# 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.
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.
* Jana Novotná (champion)
* Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
* Anke Huber (first round)
* Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
* 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Conchita Martínez | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Conchita Martínez | 4 | 1 | | 1 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Ai Sugiyama | 3 | 4 |
| | Ai Sugiyama | 6 | 4 | 6 | | Ai Sugiyama | 3 | 4 |
| | Dominique Van Roost | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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$^{12}$ | | | | | | | | |