1997 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Women's singles
1997 Kremlin Cup
Champion Jana Novotná
Runner-up Ai Sugiyama
Score6–3, 6–4
Seeds8

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

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  
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