1997 Wimbledon Championships / Nicolás Massú defeated Jaco van der Westhuizen / Wesley Whitehouse, 6–4, 6–2 Cara Black / Irina Selyutina defeated Maja Matevžič / Katarina Srebotnik, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 1997 Wimbledon Championships The 1997 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 111th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 23 June to 6 July 1997. The championships saw the inauguration of a new No. 1 Court, the third court to be named such in the club's history. To commemorate the
The Championships, Wimbledon interviews from Bud Collins, whose tennis acumen and (in)famous patterned trousers were well known to tennis fans in the US. Collins was sacked by NBC in 2007, but was promptly hired by ESPN, the cable home for The Championships in the States. For many years NBC's primary Wimbledon host was veteran broadcaster Dick Enberg. From 1975 to 1999, premium channel HBO carried weekday coverage of Wimbledon. Hosts included Jim Lampley, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, John Lloyd and Barry MacKay among others. Previously, weekday coverage in the United States was exclusively handled by ESPN2 during the tournament's first week. During