1997 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

1997 Kremlin Cup CZE Jana Novotná JPN Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–4 28 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. CZE Jana Novotná (champion) ROM Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals) ESP Conchita Martínez (semifinals) GER Anke Huber (first round) FRA Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals) NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round) BEL Sabine Appelmans (first round) Draw Final Semifinals Final 175 1 CZE Jana Novotná 6 6   4 ESP Conchita Martínez 4 1     JPN Ai Sugiyama 6 4 6   BEL Dominique Van Roost 2 6 3 1 CZE Jana Novotná 6 6     JPN Ai Sugiyama 3 4   Section 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Q USA S Williams 3 66     USA K Po 6 78     USA V Williams 77 6     RUS E Likhovtseva 63 3   Q ITA S Farina 3 77 6 8 BEL S Appelmans 6 64 1   SUI P Schnyder 6 6   Q RUS E Dementieva 2 1     BUL M Maleeva 1 3     SVK K Habšudová 6 6     RSA J Kruger 3 64   6 FRA S Testud 6 77   1 CZE J Novotná 6 6     USA K Po 0 2     USA V Williams 6 6   Q ITA S Farina 4 0   4 ESP C Martínez 7 2 6   SUI P Schnyder 5 6 1   SVK K Habšudová 2 6 63 6 FRA S Testud 6 3 77 1 CZE J Novotná 7 6     USA V Williams 5 4   4 ESP C Martínez 6 6   6 FRA S Testud 1 4   1 CZE J Novotná 6 6   4 ESP C Martínez 4 1   Section 2 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 7 6     AUT B Paulus 5 3     BLR N Zvereva 4 63     JPN A Sugiyama 6 77     INA Y Basuki 4r   WC RUS E Makarova 5     5 GER A Huber 7 4 3   BEL D Van Roost 5 6 6 Q CRO M Lučić 2 4     CZE H Suková 6 6   WC LAT L Savchenko 3 6 6   ARG F Labat 6 3 1 7 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 4 5     JPN A Sugiyama 6 7   WC RUS E Makarova 3 0   3 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     BEL D Van Roost 6 78     CZE H Suková 2 66   WC LAT L Savchenko 4 610   2 ROM I Spîrlea 6 712     JPN A Sugiyama 6 77   3 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 1 61     BEL D Van Roost 6 6   2 ROM I Spîrlea 2 4     JPN A Sugiyama 6 4 6   BEL D Van Roost 2 6 3 External links 1997 Kremlin Cup draws Category:Kremlin Cup Kremlin Cup