ATP Wimbledon 1997 Draw, Results & Schedule

Pete Sampras won the 1997 Wimbledon, defeating Cedric Pioline 6-4 6-2 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in London, United Kingdom, from June 23 to July 7, 1997. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion
Pete Sampras
def. Cedric Pioline , 6-4 6-2 6-4
Dates
Jun 23 — Jul 7
Location
London, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Wimbledon 1997 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Pete Sampras #1 6-4 6-2 6-4 Cedric Pioline #23 H2H Match data Jul 7, 1997* F
SF (2)
Pete Sampras #1 6-2 6-1 7-6(3) Todd Woodbridge #37 H2H Match data Jul 6, 1997* SF
Cedric Pioline #44 6-7 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4 Michael Stich #88 H2H Match data Jul 6, 1997* SF
QF (4)
Todd Woodbridge #37 7-6(7) 2-6 6-0 6-4 Nicolas Kiefer #98 H2H Match data Jul 4, 1997* QF
Michael Stich #88 6-3 6-2 6-4 Tim Henman #20 H2H Match data Jul 4, 1997* QF
Cedric Pioline #44 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 Greg Rusedski #27 H2H Match data Jul 4, 1997* QF
Pete Sampras #1 6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 Boris Becker #18 H2H Match data Jul 4, 1997* QF
R16 (8)
Tim Henman #20 7-6(7) 6-7(7) 7-6(5) 6-4 Richard Krajicek #5 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16
Nicolas Kiefer #98 6-2 7-5 2-6 6-1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Boris Becker #18 6-2 6-2 7-6(5) Marcelo Rios #10 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16
Michael Stich #88 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5 Mark Woodforde #64 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16
Cedric Pioline #44 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 Brett Steven #104 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16
Pete Sampras #1 6-4 6-3 6-7(8) 6-7(1) 6-4 Petr Korda #24 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16
Todd Woodbridge #37 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(6) 6-3 Patrick Rafter #17 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16
Greg Rusedski #27 7-6(2) 6-4 7-6(4) Richey Reneberg #73 H2H Match data Jul 2, 1997* R16
R32 (16)
Cedric Pioline #44 6-4 6-3 6-3 Wayne Ferreira #22 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Patrick Rafter #17 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-3 Christophe Van Garsse — Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Tim Henman #20 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2 4-6 14-12 Paul Haarhuis #63 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Boris Becker #18 6-3 6-3 6-2 Mark Petchey #207 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Mark Woodforde #64 6-2 6-3 6-3 Arnaud Clement #228 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Brett Steven #104 6-7 6-2 6-3 6-1 Magnus Norman #38 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Marcelo Rios #10 7-6(4) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 John Van Lottum — Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Nicolas Kiefer #98 6-4 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 Andrei Medvedev #19 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Michael Stich #88 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(4) Sandon Stolle #70 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Petr Korda #24 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 Alex Obrien — Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Greg Rusedski #27 6-3 6-4 6-4 Andrew Richardson #233 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Pete Sampras #1 6-1 6-2 6-2 Byron Black #65 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Richard Krajicek #5 6-4 6-3 7-5 David Rikl #250 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 Jason Stoltenberg #30 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Richey Reneberg #73 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(7) 6-3 Guillaume Raoux #81 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
Todd Woodbridge #37 6-4 6-4 6-4 Alex Radulescu #62 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1997* R32
R64 (32)
Mark Petchey #207 7-6(4) 6-4 6-2 Tommy Haas #80 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Patrick Rafter #17 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-0 Jens Knippschild #93 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Pete Sampras #1 7-6(2) 7-5 7-5 Hendrik Dreekmann #78 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Alex Radulescu #62 6-3 7-5 6-4 Marzio Martelli #101 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Alex Obrien 6-3 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(5) Neville Godwin #92 — Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-4 Javier Sanchez #43 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Todd Woodbridge #37 7-5 6-1 7-6(3) Marcos Ondruska #100 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Nicolas Kiefer #98 7-5 7-6(2) 6-1 Patrick Baur #405 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Richey Reneberg #73 6-4 6-3 6-3 Carlos Moya #11 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Magnus Norman #38 6-3 2-6 7-6(4) 4-6 14-12 Goran Ivanisevic #3 