Singles
1997 Direct Line International Championships
1996 ChampionUnited States Monica Seles
Champion
Runner-up
ScoreNo result due to rain.

Monica Seles was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.

There was no result for the tournament due to rain. The finalists were Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Jana Novotná, who would also reach the final of the same event a year later (Novotná winning in straight sets).

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.

  1. United States Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
  2. Czech Republic Jana Novotná (final)
  3. Croatia Iva Majoli (second round)
  4. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
  5. United States Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
  6. Romania Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Kimberly Po (second round)
  8. Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
   
4 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario cancelled
2 Czech Republic Jana Novotná

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States M Seles 6 7  
Q United Kingdom J Ward 2 5     Japan N Sawamatsu 2 5  
  Japan N Sawamatsu 6 7   1 United States M Seles 5 5  
  United States L Raymond 5 4   8 Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy 7 7  
  Italy S Farina 7 6     Italy S Farina 6 1 2
  Czech Republic H Suková 3 6   8 Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy 4 6 6
8 Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy 6 7   8 Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy 5 1  
4 Spain A Sánchez Vicario 7 6  
4 Spain A Sánchez Vicario 7 6  
  Chinese Taipei S-T Wang 3 7 4 Q Australia K-A Guse 5 0  
Q Australia K-A Guse 6 5 6 4 Spain A Sánchez Vicario 6 6  
  France A-G Sidot 6 6   6 Romania I Spîrlea 4 4  
WC United Kingdom L Ahl 3 4     France A-G Sidot 4 3  
Q Argentina I Gorrochategui 0 6 4 6 Romania I Spîrlea 6 6  
6 Romania I Spîrlea 6 3 6

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 United States M J Fernández 6 5  
  France N Tauziat 7 7     France N Tauziat 6 5 6
  United States C Rubin 4 4   Q United States V Williams 3 7 4
Q United States V Williams 6 6     France N Tauziat 4 7 4
  United States A Frazier 6 0     Belarus N Zvereva 6 5 6
  Belarus N Zvereva 7 6     Belarus N Zvereva 6 7  
3 Croatia I Majoli 2 5  
  Belarus N Zvereva 7 0 5
7 United States K Po 0 7 6 2 Czech Republic J Novotná 6 6 7
  Slovakia K Studeníková 6 6 2 7 United States K Po 3 1  
WC United Kingdom S-A Siddall 2 7 6   Japan A Sugiyama 6 6  
  Japan A Sugiyama 6 5 8   Japan A Sugiyama 2 7 4
  Indonesia Y Basuki 6 6   2 Czech Republic J Novotná 6 6 6
  Russia E Likhovtseva 3 0     Indonesia Y Basuki 5 4  
2 Czech Republic J Novotná 7 6  
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