WTA Wimbledon 1997 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Martina Hingis won the 1997 Wimbledon, defeating Jana Novotna 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom, from June 23 to July 7, 1997.

Champion
Martina Hingis
def. Jana Novotna , 2-6 6-3 6-3
Dates
Jun 23 — Jul 7
Location
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jul 7, 1997* F Martina Hingis #1 2-6 6-3 6-3 Jana Novotna #2 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jul 6, 1997* SF Jana Novotna #3 6-4 6-2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 H2H Match data
Jul 6, 1997* SF Martina Hingis #1 6-3 6-2 Anna Kournikova #42 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jul 4, 1997* QF Anna Kournikova #42 7-6 6-4 Iva Majoli #5 H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1997* QF Jana Novotna #3 6-3 6-3 Yayuk Basuki #26 H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1997* QF Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 6-2 7-5 Nathalie Tauziat #22 H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1997* QF Martina Hingis #1 6-3 6-2 Denisa Chladkova #57 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Anna Kournikova #42 2-6 6-2 6-3 Helena Sukova #72 H2H Match data
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Nathalie Tauziat #22 4-6 7-5 12-10 Sandrine Testud #23 H2H Match data
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 6-1 6-3 Mary Pierce #9 H2H Match data
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Jana Novotna #3 5-7 6-4 7-5 Mary Joe Fernandez #13 H2H Match data
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Denisa Chladkova #57 6-1 6-3 Maria Vento-Kabchi #136 H2H Match data
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Martina Hingis #1 6-1 6-3 Sabine Appelmans #19 H2H Match data
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Yayuk Basuki #26 6-0 7-6 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data
Jul 2, 1997* R16 Iva Majoli #5 6-7 6-1 9-7 Irina Spirlea #12 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Helena Sukova #72 6-4 6-2 Conchita Martínez #11 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Patricia Hy Boulais 6-4 6-1 Magdalena Grzybowska #91 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Denisa Chladkova #57 6-7 6-3 8-6 Radomira Zrubakova #99 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Irina Spirlea #12 6-3 6-1 Gigi Fernandez #167 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Iva Majoli #5 4-6 7-6 6-4 Karen Cross #322 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Sandrine Testud #23 0-6 6-4 8-6 Monica Seles #4 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 6-1 6-2 Florencia Labat #36 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Mary Joe Fernandez #13 6-2 6-4 Tamarine Tanasugarn #43 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Jana Novotna #3 6-4 6-2 Gala Leon Garcia #121 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Maria Vento-Kabchi #136 6-2 7-5 Magdalena Maleeva #41 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Nathalie Tauziat #22 3-6 6-3 6-2 Judith Wiesner #20 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Sabine Appelmans #19 6-2 6-3 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #15 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Yayuk Basuki #26 6-3 6-2 Naoko Kijimuta #55 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Mary Pierce #9 6-4 6-3 Magui Serna #51 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Martina Hingis #1 6-1 6-3 Nicole Arendt #53 H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1997* R32 Anna Kournikova #42 3-6 6-4 6-4 Anke Huber #10 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Maria Vento-Kabchi #136 2-1 (ret.) Andrea Glass #96 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Helena Sukova #72 6-0 6-3 Shi-Ting Wang #39 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Magui Serna #51 6-2 6-0 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #52 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Patricia Hy Boulais 6-2 6-1 Amanda Coetzer #7 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Judith Wiesner #20 6-2 6-3 Lorna Woodroffe #242 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Conchita Martínez #11 6-0 6-0 Yuka Yoshida #67 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Sabine Appelmans #19 6-2 6-0 Laura Golarsa #97 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Naoko Kijimuta #55 5-7 6-3 6-3 Barbara Paulus #18 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Monica Seles #4 5-7 6-3 6-3 Kristina Brandi #86 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Jana Novotna #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva #24 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Denisa Chladkova #57 7-5 6-2 Lindsay Davenport #8 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Mary Pierce #9 6-0 2-6 6-3 Virginia Ruano Pascual #54 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Anke Huber #10 6-2 6-0 Joannette Kruger #75 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Martina Hingis #1 6-2 6-2 Olga Barabanschikova #80 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Radomira Zrubakova #99 6-4 7-5 Nicole Pratt #161 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Iva Majoli #5 6-3 6-3 Marion Maruska #74 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Anna Kournikova #42 4-6 7-6 6-3 Barbara Rittner #50 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Magdalena Grzybowska #91 4-6 6-3 6-2 Barbara Schett #35 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Irina Spirlea #12 4-6 6-1 10-8 Elena Makarova H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Nathalie Tauziat #22 6-0 6-3 Kerry-Anne Guse #78 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Gigi Fernandez #167 6-3 4-6 6-3 Nathalie Dechy #120 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Yayuk Basuki #26 6-2 6-0 Ines Gorrochategui #66 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Gala Leon Garcia #121 3-6 6-2 6-3 Cristina Torrens Valero #73 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Florencia Labat #36 6-2 6-3 Els Callens #49 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Sandrine Testud #23 6-7 6-3 6-1 Corina Morariu #93 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Nicole Arendt #53 1-6 6-4 6-3 Lisa Raymond #21 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Magdalena Maleeva #41 7-5 7-5 Ginger Helgeson #332 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Tamarine Tanasugarn #43 6-2 6-2 Naoko Sawamatsu #45 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #13 6-4 6-0 Aleksandra Olsza #103 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #15 