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Richard Krajicek #5 3-6 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 Andrei Pavel #87 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Marcelo Rios #10 6-2 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(7) Dennis van Scheppingen #97 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Arnaud Clement #228 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 Martin Lee #355 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Guillaume Raoux #81 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 Doug Flach #124 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Brett Steven #104 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-2 Frederik Fetterlein #144 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Cedric Pioline #44 (w/o) Javier Frana #137 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Mark Woodforde #64 5-7 5-7 6-2 6-4 6-1 Chris Wilkinson #218 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Tim Henman #20 7-6(4) 6-3 6-3 Jerome Golmard #94 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Boris Becker #18 6-1 6-4 6-4 Thomas Johansson #32 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Greg Rusedski #27 4-6 6-7(9) 6-4 6-3 11-9 Jonathan Stark #58 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Wayne Ferreira #22 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 3-6 9-7 Rodolphe Gilbert #211 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Paul Haarhuis #63 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-2 Todd Larkham #315 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Byron Black #65 6-2 7-5 6-2 Danny Sapsford #267 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
David Rikl #250 6-4 7-6(5) 6-4 Francisco Clavet #39 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jason Stoltenberg #30 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3 Nicklas Kulti #148 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Christophe Van Garsse 6-4 6-4 6-1 Magnus Gustafsson #34 — Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Andrew Richardson #233 6-3 3-6 6-4 2-6 6-2 Juan Albert Viloca Puig — Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Michael Stich #88 7-5 6-1 6-1 Justin Gimelstob #117 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Sandon Stolle #70 6-4 6-4 6-4 Emilio Benfele Alvarez #83 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Petr Korda #24 6-3 6-0 7-6(8) Marc Rosset #26 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
Andrei Medvedev #19 6-1 6-4 7-5 Sargis Sargsian #90 H2H Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
John Van Lottum 6-3 6-3 6-3 Renzo Furlan #68 — Match data Jun 27, 1997* R64
R128 (64)
Marcelo Rios #10 6-4 6-4 6-3 Mahesh Bhupathi #276 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Richey Reneberg #73 7-6(6) 6-4 7-6(5) Hicham Arazi #42 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Cedric Pioline #44 5-7 6-3 7-5 6-2 Marcelo Charpentier #115 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Magnus Gustafsson #34 6-2 6-1 6-3 Vincent Spadea #109 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Javier Sanchez #43 3-6 4-6 6-4 7-5 14-12 Michael Tebbutt #304 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Andrei Medvedev #19 6-2 6-3 6-4 Fabrice Santoro #56 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Paul Haarhuis #63 6-1 6-2 7-6(5) Sebastien Lareau #113 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Chris Wilkinson #218 7-6(5) 0-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 Jonas Bjorkman #23 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Byron Black #65 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 6-4 Pat Cash #433 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Mark Petchey #207 6-1 6-2 6-1 Jan Kroslak H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Nicolas Kiefer #98 6-4 6-4 6-2 Alexander Volkov #91 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Marcos Ondruska #100 3-6 7-5 6-0 0-1 (ret.) Sjeng Schalken #79 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Tim Henman #20 7-6(11) 6-1 6-4 Daniel Nestor #105 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Francisco Clavet #39 7-5 6-1 6-3 Nicolas Lapentti #86 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Brett Steven #104 6-2 6-2 7-6(0) Lionel Roux #55 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Pete Sampras #1 6-4 6-4 6-2 Mikael Tillstrom #54 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Tommy Haas #80 6-2 6-1 6-2 Christian Ruud #51 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Arnaud Clement #228 2-6 7-6(1) 7-5 6-2 Luke Milligan #295 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Greg Rusedski #27 7-6(6) 7-6(6) 6-3 Mark Philippoussis #13 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Nicklas Kulti #148 7-6(3) 6-2 6-3 Martin Sinner #107 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Richard Krajicek #5 7-6(5) 6-2 6-4 Marcello Craca #134 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Juan Albert Viloca Puig 7-5 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5) Marc Kevin Goellner #40 — Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Todd