1997 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles

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

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

Novotná went on to win the title, defeating Ai Sugiyama in the final 6–3, 6–4.

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

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