7-6 6-3 Amy Frazier #34 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 6-4 6-2 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #104 H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1997* R64 Karen Cross #322 6-4 6-0 María Sánchez Lorenzo #71 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Jana Novotna #3 6-4 4-6 6-0 Wiltrud Probst #90 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Nicole Arendt #53 6-2 6-0 Petra Langrova #63 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Helena Sukova #72 7-6 6-1 Shirli Ann Siddall H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #15 4-6 6-3 6-2 Silvia Farina Elia #40 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Amanda Coetzer #7 7-6 6-1 Alexandra Fusai #47 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Karen Cross #322 6-4 6-2 Linda Wild #44 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Cristina Torrens Valero #73 1-6 6-3 6-4 Gloria Pizzichini #92 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Andrea Glass #96 5-7 6-2 10-8 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Martina Hingis #1 6-4 6-4 Anne Kremer #218 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Monica Seles #4 6-0 6-2 Rachel Mcquillan #105 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Joannette Kruger #75 7-6 6-3 Stephanie De Ville #88 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Kerry-Anne Guse #78 3-6 7-5 6-2 Kimberly Po Messerli H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Lindsay Davenport #8 5-7 6-2 6-2 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Corina Morariu #93 6-2 6-1 Claire Taylor #183 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #104 3-6 7-5 6-1 Catalina Cristea #60 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Olga Barabanschikova #80 6-3 6-3 Petra Begerow #102 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Gala Leon Garcia #121 6-3 6-3 Mana Endo #109 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Barbara Paulus #18 6-3 1-6 6-3 Kristie Boogert #64 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Amy Frazier #34 7-5 6-4 Sandra Cacic #84 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Nathalie Dechy #120 6-7 6-1 6-2 Laurence Courtois #245 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Naoko Kijimuta #55 7-5 6-2 Larisa Savchenko #77 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #52 6-3 4-6 6-1 Francesca Lubiani #65 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Sabine Appelmans #19 6-2 3-6 6-0 Rene Simpson #100 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Radomira Zrubakova #99 6-1 7-5 Nancy Feber #141 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Ines Gorrochategui #66 6-0 6-3 Meilen Tu #82 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Florencia Labat #36 6-4 6-4 Rita Grande #79 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Magdalena Grzybowska #91 4-6 6-2 6-4 Venus Williams #59 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Denisa Chladkova #57 7-6 6-4 Sandra Kleinova #56 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Ginger Helgeson #332 6-2 6-4 Lucie Ahl #194 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Mary Pierce #9 6-3 6-4 Dominique Monami #29 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Naoko Sawamatsu #45 6-1 6-3 Samantha Smith #115 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Tamarine Tanasugarn #43 6-3 6-1 Ludmila Richterova #230 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Gigi Fernandez #167 7-6 6-3 Miriam Oremans #46 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Iva Majoli #5 2-6 6-0 6-3 Mariana Diaz-Oliva #85 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Elena Likhovtseva #24 6-2 6-2 Natasha Zvereva #30 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Lorna Woodroffe #242 6-4 6-4 Patty Schnyder #33 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Magui Serna #51 6-3 6-1 Jolene Watanabe #87 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Judith Wiesner #20 7-5 6-2 Jana Kandarr #69 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Elena Makarova 6-4 4-6 6-3 Tatiana Panova #95 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Shi-Ting Wang #39 6-1 2-6 7-5 Lori Mcneil #125 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Conchita Martínez #11 6-1 6-2 Karina Habsudova #17 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Yayuk Basuki #26 6-3 6-0 Ai Sugiyama #25 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Irina Spirlea #12 6-1 6-0 Henrieta Nagyova #37 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Patricia Hy Boulais 6-2 1-6 6-2 Miho Saeki #89 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Laura Golarsa #97 6-1 4-6 6-3 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Barbara Rittner #50 7-6 6-4 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #28 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Aleksandra Olsza #103 3-6 6-1 6-2 Lenka Nemeckova #112 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Kristina Brandi #86 6-2 7-6 Ann Grossman #68 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Sandrine Testud #23 6-3 6-0 Miriam Schnitzer #181 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Barbara Schett #35 2-6 6-3 6-0 Asa Carlsson #32 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #13 6-2 6-2 Noelle Van Lottum H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Lisa Raymond #21 6-4 6-2 Eva Martincova #98 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Maria Vento-Kabchi #136 7-5 6-1 Annabel Ellwood #58 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Nicole Pratt #161 6-3 4-6 6-3 Katarina Studenikova #38 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Anke Huber #10 6-3 6-3 Haruka Inoue #138 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6 6-0 6-0 Clare Wood #365 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Virginia Ruano Pascual #54 6-2 6-2 Sandra Dopfer #106 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Anna Kournikova #42 6-1 6-1 Chanda Rubin #31 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Els Callens #49 6-4 6-2 Paola Suarez #101 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Marion Maruska #74 7-6 6-2 Adriana Rikl Gersi #48 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Nathalie Tauziat #22 6-3 6-4 Nana Smith #111 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Magdalena Maleeva #41 6-1 6-3 Julie Pullin #249 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 María Sánchez Lorenzo #71 6-4 6-4 Flora Perfetti #62 H2H Match data
Jun 25, 1997* R128 Yuka Yoshida #67 6-2 6-3 Rika Hiraki #83 H2H Match data

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