Larkham #315 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 7-5 Slava Dosedel #77 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Goran Ivanisevic #3 6-1 6-3 6-3 Dinu Pescariu #106 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Doug Flach #124 6-1 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 Ben Ellwood #178 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Marc Rosset #26 7-5 6-2 6-3 Karol Kucera #48 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Andrew Richardson #233 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3 Sergi Duran #376 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Guillaume Raoux #81 6-3 6-4 6-1 Arnaud Boetsch #41 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Wayne Ferreira #22 6-7(5) 3-6 6-4 6-0 7-5 Scott Draper #66 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Boris Becker #18 6-3 6-2 6-3 Marcos Aurelio Gorriz #173 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Emilio Benfele Alvarez #83 6-7(4) 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 Kenneth Carlsen #85 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Jens Knippschild #93 6-4 6-4 6-4 Wade Mcguire #257 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Patrick Rafter #17 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Grant Stafford #67 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
David Rikl #250 6-1 6-3 6-3 Daniel Vacek #61 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Frederik Fetterlein #144 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) 6-4 Jiri Novak #60 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Neville Godwin #92 7-5 7-6(2) 6-3 Hendrik Jan Davids #452 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Alex Obrien 7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(4) Henrik Holm #204 — Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Patrick Baur #405 7-6(5) 3-6 3-6 6-4 9-7 Jeff Salzenstein #155 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Jerome Golmard #94 6-4 6-2 6-7(4) 6-2 Jamie Delgado #314 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 6-4 6-2 6-0 Juan Antonio Marin #112 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Michael Stich #88 7-6(0) 7-5 7-6(2) Jim Courier #28 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Martin Lee #355 7-5 6-3 6-3 Nuno Marques #128 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Thomas Johansson #32 7-5 6-3 6-1 Dominik Hrbaty #46 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Christophe Van Garsse 6-1 7-6(4) 7-6(3) Nick Weal #306 — Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Sargis Sargsian #90 7-6(4) 6-2 6-4 Johan Van Herck — Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Todd Woodbridge #37 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 3-6 8-6 Michael Chang #2 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sandon Stolle #70 6-2 6-2 6-4 Chris Woodruff #59 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Mark Woodforde #64 6-3 7-5 6-4 Leander Paes #103 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Carlos Moya #11 7-6(1) 6-3 4-6 6-2 Steve Bryan #153 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Renzo Furlan #68 6-7(5) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-4 Jan Siemerink #35 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
John Van Lottum 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 Orlin Stanoytchev #119 — Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Magnus Norman #38 7-6(6) 6-1 6-4 Luis Herrera #166 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Andrei Pavel #87 6-1 4-6 2-6 6-2 6-3 Filip Dewulf #57 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Rodolphe Gilbert #211 3-6 7-5 7-6(0) 6-4 Jeff Tarango #71 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Justin Gimelstob #117 6-3 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-4 Gustavo Kuerten #12 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Alex Radulescu #62 7-6(5) 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-4 Adrian Voinea #89 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Jason Stoltenberg #30 6-3 6-4 6-3 Oscar Burrieza — Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Javier Frana #137 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 6-2 Martin Damm Sr — Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Jonathan Stark #58 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-3 2-6 6-3 Stephane Huet #151 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Dennis van Scheppingen #97 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4 Richard Fromberg #95 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Danny Sapsford #267 3-6 6-2 7-6(5) 6-3 Nicolas Pereira #147 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Hendrik Dreekmann #78 6-3 6-4 6-3 Patrik Fredriksson #108 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Marzio Martelli #101 6-4 6-3 6-1 Bernd Karbacher #122 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128
Petr Korda #24 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 6-4 Marcelo Filippini #52 H2H Match data Jun 25, 1997* R128

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