1997 Wimbledon Championships


The 1997 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 111th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 23 June to 6 July 1997.
The championships saw the inauguration of a new No. 1 Court, the third court to be named such in the club's history. To commemorate the new stadium, all the three-time or more singles champions were invited to a ceremony marking the opening of the new court and were presented with a silver salver. Ten of the thirteen surviving eligible champions attended: Louise Brough, Rod Laver, Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, John Newcombe, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Boris Becker and Pete Sampras. The only surviving absentees were Maria Bueno and Björn Borg who declined to attend and Steffi Graf who was recovering from knee surgery and unable to be present. The first match played on the new court was between Tim Henman and Daniel Nestor.
For only the second time in the tournament history, Wimbledon saw play during the Middle Sunday, after 3 days of suspension due to rain.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1997 championships was £6,884,952. The winner of the men's title earned £415,000 while the women's singles champion earned £373,500.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles£415,000
Women's singles£373,500
Men's doubles *£170,030
£147,010
Mixed doubles *£72,200

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Pete Sampras defeated Cédric Pioline, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
  • It was Sampras' 10th career Grand Slam singles title and his 4th title at Wimbledon.

    Women's singles

Martina Hingis defeated Jana Novotná, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
  • It was Hingis' 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st and only title at Wimbledon.

    Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis, 7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
  • It was Woodbridge's 14th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 6th title at Wimbledon. It was Woodforde's 15th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 6th title at Wimbledon.

    Women's doubles

Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf, 7–6, 6–4
  • It was Fernández's 17th and last career Grand Slam doubles title and her 4th title at Wimbledon. It was Zvereva's 18th and last career Grand Slam doubles title and her 5th title at Wimbledon.

    Mixed doubles

Cyril Suk / Helena Suková defeated Andrei Olhovskiy / Larisa Neiland, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
  • It was Suk's 4th and last career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 3rd title at Wimbledon. It was Suková's 5th and last career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 3rd title at Wimbledon.

    Juniors

Boys' singles

Wesley Whitehouse defeated Daniel Elsner, 6–3, 7–6

Girls' singles

Cara Black defeated Brie Rippner, 6–3, 7–5

Boys' doubles

Luis Horna / Nicolás Massú defeated Jaco van der Westhuizen / Wesley Whitehouse, 6–4, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Cara Black / Irina Selyutina defeated Maja Matevžič / Katarina Srebotnik, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Pete Sampras
  2. Goran Ivanišević '
  3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  4. Richard Krajicek '
  5. Michael Chang '
  6. Thomas Muster '
  7. Mark Philippoussis '
  8. Boris Becker '
  9. Marcelo Ríos '
  10. Carlos Moyá '
  11. Gustavo Kuerten '
  12. Patrick Rafter '
  13. Andriy Medvedev '
  14. Tim Henman '
  15. Wayne Ferreira '
  16. Petr Korda
  17. Jonas Björkman ''''

    Women's singles

  18. Martina Hingis
  19. Monica Seles '
  20. Jana Novotná '
  21. Iva Majoli '
  22. Lindsay Davenport '
  23. Amanda Coetzer '
  24. Anke Huber '
  25. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  26. Mary Pierce '
  27. Conchita Martínez '
  28. Mary Joe Fernández '
  29. Irina Spîrlea '
  30. Kimberly Po '
  31. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy '
  32. Ruxandra Dragomir '
  33. Barbara Paulus ''''