1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1997 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Martina Hingis
Runner-up Jana Novotná
Score2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Draw128 (8 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds16

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. It was her second major singles title. At 16 years and 278 days old, Hingis was the youngest player 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 marked the first Wimbledon appearance of future five-time champion Venus Williams.

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