1997 Wimbledon Championships
# 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 (after the 1991 edition), 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.

| Event | W | Round of 128 |
| - | - | - |
| Men's singles | £415,000 | |
| Women's singles | £373,500 | |
| Men's doubles * | £170,030 | — |
| Women's doubles * | £147,010 | — |
| Mixed doubles * | £72,200 | — |

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## 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, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ $7–6^{(9–7)},$ 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, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 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, $7–6^{(8–6)}$

**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

