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 England. 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
Martina Hingis defeated Jana Novotná, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis, 7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf, 7–6, 6–4
Cyril Suk / Helena Suková defeated Andrei Olhovskiy / Larisa Neiland, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

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. Pat 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