WTA
1997 season
49 tour-level events.
Leaders
Titles
Wins
- 1Martina Hingis75-5
- 2Amanda Coetzer63-26
- 3Lindsay Davenport59-16
- 4Jana Novotna54-15
- 5Irina Spirlea47-23
Win % (20+ matches)
- 1Martina Hingis94%
- 2Lindsay Davenport79%
- 3Jana Novotna78%
- 4Monica Seles78%
- 5Mary Pierce74%
Biggest titles
All 49 events| Date | Tournament | Final | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 1997 | Australian Open Grand Slam · Hard · 128 draw | Martina Hingis d. Mary Pierce 6-2 6-2 | |
| May 26, 1997 | Roland Garros Grand Slam · Clay · 128 draw | Iva Majoli d. Martina Hingis 6-4 6-2 | |
| Jun 23, 1997 | Wimbledon Grand Slam · Grass · 128 draw | Martina Hingis d. Jana Novotna 2-6 6-3 6-3 | |
| Aug 25, 1997 | US Open Grand Slam · Hard · 128 draw | Martina Hingis d. Venus Williams 6-0 6-4 |
Leaderboard
82 players with 20+ matches. Tap a column to sort. Percentages use raw serve and return counts; TB = tiebreaks, Decider = deciding sets.
| # | Player | M | W-L | Win % | Titles | Ace % | 1st won | 2nd won | Hold % | Ret pts | Break % | TB | Decider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petra BegerowGER | 20 | 6-14 | 30.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-4 |
| 2 | Paola SuarezARG | 21 | 6-15 | 28.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 2-4 |
| 3 | Jana KandarrGER | 23 | 7-16 | 30.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Rika HirakiJPN | 22 | 7-15 | 31.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-9 |
| 5 | Helena SukovaCZE | 28 | 8-20 | 28.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-7 |
| 6 | Adriana GersiCZE | 24 | 8-16 | 33.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Ann GrossmanUSA | 25 | 9-16 | 36.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Larisa SavchenkoURS | 24 | 9-15 | 37.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 5-3 |
| 9 | Marion MaruskaAUT | 24 | 9-15 | 37.5% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 10 | Annabel EllwoodAUS | 29 | 9-20 | 31.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-9 |
| 11 | Barbara RittnerGER | 27 | 9-18 | 33.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-6 |
| 12 | Flora PerfettiITA | 24 | 9-15 | 37.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 3-6 |
| 13 | Jennifer CapriatiUSA | 21 | 10-11 | 47.6% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 14 | Ines GorrochateguiARG | 23 | 10-13 | 43.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 1-5 |
| 15 | Naoko KijimutaJPN | 26 | 10-16 | 38.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-7 |
| 16 | Gloria PizzichiniITA | 24 | 10-14 | 41.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 5-5 |
| 17 | Els CallensBEL | 25 | 10-15 | 40.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 4-4 |
| 18 | Catalina CristeaROU | 28 | 10-18 | 35.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 3-7 |
| 19 | Katarina StudenikovaSVK | 31 | 10-21 | 32.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 1-9 |
| 20 | Rachel McquillanAUS | 21 | 10-11 | 47.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 4-1 |
| 21 | Yuka YoshidaJPN | 23 | 11-12 | 47.8% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-5 |
| 22 | Gala Leon GarciaESP | 23 | 11-12 | 47.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-2 | 3-3 |
| 23 | Elena MakarovaRUS | 24 | 11-13 | 45.8% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 3-6 |
| 24 | Denisa ChladkovaCZE | 29 | 11-18 | 37.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 4-6 |
| 25 | Cristina Torrens ValeroESP | 27 | 12-15 | 44.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-4 |
| 26 | Corina MorariuUSA | 23 | 12-11 | 52.2% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-6 |
| 27 | Rita GrandeITA | 30 | 13-17 | 43.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-9 |
| 28 | Maria Vento KabchiVEN | 22 | 13-9 | 59.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| 29 | Francesca LubianiITA | 29 | 13-16 | 44.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 2-7 |
| 30 | Olga BarabanschikovaBLR | 25 | 13-12 | 52.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 31 | Sandra KleinovaCZE | 34 | 13-21 | 38.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 4-6 |
| 32 | Alexia Dechaume BalleretFRA | 27 | 13-14 | 48.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-8 |
| 33 | Sarah Pitkowski MalcorFRA | 29 | 13-16 | 44.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 7-4 |
| 34 | Judith WiesnerAUT | 25 | 14-11 | 56.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-8 |
| 35 | Magdalena GrzybowskaPOL | 29 | 14-15 | 48.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-2 | 9-6 |
| 36 | Patricia Hy BoulaisCAN | 35 | 14-21 | 40.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 8-7 |
| 37 | Tamarine TanasugarnTHA | 34 | 15-19 | 44.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 4-5 |
