# 1997 Direct Line International Championships – Singles

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.
* Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
* Jana Novotná (final)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
* Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
* Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
* Kimberly Po (second round)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final

| Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | cancelled |
| 2 | Jana Novotná | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Ward | 2 | 5 | | | N Sawamatsu | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Farina | 7 | 6 | | | S Farina | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 3 | 6 | | 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | B Schultz-McCarthy | 5 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 3 | 7 | 4 | Q | K-A Guse | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K-A Guse | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | I Spîrlea | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | L Ahl | 3 | 4 | | | A-G Sidot | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Gorrochategui | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | M J Fernández | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 7 | 7 | | | N Tauziat | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 4 | 4 | | Q | V Williams | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | N Zvereva | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | | | N Zvereva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Zvereva | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | K Po | 0 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | K Studeníková | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | K Po | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S-A Siddall | 2 | 7 | 6 | | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | A Sugiyama | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 0 | | | Y Basuki | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |