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.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná (final)
 * 3)  Iva Majoli (second round)
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Mary Joe Fernández (first round)
 * 6)  Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Kimberly Po (second round)
 * 8)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals)