1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1997 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Martina Hingis
Runner-up	Jana Novotná
Score	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	128 (8 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	16
Events

Martina Hingis defeated Jana Novotná in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was her second major singles title. At 16 years and 278 days old, Hingis became the youngest person to win a Wimbledon singles title since Lottie Dod in 1887. It was Novotná's second runner-up finish at Wimbledon.

Steffi Graf was the two-time reigning champion, but did not compete due to injury. This was also the first Wimbledon for future five-time champion Venus Williams.

Seeds

01.

Martina Hingis (champion)

02.

Monica Seles (third round)

03.

Jana Novotná (final)

04.

Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)

05.

Lindsay Davenport (second round)

06.

Amanda Coetzer (second round)

07.

Anke Huber (third round)

08.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)

09.

Mary Pierce (fourth round)

10.

Conchita Martínez (third round)

11.

Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round)

12.

Irina Spîrlea (fourth round)

13.

Kimberly Po (first round)

14.

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round)

15.

Ruxandra Dragomir (first round)

16.

Barbara Paulus (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Hingis	6	6

	Denisa Chládková	3	2
				1	Martina Hingis	6	6

					Anna Kournikova	3	2
4	Iva Majoli	6¹	4

	Anna Kournikova	7⁷	6
								1	Martina Hingis	2	6	6

								3	Jana Novotná	6	3	3
3	Jana Novotná	6	6

	Yayuk Basuki	3	3
				3	Jana Novotná	6	6

				8	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	2
8	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	7

	Nathalie Tauziat	2	5

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

1	M Hingis	6	6
Q	A Kremer	4	4		1	M Hingis	6	6
	P Begerow	3	3			O Barabanschikova	2	2
	O Barabanschikova	6	6							1	M Hingis	6	6
	E Martincová	4	2								N Arendt	1	3
	L Raymond	6	6			L Raymond	6	4	3
	N Arendt	6	6			N Arendt	1	6	6
	P Langrová	2	0											1	M Hingis	6	6
Q	L Golarsa	6	4	6											S Appelmans	1	3
	A Dechaume-Balleret	1	6	3	Q	L Golarsa	2	0
	S Appelmans	6	3	6		S Appelmans	6	6
	R Simpson	2	6	0							S Appelmans	6	6
	S Cacic	5	4							14	B Schultz-McCarthy	2	3
	A Frazier	7	6			A Frazier	6³	3
	S Farina	6	3	2	14	B Schultz-McCarthy	7⁷	6
14	B Schultz-McCarthy	4	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

15	R Dragomir	7	2	8
	A Glass	5	6	10		A Glass	1^r
	A Ellwood	5	1		Q	M Vento	2
Q	M Vento	7	6						Q	M Vento	6	7
	G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6							M Maleeva	2	5
WC	L Ahl	2	4			G Helgeson-Nielsen	5	5
	M Maleeva	6	6			M Maleeva	7	7
WC	J Pullin	1	3											Q	M Vento	1	3
	K Studeníková	3	6	3											D Chládková	6	6
Q	N Pratt	6	4	6	Q	N Pratt	4	5
	R Zrubáková	6	7			R Zrubáková	6	7
Q	N Feber	1	5							R Zrubáková	7⁷	3	6
	D Chládková	7⁷	6							D Chládková	6³	6	8
	S Kleinová	6⁵	4			D Chládková	7	6
	T Whitlinger-Jones	7	2	2	5	L Davenport	5	2
5	L Davenport	5	6	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

4	I Majoli	2	6	6
	M Díaz Oliva	6	0	3	4	I Majoli	6	6
	M Maruska	7⁷	6			M Maruska	3	3
	A Gerši	6⁴	2							4	I Majoli	4	7⁷	6
Q	K Cross	6	6							Q	K Cross	6	6²	4
	L Wild	4	2		Q	K Cross	6	6
	F Perfetti	4	4			M Sánchez Lorenzo	4	0
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6												4	I Majoli	6⁸	6	9
WC	G Fernández	7⁷	6												12	I Spîrlea	7¹⁰	1	7
	M Oremans	6⁵	3		WC	G Fernández	6	4	6
	N Dechy	6⁶	6	6		N Dechy	3	6	3
	L Courtois	7⁸	1	2						WC	G Fernández	3	1
	E Makarova	6	4	6						12	I Spîrlea	6	6
	T Panova	4	6	3		E Makarova	6	1	8
	H Nagyová	1	0		12	I Spîrlea	4	6	10
12	I Spîrlea	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

10	C Martínez	6	6
	K Habšudová	1	2		10	C Martínez	6	6
	Y Yoshida	6	6			Y Yoshida	0	0
	R Hiraki	2	3							10	C Martínez	4	2
	H Suková	7⁷	6								H Suková	6	6
WC	S-A Siddall	6⁴	1			H Suková	6	6
	S-t Wang	6	2	7		S-t Wang	0	3
	L McNeil	1	6	5												H Suková	6	2	3
	C Rubin	1	1													A Kournikova	2	6	6
	A Kournikova	6	6			A Kournikova	4	7⁹	6
	A-G Sidot	6⁶	4			B Rittner	6	6⁷	3
	B Rittner	7⁸	6								A Kournikova	3	6	6
	J Kruger	7⁷	6							7	A Huber	6	4	4
	S Devillé	6³	3			J Kruger	2	0
Q	H Inoue	3	3		7	A Huber	6	6
7	A Huber	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

6	A Coetzer	7¹²	6
	A Fusai	6¹⁰	1		6	A Coetzer	2	1
	M Saeki	2	6	2		P Hy-Boulais	6	6
	P Hy-Boulais	6	1	6							P Hy-Boulais	6	6
	V Williams	6	2	4							M Grzybowska	4	1
	M Grzybowska	4	6	6		M Grzybowska	4	6	6
	B Schett	2	6	6		B Schett	6	3	2
	Å Carlsson	6	3	0											P Hy-Boulais	0	6²
	A Sugiyama	3	0												Y Basuki	6	7⁷
	Y Basuki	6	6			Y Basuki	6	6
	M Tu	0	3			I Gorrochategui	2	0
	I Gorrochategui	6	6								Y Basuki	6	6
	L Neiland	5	2								N Kijimuta	3	2
	N Kijimuta	7	6			N Kijimuta	5	6	6
	K Boogert	3	6	3	16	B Paulus	7	3	3
16	B Paulus	6	1	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

11	MJ Fernández	6	6
	N van Lottum	2	2		11	MJ Fernández	6	6
	A Olsza	3	6	6		A Olsza	4	0
	L Němečková	6	1	2						11	MJ Fernández	6	6
	N Sawamatsu	6	6								T Tanasugarn	2	4
WC	S Smith	1	3			N Sawamatsu	2	2
	L Richterová	3	1			T Tanasugarn	6	6
	T Tanasugarn	6	6											11	MJ Fernández	7	4	5
	M Endo	3	3											3	J Novotná	5	6	7
	G León García	6	6			G León García	3	6	6
	C Torrens Valero	1	6	6		C Torrens Valero	6	2	3
	G Pizzichini	6	3	4							G León García	4	2
	N Zvereva	2	2							3	J Novotná	6	6
	E Likhovtseva	6	6			E Likhovtseva	1	6	4
	W Probst	4	6	0	3	J Novotná	6	4	6
3	J Novotná	6	4	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

8	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
WC	C Wood	0	0		8	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	E Gagliardi	3	7	6		E Gagliardi	4	2
	C Cristea	6	5	1						8	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	F Labat	6	6								F Labat	1	2
	R Grande	4	4			F Labat	6	6
	E Callens	6	6			E Callens	2	3
	P Suárez	4	2											8	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	F Lubiani	3	6	1										9	M Pierce	1	3
	S Pitkowski	6	4	6		S Pitkowski	2	0
	J Watanabe	3	1			M Serna	6	6
	M Serna	6	6								M Serna	4	3
	V Ruano Pascual	6	6							9	M Pierce	6	6
	S Dopfer	2	2			V Ruano Pascual	0	6	3
	D Van Roost	3	4		9	M Pierce	6	2	6
9	M Pierce	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

13	K Po	6	5	2
	K-A Guse	3	7	6		K-A Guse	0	3
	N Tauziat	6	6			N Tauziat	6	6
LL	N Miyagi	3	4								N Tauziat	3	6	6
WC	L Woodroffe	6	6								J Wiesner	6	3	2
	P Schnyder	4	4		WC	L Woodroffe	2	3
	J Wiesner	7	6			J Wiesner	6	6
	J Kandarr	5	2													N Tauziat	4	7	12
	C Morariu	6	6													S Testud	6	5	10
WC	C Taylor	2	1			C Morariu	7⁷	3	1
Q	M Schnitzer	3	0			S Testud	6⁵	6	6
	S Testud	6	6								S Testud	0	6	8
	A Grossman	2	6⁵							2	M Seles	6	4	6
	K Brandi	6	7⁷			K Brandi	7	3	3
	R McQuillan	0	2		2	M Seles	5	6	6
2	M Seles	6	6