1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Singles

January 2025 1997 Newsweek Champions Cup State Farm Evert Cup GER Steffi Graf USA Lindsay Davenport ROM Irina Spîrlea 6–2, 6–1 56 16 Lindsay Davenport defeated Irina Spîrlea in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Indian Wells Masters. Steffi Graf was the reigning champion, but did not compete that year. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top nine seeds received a bye to the second round. ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) ESP Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals) GER Anke Huber (third round) USA Lindsay Davenport (champion) CRO Iva Majoli (third round) ROM Irina Spîrlea (final) n/a RSA Amanda Coetzer (second round) USA Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals) AUT Barbara Paulus (second round) USA Kimberly Po (third round) RUS Elena Likhovtseva (third round) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) ROM Ruxandra Dragomir (third round) USA Chanda Rubin (third round) USA Lisa Raymond (second round) JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 3 3 6 ROM Irina Spîrlea 4 6 6 4 USA Lindsay Davenport 6 6   9 USA Mary Joe Fernández 1 1   6 ROM Irina Spîrlea 2 1   4 USA Lindsay Davenport 6 6   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q JPN N Miyagi 3 4     ITA S Farina 6 6     AUT B Schett 77 2 2   SWE Å Carlsson 64 6 6 LL ITA F Lubiani 710 1 4 10 AUT B Paulus 68 6 6 16 USA L Raymond 77 6   Q GER J Kandarr 64 2     FRA A-G Sidot 77 5 2   FRA S Testud 65 7 6 WC SWE K Triska 2 1     ARG F Labat 6 6   1 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     ITA S Farina 4 2     SWE Å Carlsson 6 6   10 AUT B Paulus 4 4   16 USA L Raymond 7 3 4   FRA S Testud 5 6 6   ARG F Labat 1 7 7 8 RSA A Coetzer 6 5 5 1 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     SWE Å Carlsson 1 3     FRA S Testud 6 6     ARG F Labat 2 2   1 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 3 6 6   FRA S Testud 6 2 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   CAN P Hy-Boulais 6 1 4   RUS A Kournikova 1 6 6   CZE H Suková 6 5 6   ITA G Pizzichini 1 7 2   BEL S Devillé 1 0   13 FRA N Tauziat 6 6   12 RUS E Likhovtseva 77 4 7   SVK K Studeníková 62 6 5 WC BLR O Barabanschikova 6 7   WC USA A Stevenson 4 5   Q FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 6 6     AUT K Kschwendt 2 2   3 GER A Huber 3 6 6   RUS A Kournikova 6 2 2   CZE H Suková 2 2   13 FRA N Tauziat 6 6   12 RUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   WC BLR O Barabanschikova 2 2   Q FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 77 67 2 6 ROM I Spîrlea 63 79 6 3 GER A Huber 4 3   13 FRA N Tauziat 6 6   12 RUS E Likhovtseva 3 4   6 ROM I Spîrlea 6 6   13 FRA N Tauziat 4 2   6 ROM I Spîrlea 6 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   JPN M Endo 4 1     BLR N Zvereva 6 6     USA A Miller 2 4   Q USA V Williams 6 6     JPN N Kijimuta 4 77 61 17 JPN A Sugiyama 6 62 77 14 ROM R Dragomir 6 7   Q USA K Brandi 4 5     ARG P Suárez 4 64     RUS E Makarova 6 77   Q USA T Whitlinger-Jones 5 6 6   NED K Boogert 7 4 3 5 CRO I Majoli 6 6     BLR N Zvereva 4 4   Q USA V Williams 3 6 6 17 JPN A Sugiyama 6 3 2 14 ROM R Dragomir 6 3 6   RUS E Makarova 3 6 2 Q USA T Whitlinger-Jones 4 0   4 USA L Davenport 6 6   5 CRO I Majoli 5 6 5 Q USA V Williams 7 3 7 14 ROM R Dragomir 2 1   4 USA L Davenport 6 6   Q USA V Williams 4 7 61 4 USA L Davenport 6 5 77 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q POL M Grzybowska 77 3 2   LAT L Neiland 65 6 6   GER B Rittner 5 6 6   THA T Tanasugarn 7 0 2   USA A Grossman 7 0 0 11 USA K Po 5 6 6 15 USA C Rubin 6 4 78   USA A Frazier 3 6 66 Q GER M Weingärtner 7 2 2   JPN N Sawamatsu 5 6 6   GER P Begerow 62 6 6 LL ROM C Cristea 77 1 1 9 USA M J Fernández 6 6     LAT L Neiland 3 3     GER B Rittner 5 2   11 USA K Po 7 6   15 USA C Rubin 7 2 7   JPN N Sawamatsu 5 6 5   GER P Begerow 4 2   2 ESP C Martínez 6 6   9 USA M J Fernández 6 6   11 USA K Po 2 3   15 USA C Rubin 1 6 5 2 ESP C Martínez 6 1 7 9 USA M J Fernández 6 6   2 ESP C Martínez 4 4   External links 1997 State Farm Evert Cup DrawFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Singles Category:1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup