1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

Kimiko Date was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Women's Singles
1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion Ai Sugiyama
Runner-up Amy Frazier
Final score4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Draw28 (4 Q / 1 WC )
Seeds8

Ai Sugiyama won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Amy Frazier.

Seeds

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

  1. n/a
  2. Kimberly Po (Semifinals)
  3. Amy Frazier (Final)
  4. Ai Sugiyama (Champion)
  5. Shi-Ting Wang (Quarterfinals)
  6. Naoko Sawamatsu (Quarterfinals)
  7. Naoko Kijimuta (Second Round)
  8. Tamarine Tanasugarn (First Round)
  9. Annabel Ellwood (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
3 Amy Frazier 6 4 4
4 Ai Sugiyama 4 6 6

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
9 A Ellwood 6 3 6
  R Hiraki 6 5 6   R Hiraki 0 6 4
  R Grande 1 7 3 9 A Ellwood 6 6  
Q J Lee 4 6 6 Q J Lee 1 4  
LL M Miyauchi 6 3 3 Q J Lee 6 6  
  M Saeki 6 6     M Saeki 3 1  
8 T Tanasugarn 3 4   9 A Ellwood 2 3  
3 A Frazier 6 6   3 A Frazier 6 6  
Q Y Hosoki 1 2   3 A Frazier 6 6  
  A Glass 1 1 r   Y Yoshida 4 3  
  Y Yoshida 6 4   3 A Frazier 7 7  
  N Miyagi 0 2   6 N Sawamatsu 6 6  
  M Endo 6 6     M Endo 1 6 4
LL J Chi 3 4   6 N Sawamatsu 6 4 6
6 N Sawamatsu 6 6  

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 N Kijimuta 6 6  
LL E-H Kim 3 2   7 N Kijimuta 4 6  
  S-H Park 3 2     C Morariu 6 7  
  C Morariu 6 6     C Morariu 6 2  
  A Dechaume-Balleret 4 0   4 A Sugiyama 7 6  
  M Tu 6 6     M Tu 2 2  
  G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 5   4 A Sugiyama 6 6  
4 A Sugiyama 6 7   4 A Sugiyama 5 6 6
5 S-T Wang 6 6   2 K Po 7 4 1
WC H Inoue 1 1   5 S-T Wang 6 6  
Q E Tatarkova 3 1     K Kschwendt 2 4  
  K Kschwendt 6 6   5 S-T Wang 6 3 3
  J Watanabe 7 4 6 2 K Po 4 6 6
Q N Vaidyanathan 5 6 0   J Watanabe 2 2  
2 K Po 6 6  
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