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

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	David DiLucia Roger Smith	6	4	6
		Guillermo Cañas Damián Furmanski	4	6	3
								1	David DiLucia Roger Smith	6	6
									James Greenhalgh Alistair Hunt	3	4
		James Greenhalgh Alistair Hunt	6	7
		Marcelo Charpentier José Frontera	3	6
															1	David DiLucia Roger Smith	6	7	8
																Régis Lavergne Stéphane Simian	7	5	6
		Juan Ignacio Carrasco Carlos Martínez	4	4
		Régis Lavergne Stéphane Simian	6	6
									Régis Lavergne Stéphane Simian	7	6
								5	Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek	6	3
		Tuomas Ketola Charlie Singer	6	3	3
	5	Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek	3	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	2	Fredrik Bergh Patrik Fredriksson	3	2
		Grant Doyle Myles Wakefield	6	6
									Grant Doyle Myles Wakefield	w/o
									Ben Ellwood Peter Tramacchi
	WC	Colin Beecher Tom Spinks	4	6	3
		Ben Ellwood Peter Tramacchi	6	3	6
																Ben Ellwood Peter Tramacchi	6	6	7
															6	Bill Behrens Chris Haggard	7	4	5
		Jamie Holmes Andrew Painter	6	6
		Amir Hadad Eyal Ran	1	2
									Jamie Holmes Andrew Painter	6	7	2
								6	Bill Behrens Chris Haggard	7	6	6
	WC	Paul Hand Miles Maclagan	6	6	2
	6	Bill Behrens Chris Haggard	3	7	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Neville Godwin Bryan Shelton	7	6	3
		Dick Norman Kenny Thorne	6	7	6
									Dick Norman Kenny Thorne	7	6
									Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman	6	3
		Massimo Bertolini Mosé Navarra	7	5	4
		Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman	6	7	6
																Dick Norman Kenny Thorne	1	6	3
																Robbie Koenig Andrew Rueb	6	4	6
		Robbie Koenig Andrew Rueb	4	6	6
		Steve Campbell Marcus Hilpert	6	2	3
									Robbie Koenig Andrew Rueb	6	6
								Alt	Henrik Holm Nils Holm	4	4
	Alt	Henrik Holm Nils Holm	6	6
	4	Chad Clark Trey Phillips	4	0

External links

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