Pete Sampras defeated Cédric Pioline in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. It was his fourth Wimbledon title and tenth major title overall. Richard Krajicek was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Tim Henman. This tournament marked the final major main draw appearances of former champions Pat Cash and Michael Stich. This was the second year in Wimbledon history, after 1991, where there was play on the Middle Sunday, due to bad weather in the first week. The standout match on the Middle Sunday was the epic third round match where home favourite Tim Henman defeated Paul Haarhuis 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 14–12, after Henman had been match point down earlier in the fifth set.

Seeds

🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (champion) Goran Ivanišević (second round) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (fourth round) Richard Krajicek (fourth round) 🇺🇸 Michael Chang (first round) 🇦🇹 Thomas Muster (withdrew) 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (first round) 🇩🇪 Boris Becker (quarterfinals) Marcelo Ríos (fourth round) 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (second round) 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten (first round) 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (fourth round) 🇺🇦 Andriy Medvedev (third round) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (quarterfinals) Wayne Ferreira (third round) 🇨🇿 Petr Korda (fourth round) 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (first round) Thomas Muster withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Jonas Björkman, who became the #17 seed.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8