The 1997 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 111th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 23 June to 6 July 1997. The championships saw the inauguration of a new 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 and Pete Sampras. The only surviving absentees were Maria Bueno and Björn Borg who declined to attend and Steffi Graf who was recovering from knee surgery and unable to be present. The first match played on the new court was between Tim Henman and Daniel Nestor. For only the second time in the tournament history (after the 1991 edition), Wimbledon saw play during the Middle Sunday, after 3 days of suspension due to rain.

Prize money

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.

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

🇺🇸 Pete Sampras defeated 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

Martina Hingis defeated 🇨🇿 Jana Novotná, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles

🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde defeated Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7), 5–7, 6–3

Women's doubles

🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández / 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva defeated 🇺🇸 Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Mixed doubles

🇨🇿 Cyril Suk / 🇨🇿 Helena Suková defeated 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy / Larisa Neiland, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

Wesley Whitehouse defeated 🇩🇪 Daniel Elsner, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Girls' singles

Cara Black defeated 🇺🇸 Brie Rippner, 6–3, 7–5

Boys' doubles

🇵🇪 Luis Horna / Nicolás Massú defeated Jaco van der Westhuizen / Wesley Whitehouse, 6–4, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Cara Black / 🇰🇿 Irina Selyutina defeated Maja Matevžič / Katarina Srebotnik, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Singles seeds

Men's singles

Women's singles