Martina Hingis #1 def. Jana Novotna #2

2-6 6-3 6-3

Martina Hingis defeated Jana Novotna 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1997 Wimbledon final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 7, 1997*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Jana Novotna
Country	SUI	CZE
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Oct 2, 1968
Age	16	28
Height	170 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	5,778	3,559
Elo (entering)	2,326	2,185
Current career W-L	516–127	510–201
Current career earnings	$24,749,074	$11,249,284

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis #1 3 – 2 Jana Novotna #2

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anna Kournikova #42	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1997	SF
Denisa Chladkova #57	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1997	QF
Sabine Appelmans #19	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1997	R16
Nicole Arendt #53	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Olga Barabanschikova #80	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Anne Kremer #218	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128

Martina Hingis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jana Novotna's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1997	SF
Yayuk Basuki #26	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1997	QF
Mary Joe Fernandez #13	5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1997	R16
Gala Leon Garcia #121	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Elena Likhovtseva #24	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Wiltrud Probst #90	6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128