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.^[1]

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

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

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Barbara Mulej	6	6
	WC	Cécile de Winne	1	1
								9	Barbara Mulej	3	4
									Sofia Prazeres	6	6
		Sofia Prazeres	4	6	6
		Melanie Schnell	6	2	1
																Sofia Prazeres	6	5	5
															2	Joannette Kruger	4	7	7
		Tatjana Ječmenica	6	6
	WC	Virginie Buisson	2	1
									Tatjana Ječmenica	1	1
								2	Joannette Kruger	6	6
	WC	Edith Nunes-Bersot	4	3
	2	Joannette Kruger	6	6

References

External links

• 1997 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation