Singles
1997 European Indoors
Champion	Lindsay Davenport
Runner-up	Nathalie Tauziat
Score	7–6, 7–5
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Lindsay Davenport defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 7–6, 7–5 to win the singles tennis title at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.

Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Davenport.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

Draw

Final

	Final
		Nathalie Tauziat	6	5
	4	Lindsay Davenport	7	7

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Hingis	6	6
		K Habšudová	2	6				LL	A-G Sidot	3	2
	LL	A-G Sidot	6	7											1	M Hingis	6	2	5
		L Raymond	7	6												L Raymond	4	6	7
		H Suková	5	3					L Raymond	7	6
	WC	P Schnyder	6	3				5	A Coetzer	5	3
	5	A Coetzer	7	6																			L Raymond	3	5
																							N Tauziat	6	7
								3	I Majoli	6	2
		S Appelmans	6	6	7				S Appelmans	7	6
		B Schultz-McCarthy	3	7	5											S Appelmans	6	1	5
		N Tauziat	6	5	7											N Tauziat	4	6	7
		K Po	3	7	5				N Tauziat	6	6	7
	Q	D Van Roost	7	5	6			Q	D Van Roost	3	7	6
	8	A Sánchez Vicario	5	7	4

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	A Huber	7	6
		MJ Fernández	5	0				6	A Huber
	Q	V Williams	6	6				Q	V Williams	w/o
		R Dragomir	0	3											Q	V Williams	0	4
	Q	M Oremans	2	6	3										4	L Davenport	6	6
		N Zvereva	6	2	6				N Zvereva	4	2r
								4	L Davenport	6	2
																						4	L Davenport	6	6
	7	I Spîrlea	6	3	6																	2	J Novotná	4	1
		N Sawamatsu	4	6	2			7	I Spîrlea	6	1r
		M Maleeva	3	3				Q	S Kleinová	3	5
	Q	S Kleinová	6	6											Q	S Kleinová	2	6
		A Sugiyama	6	1											2	J Novotná	6	7
	WC	B Schett	2	0r					A Sugiyama	0	7	2
								2	J Novotná	6	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Venus Williams	6	6
		Petra Langrová	2	1				1	Venus Williams	7	6
	Wiltrud Probst		6	2	7				Wiltrud Probst	5	3
	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret		4	6	6										1	Venus Williams	6	6
	Larisa Neiland		6	4	6											Larisa Neiland	1	2
	Tatiana Panova		4	6	3			Larisa Neiland		6	7
		Åsa Carlsson	6	6				Åsa Carlsson		4	6
	8	Denisa Chládková	2	3

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6	6
		Aleksandra Olsza	0	0				4	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6	6
	WC	Maja Živec-Škulj	6	5					María Sánchez Lorenzo	2	1
		María Sánchez Lorenzo	7	7											4	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5	5
	Radka Bobková		0	4												Sandra Kleinová	7	7
	Sandra Kleinová		6	6					Sandra Kleinová	6	7
		Andrea Glass	6	5				6	Florencia Labat	3	6
	6	Florencia Labat	7	7

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Magüi Serna	3	3
	WC	Brie Rippner	6	6				WC	Brie Rippner	6	7
	Rita Grande		6	6	6				Rita Grande	2	6
	Silvia Farina		2	7	3										WC	Brie Rippner	7	5	4
	WC	Katrina Adams	7	6												Miriam Oremans	6	7	6
		Ludmila Varmužová	6	4				WC	Katrina Adams	2	6
		Miriam Oremans	6	6					Miriam Oremans	6	7
	3	Jennifer Capriati	1	3

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Joannette Kruger	6	7
		Alexandra Fusai	1	6				5	Joannette Kruger	7	6
	Francesca Lubiani		6	1	2				Annie Miller	5	2
	Annie Miller		4	6	6										5	Joannette Kruger	4	1
	WC	Serena Williams	6	6											2	Dominique Van Roost	6	6
		Gloria Pizzichini	2	4				WC	Serena Williams	2	4
		Flora Perfetti	6	1				2	Dominique Van Roost	6	6
	2	Dominique Van Roost	7	6

External links

• Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Official results archive (WTA)