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Women's singles
Women's singles
1997 du Maurier Open
Final
Champion	Monica Seles
Runner-up	Anke Huber
Score	6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	56 (2WC/8Q/1LL)
Seeds	16
Events

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.^[1]^[2]

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.

Monica Seles (champion)
Iva Majoli (second round)
Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (third round)
Mary Pierce (third round)
Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
Anke Huber (final)
Irina Spîrlea (first round)
Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals, retired)
Kimberly Po (third round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
Ruxandra Dragomir (first round)
Karina Habšudová (first round)
Sandrine Testud (third round)
Sabine Appelmans (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Monica Seles	6	7

7	Conchita Martínez	2	6
					1	Monica Seles	6	6

					8	Anke Huber	2	4
8	Anke Huber	3	6	0

10	Mary Joe Fernández	6	2	0^r

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	M Seles	6	6
	Å Carlsson	6	6			Å Carlsson	2	4
Q	A Grossman	4	3							1	M Seles	6	7
	A Fusai	6	6							16	S Appelmans	3	5
	S Pitkowski	1	0			A Fusai	3	3
WC	P Hy-Boulais	3	3		16	S Appelmans	6	6
16	S Appelmans	6	6											1	M Seles	6	6
13	R Dragomir	0	1											Q	R Grande	0	0
	T Tanasugarn	6	6			T Tanasugarn	4	6	2
Q	R Grande	6	3	6	Q	R Grande	6	2	6
	B Rittner	2	6	3						Q	R Grande	6	6
Q	S Jeyaseelan	6	7							6	M Pierce	2	2
	M Babel	4	6		Q	S Jeyaseelan	1	1
					6	M Pierce	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					WC/4	L Davenport	6	7
	E Callens	4	3			A Sugiyama	2	6
	A Sugiyama	6	6							WC/4	L Davenport	7	6
	M Serna	6	6								M Serna	5	4
Q	R Kolbovic	2	2			M Serna	7	4	6
Q	M Saeki	4	6	6	Q	M Saeki	6	6	3
9	I Spîrlea	6	3	2										WC/4	L Davenport	4	6	2
12	B Schultz-McCarthy	4	6	3										7	C Martínez	6	4	6
	N Kijimuta	6	2	6		N Kijimuta	4	2
	Y Basuki	6	6			Y Basuki	6	6
	S Kleinová	3	0								Y Basuki	1	4
	A Ellwood	7	3	1						7	C Martínez	6	6
	Y Yoshida	5	6	6		Y Yoshida	3	6	1
					7	C Martínez	6	3	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					8	A Huber	6	6
	L Wild	2	0			F Labat	2	1
	F Labat	6	6							8	A Huber	6	6
Q	A Glass	2	1							15	S Testud	3	4
	L Raymond	6	6			L Raymond	3	3
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	5	2		15	S Testud	6	6
15	S Testud	7	6											8	A Huber	2	6	6
11	K Po	6	7											3	A Coetzer	6	1	4
	N Tauziat	1	6		11	K Po	6	6
	S Farina	4	3			J Capriati	3	2
	J Capriati	6	6							11	K Po	3	3
Q	N Dechy	6	1	6						3	A Coetzer	6	6
	V Williams	1	6	1	Q	N Dechy	6	4	2
					3	A Coetzer	4	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					5	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	A Miller	7	2	6		A Miller	2	1
	E Likhovtseva	6	6	3						5	A Sánchez Vicario	4	3
	N Arendt	6	6							10	M J Fernández	6	6
	H Suková	2	4			N Arendt	4	2
	J Kruger	4	5		10	M J Fernández	6	6
10	M J Fernández	6	7											10	M J Fernández	6	6	6
14	K Habšudová	3	3												M Maleeva	2	7	4
	M Maleeva	6	6			M Maleeva	6	6	6
Q	T Panova	2	6		LL	F Lubiani	7	4	4
LL	F Lubiani	6	7								M Maleeva	7	6
	N Sawamatsu	6	6								N Sawamatsu	5	4
	C Rubin	1	4			N Sawamatsu	7	6	6
					2	I Majoli	5	7	1

Qualifying

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

Lucky loser

Francesca Lubiani

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Marion Maruska	1	3

	Andrea Glass	6	6
					Andrea Glass	5	6	6

					Maureen Drake	7	3	2
WC	Christina Popescu	2	6

	Maureen Drake	6	7

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

	Tatiana Panova	7	7

	Olga Barabanschikova	5	5
					Tatiana Panova	7	7

					Siobhan Drake-Brockman	5	6
	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	5

6	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	1^r

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Francesca Lubiani	6	6

	Martina Nejedly	2	2
				3	Francesca Lubiani	6	2	5

					Sonya Jeyaseelan	2	6	7
	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	6

	Mercedes Paz	4	0

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

	Jane Taylor	3	6	6

	Vanessa Webb	6	3	1
						Jane Taylor	2	2

						Miho Saeki	6	6
	Miho Saeki	6	6

7	Inés Gorrochategui	3	4

Fifth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Kristie Boogert	6	2

	Renata Kolbovic	7	6
					Renata Kolbovic	6	6

					Tracey Hiete	3	2
WC	Sanja Bajin	6	5

	Tracey Hiete	7	7

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

	Jana Nejedly	6	6

WC	Petia Marinova	0	3
					Jana Nejedly	2	1

				4	Rita Grande	6	6
	Kristina Brandi	3	1

4	Rita Grande	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Ann Grossman	5	7	6

	Lindsay Lee	7	6	4
					5	Ann Grossman	2	6	6

						Jolene Watanabe	6	3	4
	Jolene Watanabe	6	4

	Rene Simpson	2	1^r

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

WC	Susan Huang	1	3

	Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	6
						Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel	4	1

						Nathalie Dechy	6	6
	Nathalie Dechy	4	7	6

2	Cătălina Cristea	6	6	2