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.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1997 WTA Tour schedule.
Key
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Statistical Information
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 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 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 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
Below are the 1997 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition: