The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
The table below shows the 1997 WTA Tour schedule.
Key
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
Martina Hingis - Sydney, Australian Open, Tokyo (Tier I), Paris, Miami, Hilton Head, Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego, US Open, Filderstadt, Philadelphia (12)
Lindsay Davenport - Oklahoma City, Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Atlanta, Zurich, Chicago (6)
Jana Novotná - Madrid, Leipzig, Moscow, Season-Ending Championships (4)
Iva Majoli - Hanover, Hamburg, French Open (3)
Monica Seles - Los Angeles, Toronto, Tokyo (Tier II) (3)
Amanda Coetzer - Budapest, Luxembourg (2)
Dominique Van Roost - Hobart, Surabaya (2)
Ruxandra Dragomir - Rosmalen (1)
Mary Joe Fernandez - Berlin (1)
Steffi Graf - Strasbourg (1)
Joannette Kruger - Prague (1)
Elena Likhovtseva - Hope Island (1)
Mirjana Lučić - Bol (1)
Marion Maruska - Auckland (1)
Henrieta Nagyová - Pattaya (1)
Barbara Paulus - Warsaw (1)
Mary Pierce - Rome (1)
Virginia Ruano Pascual - Cardiff (1)
Chanda Rubin - Linz (1)
Naoko Sawamatsu - Jakarta (1)
Barbara Schett - Maria Lankowitz (1)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy - Quebec City (1)
Ai Sugiyama - Tokyo (Tier III)
Nathalie Tauziat - Birmingham (1)
Sandrine Testud - Palermo (1)
The following players won their first title:
Marion Maruska - Auckland
Chanda Rubin - Linz
Ai Sugiyama - Tokyo (Tier III)
Mirjana Lučić - Bol
Virginia Ruano Pascual - Cardiff
Sandrine Testud - Palermo
List of titles won by country:
Switzerland 12 - Sydney, Australian Open, Tokyo (Tier I), Paris, Miami, Hilton Head, Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego, US Open, Filderstadt, Philadelphia
USA 11 - Linz, Oklahoma City, Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Berlin, Los Angeles, Toronto, Atlanta, Tokyo (Tier II), Zurich, Chicago
Croatia 4 - Hanover, Hamburg, Bol, French Open
Czech Republic 4 - Madrid, Leipzig, Moscow, Season-Ending Championships
Austria 3 - Auckland, Warsaw, Maria Lankowitz
France 3 - Rome, Birmingham, Palermo
South Africa 3 - Budapest, Prague, Luxembourg
Belgium 2 - Hobart, Surabaya
Japan 2 - Tokyo (Tier III), Jakarta
Germany 1 - Strasbourg
Kazakhstan 1 - Hope Island
Netherlands 1 - Quebec City
Romania 1 - Rosmalen
Slovakia 1 - Pattaya
Spain 1 - Cardiff
Below are the 1997 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
