1997 WTA Tier I Series

1997 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationJanuary 27 – November 2
Edition8th
Tournaments9
Achievements (singles)
Most titles Martina Hingis (3)
Most finals Martina Hingis
Monica Seles (3)
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Main article: 1997 WTA Tour

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

Tournaments

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Jan 27 – Feb 2 $926,250
State Farm Evert Cup United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 3 – 16 $1,250,000
The Lipton Championships United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 17 – 30 $1,750,000
Family Circle Magazine Cup United States Hilton Head Island Clay (green) Mar 31 – Apr 6 $926,250
Italian Open[3] Italy Rome Clay (red) May 5 – 11 $926,250
German Open Germany Berlin Clay (red) May 12 – 18 $926,250
du Maurier Open Canada Toronto Hard Aug 11 – 17 $926,250
European Indoor Championships[4] Switzerland Zürich Carpet (i) Oct 13 – 19 $926,250
Kremlin Cup Russia Moscow Carpet (i) Oct 27 – Nov 2 $926,250

Results

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

Singles – Doubles

Martina Hingis Steffi Graf Walkover Lindsay Davenport* Gigi Fernández
Martina Hingis 		6–4, 6–3
Natasha Zvereva
Indian Wells

Singles – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport Irina Spîrlea 6–2, 6–1 Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva 		Lisa Raymond
Nathalie Tauziat 		6–3, 6–2
Miami

Singles – Doubles

Martina Hingis Monica Seles 6–2, 6–1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Natasha Zvereva 		Sabine Appelmans
Miriam Oremans 		6–2, 6–3
Hilton Head

Singles – Doubles

Martina Hingis Monica Seles 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Mary Joe Fernandez
Martina Hingis 		Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná 		7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Rome

Singles – Doubles

Mary Pierce Conchita Martínez 6–4, 6–0 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf 		Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini 		6–2, 6–4
Berlin

Singles – Doubles

Mary Joe Fernández Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–2 Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná 		Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva 		6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Toronto

Singles – Doubles

Monica Seles Anke Huber 6–2, 6–4 Yayuk Basuki
Caroline Vis 		Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf 		3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Zürich

Singles – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport Nathalie Tauziat 7–6(7–3), 7–5 Martina Hingis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		Larisa Neiland
Helena Suková 		4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Moscow

Singles – Doubles

Jana Novotná Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–4 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Natasha Zvereva 		Yayuk Basuki
Caroline Vis 		5-3, def.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1997 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "1997 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009.
  3. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  4. ^ "1997 Zürich Open Draws" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2018.


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