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.
Draw
Key
Final
Section 1
Section 2
External links
- 1997 Direct Line International Championships Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
