The 1997 Direct Line International Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 1997 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 17 June until 22 June 1997.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario vs. Jana Novotná

Lori McNeil / Helena Suková vs. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf

• Both the women's singles and doubles finals were cancelled due to rain.

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine