Tennis tournament
The1997 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played ongrass courts at theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club inWimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[ 1] [ 2] It was the 111th edition of theWimbledon Championships and was held from 23 June to 6 July 1997.
The championships saw the inauguration of anew No. 1 Court , the third court to be named such in the club's history. To commemorate the new stadium, all the three-time or more singles champions were invited to a ceremony marking the opening of the new court and were presented with a silver salver. Ten of the thirteen surviving eligible champions attended:Louise Brough ,Rod Laver ,Margaret Court ,Billie Jean King ,John Newcombe ,Chris Evert ,Martina Navratilova ,John McEnroe ,Boris Becker andPete Sampras . The only surviving absentees wereMaria Bueno andBjörn Borg who declined to attend andSteffi Graf who was recovering from knee surgery and unable to be present. The first match played on the new court was betweenTim Henman andDaniel Nestor .[ 3]
For only the second time in the tournament history (after the1991 edition ), Wimbledon saw play during the Middle Sunday, after 3 days of suspension due to rain.[ 4]
The total prize money for 1997 championships was £6,884,952. The winner of the men's title earned £415,000 while the women's singles champion earned £373,500.[ 5] [ 6]
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Men's singles £415,000 Women's singles £373,500 Men's doubles * £170,030 — Women's doubles * £147,010 — Mixed doubles * £72,200 —
* per team
Pete Sampras defeatedCédric Pioline , 6–4, 6–2, 6–4[ 7]
It was Sampras' 10th career Grand Slam singles title and his 4th title at Wimbledon. Martina Hingis defeatedJana Novotná , 2–6, 6–3, 6–3[ 8]
It was Hingis' 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st and only title at Wimbledon. Todd Woodbridge /Mark Woodforde defeatedJacco Eltingh /Paul Haarhuis , 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(9–7) , 5–7, 6–3[ 9]
It was Woodbridge's 14th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 6th title at Wimbledon. It was Woodforde's 15th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 6th title at Wimbledon. Gigi Fernández /Natasha Zvereva defeatedNicole Arendt /Manon Bollegraf , 7–6(7–4) , 6–4[ 10]
It was Fernández's 17th and last career Grand Slam doubles title and her 4th title at Wimbledon. It was Zvereva's 18th and last career Grand Slam doubles title and her 5th title at Wimbledon. Cyril Suk /Helena Suková defeatedAndrei Olhovskiy /Larisa Neiland , 4–6, 6–3, 6–4[ 11]
It was Suk's 4th and last career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 3rd title at Wimbledon. It was Suková's 5th and last career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 3rd title at Wimbledon. Wesley Whitehouse defeatedDaniel Elsner , 6–3, 7–6(8–6) [ 12]
Cara Black defeatedBrie Rippner , 6–3, 7–5[ 13]
Luis Horna /Nicolás Massú defeatedJaco van der Westhuizen /Wesley Whitehouse , 6–4, 6–2[ 14]
Cara Black /Irina Selyutina defeatedMaja Matevžič /Katarina Srebotnik , 3–6, 7–5, 6–3[ 15]
Pete Sampras (champion)Goran Ivanišević (second round, lost toMagnus Norman ) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round, lost toNicolas Kiefer ) Richard Krajicek (fourth round, lost toTim Henman ) Michael Chang (first round, lost toTodd Woodbridge ) Thomas Muster (withdrew before the tournament began) Mark Philippoussis (first round, lost toGreg Rusedski ) Boris Becker (quarterfinals, lost toPete Sampras ) Marcelo Ríos (fourth round, lost toBoris Becker ) Carlos Moyá (second round, lost toBoris Becker ) Gustavo Kuerten (first round, lost toJustin Gimelstob ) Patrick Rafter (fourth round, lost toTodd Woodbridge ) Andriy Medvedev (third round, lost toNicolas Kiefer ) Tim Henman (quarterfinals, lost toMichael Stich ) Wayne Ferreira (third round, lost toCédric Pioline ) Petr Korda (fourth round, lost toPete Sampras ) Jonas Björkman (first round, lost toChris Wilkinson ) Martina Hingis (champion)Monica Seles (third round, lost toSandrine Testud ) Jana Novotná (final, lost toMartina Hingis ) Iva Majoli (quarterfinals, lost toAnna Kournikova ) Lindsay Davenport (second round, lost toDenisa Chládková ) Amanda Coetzer (second round, lost toPatricia Hy-Boulais ) Anke Huber (third round, lost toAnna Kournikova ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals, lost toJana Novotná ) Mary Pierce (fourth round, lost toArantxa Sánchez Vicario ) Conchita Martínez (third round, lost toHelena Suková ) Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round, lost toJana Novotná ) Irina Spîrlea (fourth round, lost toIva Majoli ) Kimberly Po (first round, lost toKerry-Anne Guse ) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round, lost toSabine Appelmans ) Ruxandra Dragomir (first round, lost toAndrea Glass ) Barbara Paulus (second round, lost toNaoko Kijimuta )
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