1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Women's singles qualifying
1997 Wimbledon Championships

Main articles: 1997 Wimbledon Championships and 1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

The qualifying rounds for the 1997 Wimbledon Championships were played from 17 to 22 June 1997 at the Bank of England Ground in Roehampton, London, United Kingdom.

Seeds

1. Laura Golarsa (qualified)
2. Marketa Kochta (second round)
3. Janet Lee (first round)
4. Nana Miyagi (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
5. Park Sung-hee (first round)
6. Lenka Cenková (first round)
7. Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round)
8. Silvija Talaja (qualifying competition)
9. Marlene Weingärtner (second round)
10. Amélie Mauresmo (qualifying competition)
11. Kristine Kunce (second round)
12. Siobhan Drake-Brockman (first round)
13. Nancy Feber (qualified)
14. Jane Chi (first round)
15. Angélica Gavaldón (second round)
16. Sylvia Plischke (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Laura Golarsa
2. Haruka Inoue
3. Nancy Feber
4. Anne Kremer
5. Karen Cross
6. Nicole Pratt
7. María Vento
8. Miriam Schnitzer

Lucky loser

1. Nana Miyagi

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Laura Golarsa	7	7
		Melissa Mazzotta	6	6
								1	Laura Golarsa	7	4	6
								WC	Louise Latimer	5	6	3
	WC	Louise Latimer	6	7
		Kelly Pace	0	5
															1	Laura Golarsa	5	6	6
															16	Sylvia Plischke	7	3	3
		Nirupama Vaidyanathan	3	6	6
	WC	Kate Warne-Holland	6	1	4
									Nirupama Vaidyanathan	6	4	3
								16	Sylvia Plischke	3	6	6
		Meghann Shaughnessy	2	3
	16	Sylvia Plischke	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	2	5
		Seda Noorlander	6	7
									Seda Noorlander	2	0
									Haruka Inoue	6	6
		Laxmi Poruri	6	3	1
		Haruka Inoue	3	6	6
																Haruka Inoue	6	6
															8	Silvija Talaja	1	2
		Kristina Triska	7	7
		Liezel Horn	5	5
									Kristina Triska	6	4	2
								8	Silvija Talaja	1	6	6
		María José Gaidano	5	6	3
	8	Silvija Talaja	7	3	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Nana Miyagi	6	6
	WC	Lizzie Jelfs	0	2
								4	Nana Miyagi	6	7
									Maureen Drake	3	5
		Maureen Drake	7	6
		Tina Križan	6	2
															4	Nana Miyagi	3	4
															13	Nancy Feber	6	6
		Jane Taylor	7	6	3
		Yuko Hosoki	6	7	6
									Yuko Hosoki	4	2
								13	Nancy Feber	6	6
		Mariaan de Swardt	0	5
	13	Nancy Feber	6	7

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6
	WC	Abigail Tordoff	2	3
								10	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6
									Svetlana Krivencheva	4	2
		Svetlana Krivencheva	7	6
		Lindsay Lee	6	0
															10	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6	4
																Anne Kremer	4	7	6
		Anne Kremer	7	7
		Elena Brioukhovets	5	5
									Anne Kremer	3	7	6
									Katrina Adams	6	6	2
		Katrina Adams	6	6
	6	Lenka Cenková	3	3

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Park Sung-hee	7	4	5
		Tara Snyder	5	6	7
									Tara Snyder	6	6
									Jana Pospíšilová	1	0
	WC	Helen Crook	6	5	3
		Jana Pospíšilová	4	7	6
																Tara Snyder	6	4	6
															WC	Karen Cross	4	6	8
	WC	Karen Cross	6	7
		Fabiola Zuluaga	2	5
								WC	Karen Cross	4	7	6
								11	Kristine Kunce	6	6	2
		Debbie Graham	2	5
	11	Kristine Kunce	6	7

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Marlene Weingärtner	2	6	6
		Erika deLone	6	1	4
								9	Marlene Weingärtner	1	6
									Nicole Pratt	6	7
		Nicole Pratt	6	6
		Bettina Fulco-Villella	2	3
																Nicole Pratt	6	7
																Mercedes Paz	4	5
	WC	Amanda Wainwright	4	6
		Virág Csurgó	6	7
									Virág Csurgó	6	2	4
									Mercedes Paz	4	6	6
		Mercedes Paz	0	6	6
	3	Janet Lee	6	2	4

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	3	4
		María Vento	3	6	6
									María Vento	6	6
									Ludmilla Varmuza	3	3
		Ludmilla Varmuza	3	6	6
		Raluca Sandu	6	3	1
																María Vento	6	6
																Jeon Mi-ra	4	4
		Jeon Mi-ra	6	6
		Réka Vidáts	4	2
									Jeon Mi-ra	7	6
								15	Angélica Gavaldón	6	3
		Olga Lugina	0r
	15	Angélica Gavaldón	1

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Jane Chi	4	3
		Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi	6	6
									Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi	6	6	4
								WC	Amanda Janes	4	7	6
	WC	Amanda Janes	6	6
		Lilia Osterloh	2	2
															WC	Amanda Janes	6	6	5
																Miriam Schnitzer	7	2	7
		Miriam Schnitzer	7	4	6
		Petra Gáspár	6	6	4
									Miriam Schnitzer	6	6
								2	Marketa Kochta	3	3
		Elena Tatarkova	2	3
	2	Marketa Kochta	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1997 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation