1997 Danamon Open – Singles

Singles
1997 Danamon Open
Champion	Naoko Sawamatsu
Runner-up	Yuka Yoshida
Score	6–3, 6–2
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Linda Wild was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Naoko Sawamatsu won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Yuka Yoshida.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

1. Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
2. Naoko Sawamatsu (champion)
3. Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round)
4. Naoko Kijimuta (second round)
5. Annabel Ellwood (first round)
6. Rita Grande (semifinals)
7. Yuka Yoshida (final)
8. Meilen Tu (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	S-T Wang	6	6
		M Endo	2	1				1	S-T Wang	6	4	6
	Q	J Taylor	4	5				WC	L Andriyani	1	6	3
	WC	L Andriyani	6	7											1	S-T Wang	4	2	r
		J Chi	6	6											7	Y Yoshida	6	3
	WC	D Chernova	1	0					J Chi	6	3
		N Vaidyanathan	3	2				7	Y Yoshida	7	6
	7	Y Yoshida	6	6																		7	Y Yoshida	3	7	6
	4	N Kijimuta	6	6																			A D-Balleret	6	6	1
		J Lee	1	3				4	N Kijimuta	0	4
	Q	M-R Jeon	4	1					A D-Balleret	6	6
		A D-Balleret	6	6												A D-Balleret	6	6
		G Helgeson-Nielsen	2	4											Q	E-H Kim	4	2
	Q	E-H Kim	6	6				Q	E-H Kim	6	6
	LL	Y Hosoki	6	0	6			LL	Y Hosoki	2	1
	5	A Ellwood	2	6	3																								7	Yuka Yoshida	3	2
	6	R Grande	6	4	6																								2	Naoko Sawamatsu	6	6
		K Radford	3	6	2			6	R Grande	6	6
		S-H Park	1	2					L Němečková	4	0
		L Němečková	6	6											6	R Grande	w/o
		M Weingärtner	3	6	2											N Feber
		H Inoue	6	4	6				H Inoue	4	6
		N Feber	7	6					N Feber	6	7
	3	T Tanasugarn	6	1																		6	R Grande	6	6	1
	8	M Tu	4	6	3																	2	N Sawamatsu	7	3	6
		R Hiraki	6	1	6				R Hiraki	4	6	2
		N Miyagi	7	6					N Miyagi	6	3	6
		E Tatarkova	6	3												N Miyagi	5	1
	Q	M Miyauchi	5	2											2	N Sawamatsu	7	6
		K-A Guse	7	6					K-A Guse	3	0
		C Morariu	0	6	4			2	N Sawamatsu	6	6
	2	N Sawamatsu	6	3	6

External links

• Tournament draws