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.
Seeds
Dick Norman (second round) Olivier Delaître (second round) Stéphane Simian (second round) Gastón Etlis (second round) Eyal Ran (second round) Steve Bryan (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Andrei Olhovskiy (second round) Nicolás Pereira (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Steve Campbell (second round) Stéphane Huet (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Mark Knowles (first round) Jeff Salzenstein (qualified) Martín Rodríguez (first round) Michael Joyce (second round) Petr Luxa (second round) Guillermo Cañas (second round) Cecil Mamiit (first round) Kevin Ullyett (second round) Nicolas Escudé (second round) Frédéric Fontang (second round) Gianluca Pozzi (second round) Ben Ellwood (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Luis Herrera (qualified) Oren Motevassel (qualifying competition) Arne Thoms (first round) Ionuț Moldovan (second round) Ivo Heuberger (second round) Ramón Delgado (second round) David Nainkin (qualifying competition) Rainer Schüttler (first round) Brian MacPhie (second round) Eyal Erlich (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers
Michael Tebbutt Hendrik Jan Davids Christophe Van Garsse Sergi Durán David Rikl Wade McGuire Todd Larkham Patrick Baur Pat Cash Luis Herrera Rodolphe Gilbert Jeff Salzenstein Óscar Burrieza Mahesh Bhupathi Arnaud Clément John van Lottum
Lucky losers
Steve Bryan Nicolás Pereira Stéphane Huet Ben Ellwood
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
Ninth qualifier
Tenth qualifier
Eleventh qualifier
Twelfth qualifier
Thirteenth qualifier
Fourteen qualifier
Fifteenth qualifier
Sixteenth qualifier
External links
1997 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation