1997 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Women's singles
1997 Kremlin Cup
Champion	Jana Novotná
Runner-up	Ai Sugiyama
Score	6–3, 6–4
Seeds	8

Jana Novotná defeated Ai Sugiyama in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 Kremlin Cup.

Conchita Martínez was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Novotná.

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. Jana Novotná (champion)
2. Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
4. Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
5. Anke Huber (first round)
6. Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
7. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
8. Sabine Appelmans (first round)

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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Jana Novotná	6	6
	4	Conchita Martínez	4	1
								1	Jana Novotná	6	6
									Ai Sugiyama	3	4
		Ai Sugiyama	6	4	6
		Dominique Van Roost	2	6	3

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Novotná	6	6
	Q	S Williams	3	66					K Po	0	2
		K Po	6	78											1	J Novotná	7	6
		V Williams	77	6												V Williams	5	4
		E Likhovtseva	63	3					V Williams	6	6
	Q	S Farina	3	77	6			Q	S Farina	4	0
	8	S Appelmans	6	64	1																	1	J Novotná	6	6
																						4	C Martínez	4	1
								4	C Martínez	7	2	6
		P Schnyder	6	6					P Schnyder	5	6	1
	Q	E Dementieva	2	1											4	C Martínez	6	6
		M Maleeva	1	3											6	S Testud	1	4
		K Habšudová	6	6					K Habšudová	2	6	63
		J Kruger	3	64				6	S Testud	6	3	77
	6	S Testud	6	77

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	B Schultz-McCarthy	7	6
		B Paulus	5	3				7	B Schultz-McCarthy	4	5
		N Zvereva	4	63					A Sugiyama	6	7
		A Sugiyama	6	77												A Sugiyama	6	77
		Y Basuki	4r												3	A Sánchez Vicario	1	61
	WC	E Makarova	5					WC	E Makarova	3	0
								3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
																							A Sugiyama	6	4	6
	5	A Huber	7	4	3																		D Van Roost	2	6	3
		D Van Roost	5	6	6				D Van Roost	6	78
	Q	M Lučić	2	4					H Suková	2	66
		H Suková	6	6												D Van Roost	6	6
	WC	L Savchenko	3	6	6										2	I Spîrlea	2	4
		F Labat	6	3	1			WC	L Savchenko	4	610
								2	I Spîrlea	6	712

External links

• 1997 Kremlin Cup draw