
  13. Elena Likhovtseva (First round)
  14. Mary Joe Fernández (Semifinals)
  15. Chanda Rubin (Fourth round)
  16. Sabine Appelmans (Quarterfinals)

Qualifying
Main article: 1997 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
12 Amanda Coetzer 6 6
  Kimberly Po 4 1
12 Amanda Coetzer 5 1
  Mary Pierce 7 6
16 Sabine Appelmans 6 4 4
  Mary Pierce 1 6 6
  Mary Pierce 2 2
4 Martina Hingis 6 6
8 Irina Spîrlea 5 2
4 Martina Hingis 7 6
4 Martina Hingis 6 6
14 Mary Joe Fernández 1 3
14 Mary Joe Fernández 7 4
  Dominique Van Roost 5 0r

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 S Graf 5
  J Husárová 1 r 1 S Graf 7 6
WC E Dominikovic 2 77 0   L Neiland 5 2
  L Neiland 6 62 6 1 S Graf 7 6
  I Gorrochategui 6 6   I Gorrochategui 5 3
WC B Stewart 2 1   I Gorrochategui 7 77
  E Callens 4 3   G Fernández 5 63
  G Fernández 6 6 1 S Graf 2 5
  L Lee 2 6 6 12 A Coetzer 6 7
  B Mulej 6 3 2   L Lee 5 62
Q M Serna 6 66 7 Q M Serna 7 77
Q M Saeki 3 78 5 Q M Serna 3 2
  J Kandarr 6 3 6 12 A Coetzer 6 6
  K Nagatsuka 3 6 3   J Kandarr 2 64
  A Kournikova 2 2 12 A Coetzer 6 77
12 A Coetzer 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 B Schultz-McCarthy 6 2 6
  S-h Park 2 6 2 10 B Schultz-McCarthy 6 1 4
  R Hiraki 6 2 6   R Hiraki 0 6 6
  L Richterová 4 6 4   R Hiraki 2 2
  G León García 6 64 2   K Po 6 6
  K Po 4 77 6   K Po 6 4 6
  C Cristea 63 4   A Sugiyama 0 6 3
  A Sugiyama 77 6   K Po 715 6
WC J Taylor 7 4 7 7 L Davenport 613 4
  M Sánchez Lorenzo 5 6 5 WC J Taylor 4 3
  T Tanasugarn 6 1 6   T Tanasugarn 6 6
  E Makarova 3 6 4   T Tanasugarn 1 0
  K Studeníková 4 61 7 L Davenport 6 6
  F Perfetti 6 77   F Perfetti 2 5
  N Dechy 6 1 1 7 L Davenport 6 7
7 L Davenport 4 6 6

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 C Martínez 6 6
  M Oremans 0 2 3 C Martínez 6 78
  S Dopfer 67 2   A Gerši 2 66
  A Gerši 79 6 3 C Martínez 6 6
  Å Carlsson 6 6   Å Carlsson 0 1
  P Langrová 3 2   Å Carlsson 2 6 6
  P Hy-Boulais 6 2 6   P Hy-Boulais 6 3 0
  A Dechaume-Balleret 0 6 4 3 C Martínez 6 5 1
  N Arendt 6 3 4 16 S Appelmans 2 7 6
  K Boogert 3 6 6   K Boogert 6 7
  R Grande 6 6   R Grande 3 5
  Á Montolio 2 4   K Boogert 1 0 r
  A Grossman 7 6 16 S Appelmans 6 3
  A Miller 5 2   A Grossman 4 1
  H Suková 2 2 16 S Appelmans 6 6
16 S Appelmans 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
13 E Likhovtseva 6 2 4
  M Pierce 3 6 6   M Pierce 6 6
WC L-L Chen 2 6 3   N Medvedeva 2 2
  N Medvedeva 6 3 6   M Pierce 6 6
Q M Kochta 4 77 6 Q M Kochta 0 2
  M Werdel-Witmeyer 6 64 0 Q M Kochta 6 4 6
WC A Ellwood 6 6 WC A Ellwood 0 6 1
  L McNeil 3 2   M Pierce 6 6
  N Zvereva 711 6 5 A Huber 2 3
  N Feber 69 1   N Zvereva 77 6
  S Cacic 4 6 5   W Probst 65 3
  W Probst 6 2 7 N Zvereva 5 0
  F Lubiani 6 77 5 A Huber 7 6
WC R McQuillan 2 64   F Lubiani 6 2 0
  A Frazier 6 2 5 5 A Huber 4 6 6
5 A Huber 0 6 7

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 I Spîrlea 6 6
  N Kijimuta 2 4 8 I Spîrlea 6 6
  J Kruger 6 2 6   J Kruger 1 1
  D Randriantefy 3 6 2 8 I Spîrlea 6 6
  P Suárez 711 6   S Farina 1 3
  K Kschwendt 69 3   P Suárez 4 1
  A Olsza 3 2   S Farina 6 6
  S Farina 6 6 8 I Spîrlea 6 6
  J Capriati 2 6 4 9 K Habšudová 4 4
  J Watanabe 6 3 6   J Watanabe 5 3
  S-t Wang 6 6   S-t Wang 7 6
  L Wild 3 1   S-t Wang 3 65
  C Morariu 3 2 9 K Habšudová 6 77
  N Bradtke 6 6   N Bradtke 3 3
  S Talaja 1 2 9 K Habšudová 6 6
9 K Habšudová 6 6

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
11 J Wiesner 6 3 8
  R Dragomir 4 6 10   R Dragomir 77 6
  V Ruano Pascual 6 3 6   V Ruano Pascual 63 1
  C Torrens Valero 0 6 3   R Dragomir 6 6
  S Hack 6 3 2 Q K Brandi 1 1
LL N van Lottum 4 6 6 LL N van Lottum 0 6 4
  P Begerow 1 1 Q K Brandi 6 1 6
Q K Brandi 6 6   R Dragomir 66 1
  G Helgeson-Nielsen 2 2 4 M Hingis 78 6
  A Fusai 6 6   A Fusai 6 5 5
  B Schett 710 78   B Schett 2 7 7
  N Miyagi 68 66   B Schett 2 1
WC S Drake-Brockman 2 2 4 M Hingis 6 6
  L Raymond 6 6   L Raymond 4 2
  B Rittner 1 5 4 M Hingis 6 6
4 M Hingis 6 7

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 I Majoli 5 1
  P Schnyder 7 6   P Schnyder 6 6
WC K Radford 5 1   M Endo 0 4
  M Endo 7 6   P Schnyder 77 6
Q M Tu 3 6 6 Q M Grzybowska 64 1
  L Cenková 6 2 3 Q M Tu 4 77 1
Q M Grzybowska 4 6 6 Q M Grzybowska 6 63 6
  S Pitkowski 6 3 1   P Schnyder 6 4 1
  F Labat 7 4 6 14 MJ Fernández 4 6 6
  A Kremer 5 6 2   F Labat 3 2
  H Nagyová 6 77   H Nagyová 6 6
  E Gagliardi 3 63   H Nagyová 2 1
  Y Basuki 6 4 14 MJ Fernández 6 6
  N Sawamatsu 3 1 r   Y Basuki 5 4
Q L Golarsa 2 6 2 14 MJ Fernández 7 6
14 MJ Fernández 6 4 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 C Rubin 77 6
  R Zrubáková 62 3 15 C Rubin 6 6
  S Testud 6 6   S Testud 2 1
  E Wagner 3 1 15 C Rubin 6 6
LL S Kleinová 714 6 LL S Kleinová 1 3
  T Whitlinger-Jones 612 1 LL S Kleinová 6 4 8
  A-G Sidot 5 7 6   A-G Sidot 4 6 6
  T Ječmenica 7 5 4 15 C Rubin 5 4
  K Adams 5 3   D Van Roost 7 6
Q Y Yoshida 7 6 Q Y Yoshida 6 5 3
  B Fulco-Villella 0 3   D Van Roost 4 7 6
  D Van Roost 6 6   D Van Roost 1 6 8
  D Chládková 3 77 6 2 A Sánchez Vicario 6 4 6
  S Devillé 6 62 8   S Devillé 0 r
  G Pizzichini 4 4 2 A Sánchez Vicario 1
2 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6

References
  1. Robin Finn (25 January 1997). "The Future Has Risen: It's Hingis". The New York Times.
Preceded by
1996 US Open – Women's Singles		 Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by
1997 French Open – Women's Singles
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