This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1997 Australian Open.

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Marion Maruska	6	5	4
		Haruka Inoue	4	7	6
									Haruka Inoue	6	6
									Natalia Baudone-Furlan	1	1
		Natalia Baudone-Furlan	6	6
	WC	Trudi Musgrave	3	4
																Haruka Inoue	3	0
															13	Magdalena Grzybowska	6	6
		Nino Louarsabishvili	6	2	6
	WC	Melissa Beadman	3	6	4
									Nino Louarsabishvili	4	4
								13	Magdalena Grzybowska	6	6
		Tina Križan	5	0
	13	Magdalena Grzybowska	7	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Laura Golarsa	6	6
		Lilia Osterloh	2	1
								11	Laura Golarsa	6	6
								WC	Catherine Barclay	3	3
		Sandra Klösel	1	4
	WC	Catherine Barclay	6	6
															11	Laura Golarsa	6	6
															6	Noëlle van Lottum	0	2
		Amélie Mauresmo	6	7
	WC	Renee Reid	3	5
									Amélie Mauresmo	1	1
								6	Noëlle van Lottum	6	6
		Hila Rosen	64	0
	6	Noëlle van Lottum	77	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Magüi Serna	6	6
		Virág Csurgó	0	3
								3	Magüi Serna	6	6
									Eva Martincová	2	1
		Kazue Takuma	77	4	5
		Eva Martincová	62	6	7
															3	Magüi Serna	4	6	6
															10	Sandra Kleinová	6	3	4
	WC	Nicole Pratt	6	6
		Alena Vašková	3	1
								WC	Nicole Pratt	0	1
								10	Sandra Kleinová	6	6
		Christína Papadáki	6	3	5
	10	Sandra Kleinová	3	6	7

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Samantha Smith	6	65	6
		Daphne van de Zande	2	77	2
								16	Samantha Smith	1	1
									Olga Barabanschikova	6	6
		Kerry-Anne Guse	1	4
		Olga Barabanschikova	6	6
																Olga Barabanschikova	6	2	2
																Kristina Brandi	4	6	6
		Yi Jing-Qian	4	2
		Ludmila Varmužová	6	6
									Ludmila Varmužová	0	0r
									Kristina Brandi	6	3
		Kristina Brandi	6	6
	7	Debbie Graham	2	1

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Miho Saeki	6	6
		Angélica Gavaldón	4	3
								5	Miho Saeki	4	6	6
									Janet Lee	6	2	3
		Janet Lee	6	5	6
		Meghann Shaughnessy	4	7	2
															5	Miho Saeki	65	7	6
															15	Mariana Díaz Oliva	77	5	3
		Choi Young-ja	6	5	2
		Jane Chi	1	7	6
									Jane Chi	3	3
								15	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6	6
		Marlene Weingärtner	3	5
	15	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6	7

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Erika deLone	2	3
		Veronika Martinek	6	6
									Veronika Martinek	4	2
									Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	6
		Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	6
	WC	Lisa McShea	2	1
																Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	3	3
																Marketa Kochta	4	6	6
		Marketa Kochta	7	6
		Raluca Sandu	5	1
									Marketa Kochta	6	6
								4	Andrea Glass	3	1
	WC	Amanda Grahame	4	2
	4	Andrea Glass	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	8	Mercedes Paz	4	2
		Silke Meier	6	6
									Silke Meier	0	4
									Meilen Tu	6	6
		Meilen Tu	6	6
		Petra Gáspár	2	3
																Meilen Tu	6	7
																Rene Simpson	3	5
		Denisa Krajčovičová	3	7	1
		María José Gaidano	6	5	6
									María José Gaidano	6	2	2
									Rene Simpson	3	6	6
		Rene Simpson	6	3	6
	9	Jana Nejedly	3	6	2

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Anna Smashnova	3	3
		Melissa Mazzotta	6	6
									Melissa Mazzotta	4	6	6
									Lenka Němečková	6	3	2
		Tatiana Panova	5	6	2
		Lenka Němečková	7	4	6
																Melissa Mazzotta	3	64
															2	Yuka Yoshida	6	77
		Nirupama Sanjeev	7	6
		Petra Mandula	5	2
									Nirupama Sanjeev	3	4
								2	Yuka Yoshida	6	6
	WC	Jenny Byrne	6	2	3
	2	Yuka Yoshida	2	6	6

External links

• 1997 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation