# WTA 1997 Season Leaders & Rankings

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/seasons-and-rankings?year=1997
Tour: WTA
Season: 1997
View: rankings
Rankings as of: 1997-12-29

## Season leaders
| Rank | Player | Ranking | Points | W-L | Win % | Titles | Elo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 1 | 6,264 | 72-5 | 93.5% | 12 | 2321.12 |
| 2 | Jana Novotna | 2 | 3,711 | 52-15 | 77.6% | 4 | 2173.64 |
| 3 | Lindsay Davenport | 3 | 3,661 | 57-16 | 78.1% | 6 | 2161.76 |
| 4 | Amanda Coetzer | 4 | 3,131 | 60-25 | 70.6% | 2 | 2013.91 |
| 5 | Monica Seles | 5 | 2,988 | 45-14 | 76.3% | 3 | 2159.67 |
| 6 | Iva Majoli | 6 | 2,867 | 43-21 | 67.2% | 3 | 1947.20 |
| 7 | Mary Pierce | 7 | 2,861 | 45-15 | 75.0% | 1 | 2053.61 |
| 8 | Irina Spirlea | 8 | 2,494 | 47-23 | 67.1% | 0 | 1993.44 |
| 9 | Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario | 9 | 2,317 | 45-22 | 67.2% | 0 | 2022.98 |
| 10 | Mary Joe Fernandez | 10 | 2,114 | 39-16 | 70.9% | 1 | 1987.71 |
| 11 | Nathalie Tauziat | 11 | 1,998 | 40-21 | 65.6% | 1 | 1976.97 |
| 12 | Conchita Martínez | 12 | 1,987 | 37-19 | 66.1% | 0 | 2011.35 |
| 13 | Anke Huber | 13 | 1,822 | 34-24 | 58.6% | 0 | 1954.15 |
| 14 | Sandrine Testud | 14 | 1,811 | 41-22 | 65.1% | 1 | 1938.92 |
| 15 | Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy | 15 | 1,497 | 34-25 | 57.6% | 1 | 1855.34 |
| 16 | Sabine Appelmans | 16 | 1,438 | 37-26 | 58.7% | 0 | 1856.05 |
| 17 | Lisa Raymond | 17 | 1,434 | 31-21 | 59.6% | 0 | 1910.77 |
| 18 | Dominique Monami | 18 | 1,393 | 39-17 | 69.6% | 2 | 1875.50 |
| 19 | Yayuk Basuki | 20 | 1,226 | 30-22 | 57.7% | 0 | 1854.35 |
| 20 | Ai Sugiyama | 21 | 1,201 | 31-25 | 55.4% | 1 | 1833.84 |
| 21 | Venus Williams | 22 | 1,173 | 20-13 | 60.6% | 0 | 1851.05 |
| 22 | Barbara Paulus | 24 | 1,133 | 32-16 | 66.7% | 1 | 1860.88 |
| 23 | Natasha Zvereva | 25 | 1,064 | 25-20 | 55.6% | 0 | 1902.39 |
| 24 | Patty Schnyder | 26 | 922 | 21-24 | 46.7% | 0 | 1710.90 |
| 25 | Joannette Kruger | 27 | 921 | 25-18 | 58.1% | 1 | 1791.70 |

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/seasons-and-rankings?year=1997
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)