1997 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals Explained

Dates:	10–14 December
Number Edition:	15
Prize Money:	380000
Venue:	Istora Senayan
Location:	Jakarta, Indonesia
Previous:	1996
Next:	1998

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

width=45% valign=top

width=175 Player width=20 W width=20 L Peter Gade 3 0 Luo Yigang 2 1 Budi Santoso 1 2 Alan Budikusuma 0 3

width=150 align=right Peter Gade width=100 align=center 17–16, 15–7 width=150 Luo Yigang width=150 align=right Peter Gade width=100 align=center 15–12, 18–17 width=150 Budi Santoso width=150 align=right Peter Gade width=100 align=center 7–15, 15–8, 15–12 width=150 Alan Budikusuma   width=150 align=right Luo Yigang width=100 align=center 11–15, 15–12, 15–5 width=150 Budi Santoso width=150 align=right Luo Yigang width=100 align=center 18–13, 17–14 width=150 Alan Budikusuma   width=150 align=right Budi Santoso width=100 align=center 15–9, 15–1 width=150 Alan Budikusuma

Group B

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width=175 Player width=20 W width=20 L Sun Jun 3 0 Marlev Mainaky 2 1 Heryanto Arbi 1 2 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 0 3

width=150 align=right Sun Jun width=100 align=center 15–8, 15–9 width=150 Marlev Mainaky width=150 align=right Sun Jun width=100 align=center 15–4, 13–15, 15–7 width=150 Heryanto Arbi width=150 align=right Sun Jun width=100 align=center 15–2, 18–14 width=150 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen   width=150 align=right Marlev Mainaky width=100 align=center 15–11, 15–1 width=150 Heryanto Arbi width=150 align=right Marlev Mainaky width=100 align=center 15–7, 15–11 width=150 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen   width=150 align=right Heryanto Arbi width=100 align=center 7–15, 15–11, 18–14 width=150 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen

Group C

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width=175 Player width=20 W width=20 L Dong Jiong 3 0 Peter Rasmussen 2 1 Hendrawan 1 2 Ardy B. Wiranata 0 3

width=150 align=right Dong Jiong width=100 align=center 17–14, 12–15, 15–8 width=150 Hendrawan width=150 align=right Dong Jiong width=100 align=center 15–12, 15–7 width=150 Ardy B. Wiranata width=150 align=right Dong Jiong width=100 align=center 15–4, 15–6 width=150 Peter Rasmussen   width=150 align=right Peter Rasmussen width=100 align=center 6–15, 15–4, 15–13 width=150 Hendrawan width=150 align=right Peter Rasmussen width=100 align=center 15–12, 15–7 width=150 Ardy B. Wiranata   width=150 align=right Hendrawan width=100 align=center 8–15, 15–7, 15–8 width=150 Ardy B. Wiranata

Group D

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width=175 Player width=20 W width=20 L Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 3 0 Hermawan Susanto 2 1 Indra Wijaya 1 2 Chen Gang 0 3

width=150 align=right Høyer Larsen width=100 align=center 13–15, 15–7, 15–8 width=150 Hermawan Susanto width=150 align=right Høyer Larsen width=100 align=center 15–11, 15–1 width=150 Indra Wijaya width=150 align=right Høyer Larsen width=100 align=center 15–7, 15–10 width=150 Chen Gang   width=150 align=right Hermawan Susanto width=100 align=center 15–9, 17–14 width=150 Indra Wijaya width=150 align=right Hermawan Susanto width=100 align=center 15–11, 9–15, 15–8 width=150 Chen Gang   width=150 align=right Indra Wijaya width=100 align=center 15–3, 15–9 width=150 Chen Gang

Knockout stage

References

• Smash: World Grand Prix Finals, Jakarta 1997

External links

• BWF: World Grand Prix, Jakarta 1997