1997 French Open – Women's singles qualifying

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.

Women's singles qualifying
1997 French Open

Main articles: 1997 French Open and 1997 French Open – Women's singles

Seeds

1. María Sánchez Lorenzo (first round)
2. Joannette Kruger (qualified)
3. -
4. Corina Morariu (qualifying competition)
5. Eva Martincová (qualifying competition)
6. Kerry-Anne Guse (first round)
7. Park Sung-hee (qualified)
8. Sandra Cacic (qualified)
9. Barbara Mulej (second round)
10. Marketa Kochta (qualified)
11. Samantha Smith (first round)
12. Janet Lee (qualified)
13. Nancy Feber (qualifying competition)
14. Sonya Jeyaseelan (qualified)
15. Laura Golarsa (qualified)
16. Sylvia Plischke (first round)
17. Marlene Weingärtner (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Laura Golarsa
2. Marketa Kochta
3. Janet Lee
4. Sandra Cacic
5. Park Sung-hee
6. Sonya Jeyaseelan
7. Emmanuelle Curutchet
8. Joannette Kruger

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	María Sánchez Lorenzo	3	7	4
		Radka Bobková	6	5	6
									Radka Bobková	6	63	1
									Tina Križan	3	77	6
		Meghann Shaughnessy	7	2	3
		Tina Križan	5	6	6
																Tina Križan	5	2
															15	Laura Golarsa	7	6
	PR	Petra Schwarz	2	6	3
		Laura Pena	6	2	6
									Laura Pena	7	3	1
								15	Laura Golarsa	5	6	6
		Raluca Sandu	4	6	2
	15	Laura Golarsa	6	3	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Marketa Kochta	6	6
	WC	Kildine Chevalier	2	3
								10	Marketa Kochta	6	6
								Alt	Alena Vašková	1	3
	Alt	Alena Vašková	6	4	6
		Dally Randriantefy	3	6	3
															10	Marketa Kochta	6	6
															5	Eva Martincová	4	4
		Siobhan Drake-Brockman	6	6
		Natalia Baudone-Furlan	4	0
									Siobhan Drake-Brockman	3	3
								5	Eva Martincová	6	6
		Melissa Mazzotta	6	4	1
	5	Eva Martincová	3	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Corina Morariu	6	6
		Haruka Inoue	4	4
								4	Corina Morariu	5	7	7
								WC	Sophie Georges	7	5	5
	WC	Sophie Georges	6	6
		Rita Kuti-Kis	3	3
															4	Corina Morariu	3	2
															12	Janet Lee	6	6
		Nicole Pratt	3	6	6
		Ludmila Varmužová	6	4	2
									Nicole Pratt	1	3
								12	Janet Lee	6	6
		Svetlana Krivencheva	1	2
	12	Janet Lee	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Nancy Feber	6	77
		Lindsay Lee-Waters	4	62
								13	Nancy Feber	7	6
									Bettina Fulco	5	3
	WC	Ségolène Berger	77	2	3
		Bettina Fulco	64	6	6
															13	Nancy Feber	2	0
															8	Sandra Cacic	6	6
		Petra Gáspár	2	6	6
		Anne Kremer	6	4	3
									Petra Gáspár	77	3	2
								8	Sandra Cacic	64	6	6
		Sandra Klösel	1	2
	8	Sandra Cacic	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Park Sung-hee	6	77
		Nirupama Sanjeev	4	65
								7	Park Sung-hee	6	7
									Erika deLone	3	5
		Miriam Schnitzer	2	4
		Erika deLone	6	6
															7	Park Sung-hee	6	6
																Fabiola Zuluaga	3	1
		Virág Csurgó	6	5	4
		Fabiola Zuluaga	3	7	6
									Fabiola Zuluaga	6	4	6
									Elena Brioukhovets	2	6	3
		Elena Brioukhovets	6	6
	11	Samantha Smith	2	0

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	6
		Adriana Serra Zanetti	2	0
								14	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	7
									Veronika Martinek	2	5
		Veronika Martinek	6	7
		Liezel Horn	0	5
															14	Sonya Jeyaseelan	3	6	6
															17	Marlene Weingärtner	6	0	1
	PR	Li Fang	1	6	6
		Katarzyna Nowak	6	2	3
								PR	Li Fang	5	2
								17	Marlene Weingärtner	7	6
		Kristina Triska	4	68
	17	Marlene Weingärtner	6	710

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Kerry-Anne Guse	2	2
		Seda Noorlander	6	6
									Seda Noorlander	1	4
									María José Gaidano	6	6
		María José Gaidano	4	77	6
		Katrina Adams	6	65	3
																María José Gaidano	2	3
															WC	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6	6
	WC	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6	1	6
		Larissa Schaerer	4	6	1
								WC	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6	6
									Elena Tatarkova	3	2
		Elena Tatarkova	6	3	6
	16	Sylvia Plischke	4	6	3

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Barbara Mulej	6	6
	WC	Cécile de Winne	1	1
								9	Barbara Mulej	3	4
									Sofia Prazeres	6	6
		Sofia Prazeres	4	6	6
		Melanie Schnell	6	2	1
																Sofia Prazeres	6	5	5
															2	Joannette Kruger	4	7	7
		Tatjana Ječmenica	6	6
	WC	Virginie Buisson	2	1
									Tatjana Ječmenica	1	1
								2	Joannette Kruger	6	6
	WC	Edith Nunes-Bersot	4	3
	2	Joannette Kruger	6	6

External links

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