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1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1997 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Switzerland Martina Hingis
Runner-up Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Final score 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
Legends men women seniors
WC Doubles men women
← 1996 · Wimbledon Championships · 1998 →

Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but she did not compete this year due to injury.

World No. 1 Martina Hingis won title, defeating Jana Novotná in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, to become the youngest person since Lottie Dod to win Wimbledon. Anna Kournikova, aged 15, made the semifinals in her Wimbledon debut, the youngest ever woman to reach the semifinals.


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