Martina Hingis defeated Venus Williams in the final, 6–0, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 US Open. She did not drop a set during the tournament. By reaching the final, Hingis became the seventh woman (after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Monica Seles) to reach all four major singles finals in a calendar year. She also became the youngest woman to reach each major final, and the youngest woman to win three majors in a calendar year. Williams was the first unseeded player in the Open Era to reach the final. Steffi Graf was the two-time reigning champion, but withdrew due to injury.

Seeds

• # Martina Hingis (champion) • # 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (quarterfinals) • # 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (quarterfinals) • # Iva Majoli (second round) • # Amanda Coetzer (fourth round) • # 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (semifinals) • # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (third round) • # 🇩🇪 Anke Huber (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce (fourth round) • # 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals) • # 🇷🇴 Irina Spîrlea (semifinals) • # 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round) • # Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round) • # 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (first round) • # 🇷🇴 Ruxandra Dragomir (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Kimberly Po (third round)

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8