1997 Direct Line International Championships – Singles
1997 tennis event results
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Monica Seles was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Direct Line International Championships | |
| 1996 Champion |  Monica Seles |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | No result due to rain. |
| Draw | 28 |
| Seeds | 8 |
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).[1]
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
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Final
| Final | ||||
| 4 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| cancelled | ||
| 2 |  Jana Novotná
| |||
Section 1
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | 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 | Second round | Quarterfinals | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||