| 38 | Asa CarlssonSWE | 36 | 15-21 | 41.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-5 |
| 39 | Magui SernaESP | 34 | 16-18 | 47.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 5-2 |
| 40 | Amy FrazierUSA | 34 | 17-17 | 50.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 2-6 |
| 41 | Miriam OremansNED | 34 | 17-17 | 50.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-8 |
| 42 | Virginia Ruano PascualESP | 28 | 18-10 | 64.3% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 7-4 |
| 43 | Anna KournikovaRUS | 29 | 18-11 | 62.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 7-4 |
| 44 | Alexandra FusaiFRA | 34 | 18-16 | 52.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 8-4 |
| 45 | Venus WilliamsUSA | 32 | 19-13 | 59.4% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 8-5 |
| 46 | Shi Ting WangTPE | 37 | 19-18 | 51.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-2 | 5-6 |
| 47 | Anne Gaelle SidotFRA | 42 | 19-23 | 45.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-7 |
| 48 | Magdalena MaleevaBUL | 42 | 21-21 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-7 |
| 49 | Silvia Farina EliaITA | 43 | 22-21 | 51.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 9-6 |
| 50 | Barbara SchettAUT | 44 | 22-22 | 50.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-1 | 8-11 |
| 51 | Florencia LabatARG | 48 | 22-26 | 45.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-8 |
| 52 | Patty SchnyderSUI | 48 | 23-25 | 47.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 2-11 |
| 53 | Elena LikhovtsevaRUS | 47 | 23-24 | 48.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 4-8 |
| 54 | Naoko SawamatsuJPN | 47 | 24-23 | 51.1% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 10-7 |
| 55 | Chanda RubinUSA | 45 | 24-21 | 53.3% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 7-4 |
| 56 | Joannette KrugerRSA | 47 | 25-22 | 53.2% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 11-4 |
| 57 | Karina HabsudovaSVK | 50 | 26-24 | 52.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 7-7 |
| 58 | Henrieta NagyovaSVK | 45 | 27-18 | 60.0% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 6-8 |
| 59 | Ai SugiyamaJPN | 55 | 28-27 | 50.9% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 12-9 |
| 60 | Kimberly Po MesserliUSA | 48 | 28-20 | 58.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 9-8 |
| 61 | Natalia ZverevaBLR | 50 | 29-21 | 58.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4-1 | 11-4 |
| 62 | Lisa RaymondUSA | 52 | 31-21 | 59.6% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 9-8 |
| 63 | Barbara PaulusAUT | 48 | 33-15 | 68.8% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 9-6 |
| 64 | Yayuk BasukiINA | 56 | 34-22 | 60.7% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 10-8 |
| 65 | Anke HuberGER | 56 | 34-22 | 60.7% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 13-9 |
| 66 | Brenda Schultz MccarthyNED | 62 | 35-27 | 56.5% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 13-11 |
| 67 | Sabine AppelmansBEL | 64 | 37-27 | 57.8% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 10-14 |
| 68 | Conchita MartinezESP | 56 | 37-19 | 66.1% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 10-4 |
| 69 | Ruxandra Dragomir IlieROU | 62 | 37-25 | 59.7% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 15-10 |
| 70 | Mary Joe FernandezUSA | 58 | 40-18 | 69.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 11-6 |
| 71 | Dominique MonamiBEL | 57 | 41-16 | 71.9% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 9-6 |
| 72 | Nathalie TauziatFRA | 63 | 42-21 | 66.7% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 17-8 |
| 73 | Sandrine TestudFRA | 65 | 43-22 | 66.2% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 15-7 |
| 74 | Iva MajoliCRO | 68 | 45-23 | 66.2% | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 21-10 |
| 75 | Monica SelesUSA | 58 | 45-13 | 77.6% | 3 / 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 10-6 |
| 76 | Mary PierceFRA | 62 | 46-16 | 74.2% | 1 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 12-6 |
| 77 | Arantxa Sanchez VicarioESP | 71 | 47-24 | 66.2% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 10-10 |
| 78 | Irina SpirleaROU | 70 | 47-23 | 67.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 12-8 |
| 79 | Jana NovotnaCZE | 69 | 54-15 | 78.3% | 4 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 20-9 |
| 80 | Lindsay DavenportUSA | 75 | 59-16 | 78.7% | 6 / 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 10-10 |
| 81 | Amanda CoetzerRSA | 89 | 63-26 | 70.8% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-2 | 19-7 |
| 82 | Martina HingisSUI | 80 | 75-5 | 93.8% | 12 / 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 20-4 |