Toyota Princess Cup 1997

Toyota Princess Cup 1997
date	9/13/1997 - 9/21/1997
Edition	8th
navigation	1996  ◄  1997  ►  1998
WTA tour
venue	Tokyo Japan
Tournament number	526
category	WTA Tier II
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 31Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 450,000
Last year's winner (individual)	Monica Seles
Last year's winner (double)	Amanda Coetzer Mary Pierce
Winner (singles)	Monica Seles
Winner (doubles)	Monica Seles Ai Sugiyama
As of August 6, 2016

The 1997 Toyota Princess Cup was a women's tennis tournament in Tokyo . The hard court tournament was part of the 1997 WTA Tour and took place from September 13-21, 1997.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Monica Seles victory 02.  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario final 03.  Conchita Martínez Quarter finals 04th  Kimberly Po Quarter finals 05.  Yayuk Basuki Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 06th  Jelena Lichowzewa retreat 07th  Patty Schnyder 1 round 08th.  Natallja Sverava Quarter finals 09.  Henrieta Nagyová 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Seles

6th

6th

M. Maleewa

6th

4th

2

T. Tanasugarn

1

4th

T. Tanasugarn

0

6th

6th

1

M. Seles

6th

6th

A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

8th

N. Sverava

1

0

A. Ellwood

3

2

A. Sugiyama

2

3

J. Halard-Decugis

6th

3

2

8th

N. Sverava

6th

6th

8th

N. Sverava

4th

6th

6th

1

M. Seles

6th

6th

N. Sawamatsu

3

1

3

C. Martínez

6th

6th

S.-t. Wang

4th

6th

6th

S.-t. Wang

1

3

N. Kijimuta

6th

3

1

3

C. Martínez

6th

4th

Q

M. Endo

6th

7th

N. Sawamatsu

7th

6th

C. Torrens Valero

4th

5

Q

M. Endo

6th

4th

2

N. Sawamatsu

2

6th

6th

N. Sawamatsu

3

6th

6th

9

H. Nagyová

6th

4th

1

1

M. Seles

6th

3

7th

5

Y. Basuki

7th

7th

2

A. Sanchez Vicario

1

6th

6th

S. Pitkowski

5

6th

5

Y. Basuki

6th

6th

6th

LL

H. Inoue

4th

4th

WC

M. Saeki

7th

4th

2

WC

M. Saeki

6th

6th

5

Y. Basuki

7th

6th

Y. Yoshida

4th

1

4th

K. Po

5

3

WC

R. Hiraki

6th

6th

WC

R. Hiraki

6th

6th

3

4th

K. Po

3

7th

6th

5

Y. Basuki

6th

6th

4th

7th

P. Schnyder

4th

0

2

A. Sanchez Vicario

1

7th

6th

Q

M. Vento

6th

6th

Q

M. Vento

5

2

M. Serna

5

5

Q

F. Li

7th

6th

Q

F. Li

7th

7th

Q

F. Li

3

5

C. Ruby

4th

3

2

A. Sanchez Vicario

6th

7th

Q

S. Asagoe

6th

6th

Q

S. Asagoe

0

0

2

A. Sanchez Vicario

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa   1 round 02.  Yayuk Basuki Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   1 round 03.  Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi   Semifinals 04th  Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini   Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

G. Fernández N. Swerawa

6th

1

5

S.-h. Park S.-t. Wang

2

6th

7th

S.-h. Park S.-t. Wang

6th

7th

H. Nagyová P. Schnyder

6th

7th

H. Nagyová P. Schnyder

3

5

K. Nagatomi S. Obata

4th

5

S.-h. Park S.-t. Wang

6th

3

3

4th

C. Martínez P. Tarabini

6th

6th

J. Halard-Decugis C. Rubin

2

6th

6th

E. de Lone N. Pratt

2

1

4th

C. Martínez P. Tarabini

5

3

J. Halard-Decugis C. Rubin

6th

6th

J. Halard-Decugis C. Rubin

7th

6th

WC

M. Maleewa N. Sawamatsu

4th

4th

J. Halard-Decugis C. Rubin

1

0

S. Asagoe M. Endo

2

3

M. Seles A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

R. Hiraki K. Po

6th

6th

R. Hiraki K. Po

6th

6th

2

M. Drake K. Takuma

3

1

3

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

2

7th

6th

3

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

6th

3

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

2

A. Ellwood T. Tanasugarn

6th

6th

M. Seles A. Sugiyama

7th

6th

M. Saeki Y. Yoshida

1

4th

A. Ellwood T. Tanasugarn

6th

3

2

M. Seles A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

M. Seles A. Sugiyama

1

6th

6th

2

Y. Basuki A. Sanchez Vicario

4th

4th

Web links

• Toyota Princess Cup 1997 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Toyota Princess Cup 1997 (English) on the ITF website