1997 Direct Line International Championships – Singles

Singles
1997 Direct Line International Championships
1996 Champion	Monica Seles
Final
Champion
Runner-up
Score	No result due to rain.
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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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). ^[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.

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)

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

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171, 173, 183. ISBN   9780002188241.

External links

• 1997 Direct Line International Championships draws