# Zurich Open 1997

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/manual_wta:zurich_open/zurich-open?season=1997
Tour: WTA

Lindsay Davenport won the 1997 Zurich Open, defeating Nathalie Tauziat 7-6 7-5 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played October 12–19 on hard courts in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Zurich Open was a women’s indoor tournament whose 25-edition WTA history ran from 1984 to 2008. It was also known as the Swisscom Challenge and Tennis.com Zurich Open.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Zürich Open, Swisscom Challenge, Tennis.com Zurich Open, European Indoors
- Category: WTA 1000
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Start date: 1997-10-12
- End date: 1997-10-19

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Champion
- Winner: Lindsay Davenport
- Runner-up: Nathalie Tauziat
- Final score: 7-6 7-5

## Knockout results
### F
- Lindsay Davenport def. Nathalie Tauziat 7-6 7-5

### SF
- Lindsay Davenport def. Jana Novotna 6-4 6-1
- Nathalie Tauziat def. Lisa Raymond 6-3 7-5

### QF
- Jana Novotna def. Sandra Kleinova 6-2 7-6
- Lisa Raymond def. Martina Hingis 4-6 6-2 7-5
- Lindsay Davenport def. Venus Williams 6-0 6-4
- Nathalie Tauziat def. Sabine Appelmans 4-6 6-1 7-5

### R16
- Sabine Appelmans def. Iva Majoli 7-6 6-2
- Lisa Raymond def. Amanda Coetzer 7-5 6-3
- Martina Hingis def. Anne-Gaelle Sidot 6-3 6-2
- Venus Williams def. Anke Huber W/O
- Sandra Kleinova def. Irina Spirlea 3-6 5-1 RET
- Lindsay Davenport def. Natasha Zvereva 6-4 2-2 RET
- Nathalie Tauziat def. Dominique Monami 6-3 6-7 7-6
- Jana Novotna def. Ai Sugiyama 6-0 6-7 6-2

### R32
- Amanda Coetzer def. Patty Schnyder 7-6 6-3
- Anne-Gaelle Sidot def. Karina Habsudova 6-2 7-6
- Natasha Zvereva def. Miriam Oremans 6-2 2-6 6-3
- Sabine Appelmans def. Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy 6-3 6-7 7-5
- Venus Williams def. Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-0 6-3
- Lisa Raymond def. Helena Sukova 7-5 6-3
- Sandra Kleinova def. Magdalena Maleeva 6-3 6-3
- Dominique Monami def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 7-5 5-7 6-4
- Ai Sugiyama def. Barbara Schett 6-2 1-0 RET
- Nathalie Tauziat def. Kimberly Po Messerli 6-3 5-7 7-5
- Irina Spirlea def. Naoko Sawamatsu 6-4 3-6 6-2
- Anke Huber def. Mary Joe Fernandez 7-5 6-0

## Stats
- Total matches: 27
- Players: 28

Other editions available: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
(+15 more)

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)