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Martina Hingis #1 def. Jana Novotna #2

2-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Martina Hingis
Score	2-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Jana Novotna

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Jana Novotna
Country	SUI	CZE
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Oct 2, 1968
Age	16	28
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	5,778	3,559
Elo (entering)	2,343	2,178
Career W-L	515–126	504–198
Career earnings	$24,749,074	$11,249,284

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis 3 – 2 Jana Novotna

Path

Martina Hingis's path

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

Martina Hingis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jana Novotna's path

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