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The seeded players at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships:

    MEN                                   STATUS
 1. Pete Sampras, United States           Won championship
 2. Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia             OUT -- second round (Norman)
 3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia            OUT -- fourth round (Kiefer)
 4. Richard Krajicek, Netherlands         OUT -- fourth round (Henman)
 5. Michael Chang, United States          OUT -- first round (Woodbridge)
 6. Thomas Muster, Austria                Withdrew due to injury
 7. Mark Philippoussis, Australia         OUT -- first round (Rusedski)
 8. Boris Becker, Germany                 OUT -- quarterfinals (Sampras)
 9. Marcelo Rios, Chile                   OUT -- fourth round (Becker)
10. Carlos Moya, Spain                    OUT -- second round (Reneberg)
11. Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil               OUT -- first round (Gimelstob)
12. Patrick Rafter, Australia             OUT -- fourth round (Woodbridge)
13. Andrei Medvedev, Ukraine              OUT -- third round (Kiefer)
14. Tim Henman, Britain                   OUT -- quarterfinals (Stich)
15. Wayne Ferreira, South Africa          OUT -- third round (Pioline)
16. Petr Korda, Czech Republic            OUT -- fourth round (Sampras)
17. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden                OUT -- first round (Wilkinson)

Also:
    Michael Stich, Germany                OUT -- semifinals (Pioline)
    Greg Rusedski, Britain                OUT -- quarterfinals (Pioline)
    Cedric Pioline, France                OUT -- final (Sampras)
    Todd Woodbridge, Australia            OUT -- semifinals (Sampras)
    Nicolas Kiefer, Germany               OUT -- quarterfinals (Woodbridge)
 

    WOMEN                                 STATUS
 1. Martina Hingis, Switzerland           Won championship 
 2. Monica Seles, United States           OUT -- third round (Testud)
 3. Jana Novotna, Czech Republic          OUT -- final (Hingis)
 4. Iva Majoli, Croatia                   OUT -- quarterfinals (Kournikova)
 5. Lindsay Davenport, United States      OUT -- second round (Chladkova) 
 6. Amanda Coetzer, South Africa          OUT -- second round (Hy-Boulais)
 7. Anke Huber, Germany                   OUT -- third round (Kournikova)
 8. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain        OUT -- semifinals (Novotna)
 9. Mary Pierce, France                   OUT -- fourth round (Sanchez Vicario)
10. Conchita Martinez, Spain              OUT -- third round (Sukova)
11. Mary Joe Fernandez, United States     OUT -- fourth round (Novotna)
12. Irina Spirlea, Romania                OUT -- fourth round (Majoli)
13. Kimberly Po, United States            OUT -- first round (Guse)
14. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Netherlands  OUT -- third round (Appelmans) 
15. Ruxandra Dragomir, Romania            OUT -- first round (Glass)
16. Barbara Paulus, Austria               OUT -- second round (Kijimuta)

Also:
    Anna Kournikova, Russia               OUT -- semifinals (Hingis)
    Yayuk Basuki, Indonesia               OUT -- quarterfinals (Novotna)
    Denisa Chladkova, Czech Republic      OUT -- quarterfinals (Hingis)
    Nathalie Tauziat, France              OUT -- quarterfinals (Sanchez Vicario)

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