1997 World Badminton Grand Prix

The 1997 World Badminton Grand Prix was the 15th edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia, from December 10 to December 14, 1997.

The prize money was USD380,000.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Sun Jun	Dong Jiong	15–9, 15–6
Women's singles	Ye Zhaoying	Susi Susanti	11–4, 11–4
Men's doubles	Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit & Yap Kim Hock	17–15, 11–15, 15–5
Women's doubles	Ge Fei & Gu Jun	Qin Yiyuan & Tang Yongshu	15–1, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Liu Yong & Ge Fei	Trikus Heryanto & Minarti Timur	15–9, 15–13

Men's singles

Group A

Player W L Peter Gade 3 0 Luo Yigang 2 1 Budi Santoso 1 2 Alan Budikusuma 0 3

Peter Gade 17–16, 15–7 Luo Yigang Peter Gade 15–12, 18–17 Budi Santoso Peter Gade 7–15, 15–8, 15–12 Alan Budikusuma   Luo Yigang 11–15, 15–12, 15–5 Budi Santoso Luo Yigang 18–13, 17–14 Alan Budikusuma   Budi Santoso 15–9, 15–1 Alan Budikusuma

Group B

Player W L Sun Jun 3 0 Marlev Mainaky 2 1 Heryanto Arbi 1 2 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 0 3

Sun Jun 15–8, 15–9 Marlev Mainaky Sun Jun 15–4, 13–15, 15–7 Heryanto Arbi Sun Jun 15–2, 18–14 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen   Marlev Mainaky 15–11, 15–1 Heryanto Arbi Marlev Mainaky 15–7, 15–11 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen   Heryanto Arbi 7–15, 15–11, 18–14 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen

Group C

Player W L Dong Jiong 3 0 Peter Rasmussen 2 1 Hendrawan 1 2 Ardy B. Wiranata 0 3

Dong Jiong 17–14, 12–15, 15–8 Hendrawan Dong Jiong 15–12, 15–7 Ardy B. Wiranata Dong Jiong 15–4, 15–6 Peter Rasmussen   Peter Rasmussen 6–15, 15–4, 15–13 Hendrawan Peter Rasmussen 15–12, 15–7 Ardy B. Wiranata   Hendrawan 8–15, 15–7, 15–8 Ardy B. Wiranata

Group D

Player W L Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 3 0 Hermawan Susanto 2 1 Indra Wijaya 1 2 Chen Gang 0 3

Høyer Larsen 13–15, 15–7, 15–8 Hermawan Susanto Høyer Larsen 15–11, 15–1 Indra Wijaya Høyer Larsen 15–7, 15–10 Chen Gang   Hermawan Susanto 15–9, 17–14 Indra Wijaya Hermawan Susanto 15–11, 9–15, 15–8 Chen Gang   Indra Wijaya 15–3, 15–9 Chen Gang

Knockout stage

	Semifinals							Final
	Peter Gade		10	17	6
	Sun Jun		15	15	15
								Sun Jun		15	15
								Dong Jiong		9	6
	Dong Jiong		15	15
	Høyer Larsen		9	7

Women's singles

	Semifinals							Final
	Susi Susanti		11	11
	Gong Zhichao		8	4
								Susi Susanti		4	4
								Ye Zhaoying		11	11
	Ye Zhaoying		11	11
	Wang Chen		6	4

Men's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
	Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock		15	15
	Jens Eriksen   Jesper Larsen		2	9
								Cheah Soon Kit   Yap Kim Hock		15	15	5
								Candra Wijaya   Sigit Budiarto		17	11	15
	Candra Wijaya   Sigit Budiarto		5	15	15
	Ricky Subagja   Rexy Mainaky		15	8	3

Women's doubles

	Semifinals							Final
	Ge Fei   Gu Jun		15	15
	Eliza Nathanael   Rosiana Zelin		6	10
								Ge Fei   Gu Jun		15	15
								Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu		1	8
	Qiang Hong   Liu Lu		9	10
	Qin Yiyuan   Tang Yongshu		15	15

Mixed doubles

	Semifinals							Final
	Trikus Heryanto   Minarti Timur		15	15
	Jens Eriksen   Marlene Thomsen		9	2
								Trikus Heryanto   Minarti Timur		9	13
								Liu Yong   Ge Fei		15	15
	Liu Yong   Ge Fei		15	15
	Bambang Suprianto   Rosalina Riseu		2	3

References

• Smash: World Grand Prix Finals, Jakarta 1997

External links

• BWF: World Grand Prix, Jakarta 1997

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