1997 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

1997 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date6–12 October
Edition20th
CategoryTier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$450,000
SurfaceHard (Greenset) / indoor
LocationFilderstadt, Germany
VenueFilderstadt Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Martina Hingis
Doubles

The 1997 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Filderstadt Tennis Club in Filderstadt in Germany that was part of the Tier II category of the 1997 WTA Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from 6 October through 12 October 1997. First-seeded Martina Hingis won the singles title, her second consecutive at the event.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

Martina Hingis defeated Lisa Raymond 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Hingis' 11th singles title of the year and the 13th of her career.

Doubles

Martina Hingis / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 7–6(7–3)

  • It was Hingis' 7th doubles title of the year and the 10th of her career. It was Sánchez Vicario's 5th doubles title of the year and the 54th of her career.

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171–173, 185. ISBN 9780002188241.
  2. ^ "1997". www.40love.de. Porsche.