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.
 Martina Hingis finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career, becoming the youngest woman to do so. She won twelve tournaments during the season, including three majors at the Australian Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open. She also won three Tier I events and finished runner-up at the fourth major, the French Open. | |
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| Duration | December 30, 1996 – November 24, 1997 |
| Edition | 27th |
| Tournaments | 51 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (11) WTA Tier IV (11) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Martina Hingis (12) |
| Most tournament finals | Martina Hingis (13) |
| Prize money leader | Martina Hingis (US$3,400,196) |
| Points leader | Martina Hingis (6,264) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Martina Hingis |
| Doubles team of the year |  Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
| Most improved player of the year |  Amanda Coetzer |
| Newcomer of the year | Venus Williams |
| Comeback player of the year |  Mary Pierce |
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Schedule
editThe table below shows the 1997 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Tier I tournamentss |
| WTA Tier II events |
| WTA Tier III events |
| WTA Tier IV events |
| Team events |
January
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February
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May
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June
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October
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editStatistical Information
editList 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 Fernández – 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
- 2 – Tokyo (Tier III), Jakarta
- 1 – Strasbourg
- Russia 1 – Hope Island
- Netherlands 1 – Quebec City
- Romania 1 – Rosmalen
- Slovakia 1 – Pattaya
- 1 – Cardiff
Rankings
editBelow are the 1997 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1997" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1997" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.