1997 Meta Styrian Open – Singles
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Barbara Paulus was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to María Sánchez Lorenzo.
Barbara Schett won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 against Henrieta Nagyová.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Austria Barbara Paulus (quarterfinals)
- Slovakia Karina Habšudová (first round)
- Austria Judith Wiesner (quarterfinals)
- Switzerland Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
- Austria Barbara Schett (champion)
- Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová (final)
- Czech Republic Denisa Chládková (second round)
- Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual (second 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