1997 European Indoors – Singles

Seeds

Draw

Qualifying

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Final

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Section 2

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

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First qualifier

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Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Singles
Singles
1997 European Indoors
Final
Champion	Lindsay Davenport
Runner-up	Nathalie Tauziat
Score	7–6, 7–5
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Lindsay Davenport defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 7–6, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.

Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Davenport.

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

Martina Hingis (quarterfinals)
Jana Novotná (semifinals)
Iva Majoli (second round)
Lindsay Davenport (champion)
Amanda Coetzer (second round)
Anke Huber (second round)
Irina Spîrlea (second round)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (first round)

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	M Hingis	6	6
	K Habšudová	2	6		LL	A-G Sidot	3	2
LL	A-G Sidot	6	7							1	M Hingis	6	2	5
	L Raymond	7	6								L Raymond	4	6	7
	H Suková	5	3			L Raymond	7	6
WC	P Schnyder	6	3		5	A Coetzer	5	3
5	A Coetzer	7	6													L Raymond	3	5
																N Tauziat	6	7
					3	I Majoli	6	2
	S Appelmans	6	6	7		S Appelmans	7	6
	B Schultz-McCarthy	3	7	5							S Appelmans	6	1	5
	N Tauziat	6	5	7							N Tauziat	4	6	7
	K Po	3	7	5		N Tauziat	6	6	7
Q	D Van Roost	7	5	6	Q	D Van Roost	3	7	6
8	A Sánchez Vicario	5	7	4

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

6	A Huber	7	6
	MJ Fernández	5	0		6	A Huber
Q	V Williams	6	6		Q	V Williams	w/o
	R Dragomir	0	3							Q	V Williams	0	4
Q	M Oremans	2	6	3						4	L Davenport	6	6
	N Zvereva	6	2	6		N Zvereva	4	2^r
					4	L Davenport	6	2
														4	L Davenport	6	6
7	I Spîrlea	6	3	6										2	J Novotná	4	1
	N Sawamatsu	4	6	2	7	I Spîrlea	6	1^r
	M Maleeva	3	3		Q	S Kleinová	3	5
Q	S Kleinová	6	6							Q	S Kleinová	2	6
	A Sugiyama	6	1							2	J Novotná	6	7
WC	B Schett	2	0^r			A Sugiyama	0	7	2
					2	J Novotná	6	6	6

Venus Williams (qualified)
Dominique Van Roost (qualified)
Jennifer Capriati (first round)
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Joannette Kruger (qualifying competition)
Florencia Labat (second round)
Magüi Serna (first round)
Denisa Chládková (first round)

Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

1	Venus Williams	6	6
	Petra Langrová	2	1		1	Venus Williams	7	6
Wiltrud Probst		6	2	7		Wiltrud Probst	5	3
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret		4	6	6					1	Venus Williams	6	6
Larisa Neiland		6	4	6						Larisa Neiland	1	2
Tatiana Panova		4	6	3	Larisa Neiland		6	7
	Åsa Carlsson	6	6		Åsa Carlsson		4	6
8	Denisa Chládková	2	3

First round				Second round				Qualifying competition

4	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6	6
	Aleksandra Olsza	0	0	4	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6	6
WC	Maja Živec-Škulj	6	5		María Sánchez Lorenzo	2	1
	María Sánchez Lorenzo	7	7					4	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5	5
Radka Bobková		0	4						Sandra Kleinová	7	7
Sandra Kleinová		6	6		Sandra Kleinová	6	7
	Andrea Glass	6	5	6	Florencia Labat	3	6
6	Florencia Labat	7	7

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

7	Magüi Serna	3	3
WC	Brie Rippner	6	6		WC	Brie Rippner	6	7
Rita Grande		6	6	6		Rita Grande	2	6
Silvia Farina		2	7	3					WC	Brie Rippner	7	5	4
WC	Katrina Adams	7	6							Miriam Oremans	6	7	6
	Ludmila Varmužová	6	4		WC	Katrina Adams	2	6
	Miriam Oremans	6	6			Miriam Oremans	6	7
3	Jennifer Capriati	1	3

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

5	Joannette Kruger	6	7
	Alexandra Fusai	1	6		5	Joannette Kruger	7	6
Francesca Lubiani		6	1	2		Annie Miller	5	2
Annie Miller		4	6	6					5	Joannette Kruger	4	1
WC	Serena Williams	6	6						2	Dominique Van Roost	6	6
	Gloria Pizzichini	2	4		WC	Serena Williams	2	4
	Flora Perfetti	6	1		2	Dominique Van Roost	6	6
2	Dominique Van Roost	7	6

Nathalie Tauziat

Lindsay Davenport

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