WTA US Open 1997 Draw, Results & Schedule

Martina Hingis won the 1997 US Open, defeating Venus Williams 6-0 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 25 to September 7, 1997. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
Martina Hingis
def. Venus Williams , 6-0 6-4
Dates
Aug 25 — Sep 7
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

US Open 1997 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Martina Hingis #1 6-0 6-4 Venus Williams #66 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1997* F
SF (2)
Venus Williams #66 7-6 4-6 7-6 Irina Spirlea #12 H2H Match data Sep 6, 1997* SF
Martina Hingis #1 6-2 6-4 Lindsay Davenport #6 H2H Match data Sep 6, 1997* SF
QF (4)
Venus Williams #66 7-5 7-5 Sandrine Testud #17 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1997* QF
Lindsay Davenport #6 6-2 4-6 7-6 Jana Novotna #3 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1997* QF
Martina Hingis #1 6-3 6-2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #11CH H2H Match data Sep 4, 1997* QF
Irina Spirlea #12 6-7 7-6 6-3 Monica Seles #22× CH H2H Match data Sep 4, 1997* QF Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R16 (8)
Monica Seles #22× CH 1-6 6-2 6-2 Mary Pierce #10 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
Jana Novotna #3 7-5 6-4 Mary Joe Fernandez #13 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
Sandrine Testud #17 6-3 4-6 7-6 Karina Habsudova #20 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
Irina Spirlea #12 7-6 6-4 Amanda Coetzer #5 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
Martina Hingis #1 6-0 6-2 Florencia Labat #40 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #11CH 6-1 6-2 Rachel Mcquillan #100 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
Venus Williams #66 6-2 6-3 Joannette Kruger #45 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
Lindsay Davenport #6 6-0 6-3 Magui Serna #49 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1997* R16
R32 (16)
Mary Joe Fernandez #13 6-1 6-2 Paola Suarez #102 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Sandrine Testud #17 6-1 6-3 Elena Pampoulova H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Amanda Coetzer #5 6-2 7-5 Flora Perfetti #94 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Florencia Labat #40 4-6 7-6 6-1 Olga Barabanschikova #91 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #11CH 6-2 6-1 Alexandra Fusai #53 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Irina Spirlea #12 6-2 7-5 Lilia Osterloh #240 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Magui Serna #49 6-4 6-3 Kimberly Po Messerli H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Martina Hingis #1 7-5 6-2 Elena Likhovtseva #25 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Karina Habsudova #20 0-6 7-5 6-1 Magdalena Maleeva #38 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Monica Seles #22× CH 6-1 6-1 Miriam Oremans #59 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Rachel Mcquillan #100 6-2 7-5 Conchita Martínez #9 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32 Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Mary Pierce #10 7-6 6-1 Natasha Zvereva #27 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Joannette Kruger #45 6-7 7-5 6-4 Tamarine Tanasugarn #41 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Venus Williams #66 6-3 6-4 Anke Huber #8 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Lindsay Davenport #6 1-6 6-1 6-4 Patty Schnyder #29 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
Jana Novotna #3 6-2 6-7 6-3 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #63 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1997* R32
R64 (32)
Anke Huber #8 6-2 6-1 Janet Lee #121 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Mary Pierce #10 6-2 3-0 (ret.) Silvia Farina Elia #43 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Magui Serna #49 6-4 6-4 Nathalie Dechy #107 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #63 6-0 6-1 Brie Rippner #210 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Kimberly Po Messerli 6-3 4-6 7-5 Barbara Schett #35 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Martina Hingis #1 6-1 6-2 Denisa Chladkova #42 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Jana Novotna #3 6-4 6-2 Yayuk Basuki #22 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Flora Perfetti #94 6-4 6-3 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #56 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Patty Schnyder #29 4-6 6-2 6-4 Yuka Yoshida #61 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Rachel Mcquillan #100 6-0 6-2 Rika Hiraki #105 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Florencia Labat #40 6-1 6-1 Francesca Lubiani #74 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Lilia Osterloh #240 6-7 6-1 3-0 (ret.) Corina Morariu #95 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Karina Habsudova #20 5-7 6-3 7-5 Ai Sugiyama #34 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #11CH 6-2 5-7 6-2 Meilen Tu #78 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Amanda Coetzer #5 6-1 6-1 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Monica Seles #22× CH 6-2 6-3 Tara Snyder #159 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Alexandra Fusai #53 6-3 3-6 6-4 Nana Smith #110 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Magdalena Maleeva #38 3-6 6-2 6-4 Lisa Raymond #24 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Elena Pampoulova 6-3 0-6 7-6 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Venus Williams #66 6-0 6-1 Gala Leon Garcia #64 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Paola Suarez #102 4-6 7-5 6-4 Jacqueline Trail #897 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Conchita Martínez #9 6-1 6-0 Samantha Smith #114 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Lindsay Davenport #6 6-2 6-3 Wiltrud Probst #90 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Natasha Zvereva #27 6-4 3-6 6-3 Naoko Sawamatsu #44 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Elena Likhovtseva #25 7-5 6-1 Ludmila Richterova #182 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Joannette Kruger #45 6-4 7-6 Henrieta Nagyova #28 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Sandrine Testud #17 6-4 2-6 6-1 Iva Majoli #4 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Irina Spirlea #12 6-1 3-6 6-3 Anna Kournikova #26 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Miriam Oremans #59 7-5 6-1 Meike Babel #145 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Olga Barabanschikova #91 6-3 6-3 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #14 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Mary Joe Fernandez #13 4-6 6-2 6-2 Rita Grande #47 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
