Direct Line International Championships 1997
| Direct Line International Championships 1997 | |
| date | June 17, 1997 - June 22, 1997 |
| Edition | 23 |
| navigation | 1996 ◄ 1997 ► 1998 |
| WTA tour | |
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| venue | Eastbourne United Kingdom
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| Tournament number | 710 |
| category | WTA Tier II |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | race |
| draw | 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q |
| Prize money | US $ 450,000 |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
 Monica Seles
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| Last year's winner (double) |
 Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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| Winner (singles) | |
| Winner (doubles) | |
| As of August 6, 2016 | |
The 1997 Direct Line International Championships was a women's tennis tournament in Eastbourne . The grass court tournament was part of the 1997 WTA Tour and took place from June 17-22, 1997.
The finals were canceled due to rain.
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Results
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Results
| First round | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | G. Fernández N. Swerawa.svg){kind=small}
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7th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 I. Gorrochategui I. Spîrlea
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5 | 3 | 1 | G. Fernández N. Swerawa
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| C. Rubin A. Sanchez Vicario
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6th | 6th | 5 |  A. Fusai N. Tauziat
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| A. Fusai N. Tauziat
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7th | 3 | 7th | 1 | G. Fernández N. Swerawa
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| 3 | L. McNeil H. Suková
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6th | 6th | 3 | L. McNeil H. Suková
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 I. Majoli P. Tarabini
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3 | 4th | 3 | L. McNeil H. Suková
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6th | 3 | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
 K.-A. Guse R. McQuillan
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6th | 6th | K.-A. Guse R. McQuillan
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4th | 6th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 S. Farina J. Lichowzewa
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1 | 2 | 3 | L. McNeil H. Suková
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 Y. Basuki C. Vis
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6th | 6th | 4th | N. Arendt M. Bollegraf
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R. Grande, R. Hiraki
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1 | 1 | Y. Basuki C. Vis
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4th | 6th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | G. Helgeson-Nielsen L. Woodroffe
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6th | 7th | 2 | 4th | N. Arendt M. Bollegraf
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6th | 4th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | N. Arendt M. Bollegraf
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7th | 5 | 6th | 4th | N. Arendt M. Bollegraf
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||
| A. Frazier K. Po
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5 | 2 | N. Kijimuta M. Saeki
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2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N. Kijimuta M. Saeki
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7th | 6th | N. Kijimuta M. Saeki
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| WC | S. Smith C. Wood
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2 | 3 | 2 | MJ Fernández J. Novotná
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| 2 | MJ Fernández J. Novotná
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Web links
- Direct Line International Championships 1997 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
- Direct Line International Championships 1997 (English) on the ITF website