1997 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Women's Singles Qualifying
1997 French Open

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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.

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
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• 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
	Meghann Shaughnessy	7	2	3				Tina Križan	3	77	6
	Tina Križan	5	6	6											Tina Križan	5	2
PR	Petra Schwarz	2	6	3										15	Laura Golarsa	7	6
	Laura Pena	6	2	6				Laura Pena	7	3	1
	Raluca Sandu	4	6	2			15	Laura Golarsa	5	6	6
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	6	4	6			Alt	Alena Vašková	1	3
	Dally Randriantefy	3	6	3										10	Marketa Kochta	6	6
	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	6	6											5	Eva Martincová	4	4
	Natalia Baudone-Furlan	4	0					Siobhan Drake-Brockman	3	3
	Melissa Mazzotta	6	4	1			5	Eva Martincová	6	6
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	6	6				WC	Sophie Georges	7	5	5
	Rita Kuti-Kis	3	3											4	Corina Morariu	3	2
	Nicole Pratt	3	6	6										12	Janet Lee	6	6
	Ludmila Varmužová	6	4	2				Nicole Pratt	1	3
	Svetlana Krivencheva	1	2				12	Janet Lee	6	6
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
WC	Ségolène Berger	77	2	3				Bettina Fulco	5	3
	Bettina Fulco	64	6	6										13	Nancy Feber	2	0
	Petra Gáspár	2	6	6										8	Sandra Cacic	6	6
	Anne Kremer	6	4	3				Petra Gáspár	77	3	2
	Sandra Klösel	1	2				8	Sandra Cacic	64	6	6
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
	Miriam Schnitzer	2	4					Erika deLone	3	5
	Erika deLone	6	6											7	Park Sung-hee	6	6
	Virág Csurgó	6	5	4											Fabiola Zuluaga	3	1
	Fabiola Zuluaga	3	7	6				Fabiola Zuluaga	6	4	6
	Elena Brioukhovets	6	6					Elena Brioukhovets	2	6	3
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	6	7					Veronika Martinek	2	5
	Liezel Huber	0	5											14	Sonya Jeyaseelan	3	6	6
PR	Fang Li	1	6	6										17	Marlene Weingärtner	6	0	1
	Katarzyna Nowak	6	2	3			PR	Fang Li	5	2
	Kristina Triska	4	68				17	Marlene Weingärtner	7	6
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	4	77	6				María José Gaidano	6	6
	Katrina Adams	6	65	3											María José Gaidano	2	3
WC	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6	1	6										WC	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6	6
	Larissa Schaerer	4	6	1			WC	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6	6
	Elena Tatarkova	6	3	6				Elena Tatarkova	3	2
16	Sylvia Plischke	4	6	3

Eighth qualifier

First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
9	Barbara Mulej	6	6
WC	Cecile De Winne	1	1				9	Barbara Mulej	3	4
	Sofia Prazeres	4	6	6				Sofia Prazeres	6	6
	Melanie Schnell	6	2	1											Sofia Prazeres	6	5	5
	Tatjana Ječmenica	6	6											2	Joannette Kruger	4	7	7
WC	Virginie Buisson	2	1					Tatjana Ječmenica	1	1
WC	Edith Nunes-Bersot	4	3				2	Joannette Kruger	6	6
2	Joannette Kruger	6	6

External links

• Qualifying draw (ITF)