The singles Tournament at the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup took place between February 22 and February 29 on the outdoor hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. Mary Joe Fernández won the title, defeating Amanda Coetzer in the final.

Seeds

  1. United States Mary Joe Fernández (champion)
  2. Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva (second round)
  3. Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva (quarterfinals)
  4. South Africa Amanda Coetzer (final)
  5. Czech Republic Helena Suková (semifinals)
  6. Netherlands Brenda Schultz (third round)
  7. Canada Patricia Hy (third round)
  8. Germany Barbara Rittner (third round)
  9. United States Ann Grossman (second round)
  10. South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer (first round)
  11. Australia Nicole Provis (quarterfinals)
  12. United States Debbie Graham (second round)
  13. United States Marianne Werdel (second round)
  14. Australia Rachel McQuillan (third round)
  15. United States Ginger Helgeson (third round)
  16. Italy Linda Ferrando (first round)

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

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1United States Mary Joe Fernández76
United States Lindsay Davenport52
1United States Mary Joe Fernández66
5Czech Republic Helena Suková31
3Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva15
5Czech Republic Helena Suková67
1United States Mary Joe Fernández367
5South Africa Amanda Coetzer6166
11Australia Nicole Provis40
4South Africa Amanda Coetzer66
4South Africa Amanda Coetzer66
Netherlands Stephanie Rottier43
Netherlands Miriam Oremans23
Netherlands Stephanie Rottier66

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1United States MJ Fernández6646
Italy G Pizzichini563QUnited States R Jensen272
QUnited States R Jensen771United States MJ Fernández66
United States R White31United States K Po33
United States K Po66United States K Po627
United Kingdom M Javer6439United States A Grossman2663
9United States A Grossman761United States MJ Fernández76
12United States D Graham66United States L Davenport52
Australia L Field0112United States D Graham463
Mexico A Gavaldón7642United States L Davenport626
United States L Davenport576United States L Davenport67
QUnited States Ca MacGregor236Netherlands B Schultz25
South Africa D Van Rensburg66South Africa D Van Rensburg43
6Netherlands B Schultz66

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
3Bulgaria Mag Maleeva67
Canada R Simpson-Alter76Canada R Simpson-Alter361
QUnited States N London6443Bulgaria Mag Maleeva627
QUnited States ML Daniels75314Australia R McQuillan4663
Hungary A Temesvári6676Hungary A Temesvári31
Germany M Živec-Škulj63214Australia R McQuillan66
14Australia R McQuillan1663Bulgaria Mag Maleeva15
10South Africa R Fairbank-Nideffer6215Czech Republic H Suková67
LLUnited Kingdom C Wood466LLUnited Kingdom C Wood576
United States K Rinaldi746United States K Rinaldi752
South Africa T Prise564LLUnited Kingdom C Wood15
Austria P Ritter255Czech Republic H Suková67
United States C Kuhlman67United States C Kuhlman13
5Czech Republic H Suková66

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
8Germany B Rittner66
South Africa J Kruger466South Africa J Kruger13
Japan N Miyagi6448Germany B Rittner6263
QUnited States A Mall65611Australia N Provis267
United States K Adams374United States A Mall10
QUnited States J Watanabe5111Australia N Provis66
11Australia N Provis7611Australia N Provis40
15United States G Helgeson664South Africa A Coetzer66
Argentina M Paz3115United States G Helgeson616
QCanada J Hetherington21United States C Cunningham062
United States C Cunningham6615United States G Helgeson12
United States J Santrock214South Africa A Coetzer66
Japan R Hiraki66Japan R Hiraki01
4South Africa A Coetzer66

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
7Canada P Hy276
South Africa E Reinach66South Africa E Reinach652
WCGreece C Papadáki41Canada P Hy6664
QNew Zealand J Richardson51Netherlands M Oremans736
Netherlands M Oremans76Netherlands M Oremans616
United States T Whitlinger37413United States M Werdel063
13United States M Werdel656Netherlands M Oremans23
16Italy L Ferrando461Netherlands S Rottier66
Netherlands S Rottier616Netherlands S Rottier66
WCUnited States J Steven636WCUnited States J Steven04
Australia J Byrne362Netherlands S Rottier66
Australia R Stubbs54WCUnited States T Austin10
WCUnited States T Austin76WCUnited States T Austin626
2Bulgaria K Maleeva263