Tamarine Tanasugarn #41 6-4 6-3 Maria Vento-Kabchi #83 H2H Match data Aug 28, 1997* R64
R128 (64)
Naoko Sawamatsu #44 6-4 6-3 Erika De Lone #143 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Irina Spirlea #12 6-1 6-1 Amy Frazier #37 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Lindsay Davenport #6 6-2 7-6 Lori Mcneil #199 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Karina Habsudova #20 7-5 7-6 Nathalie Tauziat #21 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Magdalena Maleeva #38 6-2 6-3 Pavlina Nola #149 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Miriam Oremans #59 3-6 6-4 6-4 Elena Makarova H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Patty Schnyder #29 6-2 6-2 Dominique Monami #31 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #63 6-0 6-3 Sandra Kleinova #68 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Brie Rippner #210 6-2 6-2 Natalia Medvedeva #144 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Nathalie Dechy #107 6-3 6-1 Petra Begerow #124 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jacqueline Trail #897 7-6 6-2 Adriana Rikl Gersi #72 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Meilen Tu #78 6-3 7-5 Jolene Watanabe #113 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Alexandra Fusai #53 6-1 6-1 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #98 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Elena Pampoulova 6-2 6-3 Katarina Studenikova #62 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Conchita Martínez #9 6-1 6-2 Jennifer Capriati #33 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Flora Perfetti #94 6-3 6-4 Els Callens #50 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Rita Grande #47 6-2 6-1 Sandra Cacic #70 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Nana Smith #110 6-2 7-5 Ines Gorrochategui #77 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Rika Hiraki #105 6-4 4-6 6-2 Mariana Diaz-Oliva #93 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Florencia Labat #40 6-2 6-1 Angelica Gavaldon #116 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Paola Suarez #102 6-3 3-6 7-6 Sandra Dopfer #101 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Elena Likhovtseva #25 7-5 6-4 Petra Langrova #97 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Tara Snyder #159 6-0 7-6 Olga Lugina #130 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Iva Majoli #4 6-3 6-2 Catalina Cristea #71 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Martina Hingis #1 6-0 6-1 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Janet Lee #121 6-3 6-7 6-3 Miho Saeki #88 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Corina Morariu #95 7-6 7-6 Annabel Ellwood #75 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Yayuk Basuki #22 6-3 6-4 Noelle Van Lottum H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #56 6-1 4-6 7-6 Rene Simpson #123 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Magui Serna #49 6-4 1-6 6-3 Magdalena Grzybowska #60 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Rachel Mcquillan #100 4-6 7-5 6-4 Cristina Torrens Valero #67 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #11CH 6-2 6-4 Kerry-Anne Guse #81 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Natasha Zvereva #27 6-1 7-5 Radomira Zrubakova #86 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Meike Babel #145 6-4 6-1 Tatiana Panova #92 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Ai Sugiyama #34 6-7 7-5 6-2 Ann Grossman #73 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Anna Kournikova #26 6-2 6-0 Sabine Appelmans #19 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Silvia Farina Elia #43 6-4 6-7 6-4 Linda Wild #58 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Joannette Kruger #45 6-1 6-7 6-1 Barbara Paulus #16 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Venus Williams #66 5-7 6-0 6-1 Larisa Savchenko #112 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Olga Barabanschikova #91 6-3 6-3 Laura Golarsa #76 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Lilia Osterloh #240 6-3 1-6 6-3 Barbara Rittner #55 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Lisa Raymond #24 6-2 3-6 6-3 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Gala Leon Garcia #64 4-6 6-2 6-3 Anne Miller H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Mary Joe Fernandez #13 6-2 6-3 Naoko Kijimuta #57 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Jana Novotna #3 6-0 6-4 Virginia Ruano Pascual #46 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Kimberly Po Messerli 6-4 6-1 Eva Martincova #119 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Barbara Schett #35 6-1 6-0 Marion Maruska #54 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Yuka Yoshida #61 6-7 6-1 6-4 Kristina Brandi #85 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Amanda Coetzer #5 6-3 6-2 Nicole Arendt #52 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Samantha Smith #114 6-3 6-1 Nicole Pratt #131 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Denisa Chladkova #42 6-1 1-6 6-1 Helena Sukova #48 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Wiltrud Probst #90 6-1 5-7 6-3 Lindsay Lee-Waters #134 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Henrieta Nagyova #28 6-3 6-0 Aleksandra Olsza #108 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Francesca Lubiani #74 6-4 3-6 6-2 Fang Li #99 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Mary Pierce #10 6-1 6-2 Gigi Fernandez #178 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-3 3-6 6-3 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #30 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Maria Vento-Kabchi #83 1-6 7-6 6-2 Andrea Glass #82 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #14 6-7 6-3 6-4 Asa Carlsson #36 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Patricia Hy Boulais 6-2 6-1 Marketa Kochta #117 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Sandrine Testud #17 6-3 6-3 María Sánchez Lorenzo #51 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Monica Seles #22× CH 6-1 6-2 Kristie Boogert #84 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Ludmila Richterova #182 6-1 6-1 Jana Kandarr #87 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128
Tamarine Tanasugarn #41 6-4 6-0 Chanda Rubin #32 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Anke Huber #8 6-2 6-2 Gloria Pizzichini #89 H2H Match data Aug 27, 1997* R128

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