We have systematically investigated the totally symmetric Raman-scattering spectra of Sr 2 RuO 4 crystals in the temperature region between room temperature and 6 K. The electron-phonon interaction for the apical oxygen vibration has been experimentally investigated by a line-shape analysis based on the Fano interference model. It has been found that the electron-phonon interaction strongly depends on not only the polarization geometry but also the phonon-propagating direction. The phonon, which travels along the RuO 2 plane in the (a,a) geometry, shows the strongest electron-phonon interaction. The intensity of the broad background due to the magnetic excitation has been suppressed in the energy region less than 300 cm Ϫ1 at low temperature. Furthermore, the anisotropic formation of the spin gap has been also observed in excitation spectra with the propagation vector parallel to the RuO 2 plane below 60 cm Ϫ1 at 7 K. These anisotropic properties have been obtained for a crystal with a high superconductivity transition temperature of 1.4 K. The sample quality is very important, since such an anisotropic property has not been observed in the Raman spectra for samples with T c ϭ0.97 K. The observed magnetic excitation suggests that the magnetic correlation is also important in understanding the mechanism of superconductivity of Sr 2 RuO 4 .