1997 Welsh International Open – Singles

Dominique Van Roost was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Rita Grande.

Virginia Ruano-Pascual won in the final 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 against Alexia Dechaume-Balleret.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇧🇪 Dominique Van Roost (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇸🇪 Åsa Carlsson (quarterfinals)
 * 3)  Miriam Oremans (second round)
 * 4) 🇨🇿 Petra Langrová (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Sarah Pitkowski (semifinals)
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Annabel Ellwood (first round)
 * 7) 🇨🇿 Denisa Chládková (first round)
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Yuka Yoshida (first round)