1997 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

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.

Women's singles
1997 Kremlin Cup
Final
Champion	Jana Novotná
Runner-up	Ai Sugiyama
Score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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	6^6					K Po	0	2
		K Po	6	7^8											1	J Novotná	7	6
		V Williams	7^7	6												V Williams	5	4
		E Likhovtseva	6^3	3					V Williams	6	6
	Q	S Farina	3	7^7	6			Q	S Farina	4	0
	8	S Appelmans	6	6^4	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	6^3
		J Kruger	3	6^4				6	S Testud	6	3	7^7
	6	S Testud	6	7^7

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	6^3					A Sugiyama	6	7
		A Sugiyama	6	7^7												A Sugiyama	6	7^7
		Y Basuki	4^r												3	A Sánchez Vicario	1	6^1
	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	7^8
	Q	M Lučić	2	4					H Suková	2	6^6
		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	6^10
								2	I Spîrlea	6	7^12

External links

• 1997 Kremlin Cup draw