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.

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.

1. Julia Lutrova / Jane Wood

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Valda Lake Louise Pleming	3	6	6
	Alt	Marketa Kochta Jheni Osman	6	1	0
								1	Valda Lake Louise Pleming
									Emmanuelle Gagliardi Nirupama Vaidyanathan	w/o
		María José Gaidano Marion Maruska	6	4	7
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi Nirupama Vaidyanathan	2	6	9
															1	Valda Lake Louise Pleming	3	7	6
																Lenka Cenková Marlene Weingärtner	6	5	1
	3	Yuko Hosoki Keiko Nagatomi	6	6	3
		Lenka Cenková Marlene Weingärtner	7	1	6
									Lenka Cenková Marlene Weingärtner	4	6	6
									Jeon Mi-ra Hiroko Mochizuki	6	3	4
		Siobhan Drake-Brockman Réka Vidáts	4	4
		Jeon Mi-ra Hiroko Mochizuki	6	6

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Lizzie Jelfs Louise Latimer	4	5
		Jane Chi Kelly Pace	6	7
									Jane Chi Kelly Pace	1	3
									Elena Brioukhovets Elena Tatarkova	6	6
		Elena Brioukhovets Elena Tatarkova	6	7	6
	4	Rebecca Jensen Lindsay Lee	7	5	3
																Elena Brioukhovets Elena Tatarkova	6	6
																Julia Lutrova Jane Wood	0	4
		Cara Black Irina Selyutina	6	6
		Helen Crook Victoria Davies	1	3
									Cara Black Irina Selyutina	6	4
									Julia Lutrova Jane Wood	7	6
		Julia Lutrova Jane Wood	7	7
	2	Svetlana Krivencheva Ludmila Richterová	5	6

• 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