1997 Direct Line International Championships – Singles

1997 Direct Line International Championships USA Monica Seles No result due to rain. 28 8 singles doubles Eastbourne International 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).International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 171, 173, 183 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. USA Monica Seles (quarterfinals) CZE Jana Novotná (final) CRO Iva Majoli (second round) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final) USA Mary Joe Fernández (first round) ROM Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals) USA Kimberly Po (second round) NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (semifinals) Draw Final Final 4 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario cancelled 2 CZE Jana Novotná Section 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Q GBR J Ward 2 5     JPN N Sawamatsu 6 7     USA L Raymond 5 4     ITA S Farina 7 6     CZE H Suková 3 6   8 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 7     TPE S-T Wang 3 7 4 Q AUS K-A Guse 6 5 6   FRA A-G Sidot 6 6   WC GBR L Ahl 3 4   Q ARG I Gorrochategui 0 6 4 6 ROM I Spîrlea 6 3 6 1 USA M Seles 6 7     JPN N Sawamatsu 2 5     ITA S Farina 6 1 2 8 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 4 6 6 4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 7 6   Q AUS K-A Guse 5 0     FRA A-G Sidot 4 3   6 ROM I Spîrlea 6 6   1 USA M Seles 5 5   8 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 7 7   4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6   6 ROM I Spîrlea 4 4   8 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 5 1   4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 7 6   Section 2 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 USA M J Fernández 6 5     FRA N Tauziat 7 7     USA C Rubin 4 4   Q USA V Williams 6 6     USA A Frazier 6 0     BLR N Zvereva 7 6   7 USA K Po 0 7 6   SVK K Studeníková 6 6 2 WC GBR S-A Siddall 2 7 6   JPN A Sugiyama 6 5 8   INA Y Basuki 6 6     RUS E Likhovtseva 3 0     FRA N Tauziat 6 5 6 Q USA V Williams 3 7 4   BLR N Zvereva 6 7   3 CRO I Majoli 2 5   7 USA K Po 3 1     JPN A Sugiyama 6 6     INA Y Basuki 5 4   2 CZE J Novotná 7 6     FRA N Tauziat 4 7 4   BLR N Zvereva 6 5 6   JPN A Sugiyama 2 7 4 2 CZE J Novotná 6 6 6   BLR N Zvereva 7 0 5 2 CZE J Novotná 6 6 7 References External links 1997 Direct Line International Championships draws 1997 Singles Category:1997 WTA Tour