{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{TennisEventInfo|1997|Chase Championships| | date=November 17–23 | category=[[WTA Tour Championships|Year-end championships]] | draw=16S / 8D | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location= [[New York City|New York]], US | venue=[[Madison Square Garden]] | edition=27th (singles) / 26th (doubles) | champs={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] | main_name=WTA Finals }}
The '''1997 Chase Championships''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], in the United States. It was the [[WTA Tour Championships#Singles|26th edition]] of the [[WTA Tour Championships|year-end singles championships]], the [[WTA Tour Championships#Doubles|22nd edition]] of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the [[1997 WTA Tour]]. The tournament was held from November 17 through November 23, 1997. Second-seeded [[Jana Novotná]] won the singles title.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Bill Berkrot|title=Novotna Takes Chase Over Pierce|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/1997/11/article/novotna-takes-chase-over-pierce/297034.html|work=The Moscow Times|date=25 November 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Mark Shapiro|title=Novotna Uses Powerful Serve To Defeat Pierce For Chase Title|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/11/24/novotna-uses-powerful-serve-to-defeat-pierce-for-chase-title/|work=Chicago Tribune|date=24 November 1997}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|1997 Chase Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mary Pierce]], 7–6, 6–2, 6–3. * It was Novotná's 4th singles title of the year and the 19th of her [[Jana Novotná career statistics|career]].
===Doubles=== {{main|1997 Chase Championships – Doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jana Novotná]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alexandra Fusai]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Tauziat]], 6–7, 6–3, 6–2. *It was Davenport's 13th title of the year and the 31st of her career. It was Novotná's 10th title of the year and the 86th of her career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.wtafinals.com Official website] * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1997/808.pdf WTA tournament draws] * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wta-tour-championships/usa/1997/w-wtf-usa-11a-1997/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament draws]
{{WTA Tour Championships}} {{1997 WTA Tour}}
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