# 1997 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1997 Yonex All England Open was the 87th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 10 to 15 March 1997, in Birmingham, England.
It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$125,000.

## Venue

* National Indoor Arena

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Dong Jiong | Sun Jun | 15–9, 15–5 |
| Women's singles | Ye Zhaoying | Gong Zhichao | 11–3, 11–1 |
| Men's doubles | Kang Kyung-jin & Ha Tae-kwon | Jon Holst Christensen & Michael Søgaard | 15–11, 17–16 |
| Women's doubles | Ge Fei & Gu Jun | Eliza & Zelin Rosiana | 15–6, 15–9 |
| Mixed doubles | Liu Yong & Ge Fei | Tri Kusharyanto & Minarti Timur | 15–10, 15–2 |

## Men's singles
### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Dong Jiong | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenneth Jonassen | 9 | 1 | | Jiong | 3 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Ong Ewe Hock | 15 | 15 | | Ong Ewe Hock | 15 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Oliver Pongratz | 5 | 2 | | | | | | Jiong | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Peter Rasmussen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Rasmussen | 12 | 8 | | | |
| Joko Suprianto | 10 | 3 | | Rasmussen | 9 | 15 | 17 | | | | | | |
| Thomas Johansson | 15 | 15 | | Johansson | 15 | 12 | 14 | | | | | | |
| Colin Haughton | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Jiong | 15 | 15 |
| Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Høyer Larsen | 8 | 10 |
| Xie Yangchun | 2 | 8 | | Høyer Larsen | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Chen Pang | 15 | 8 | 15 | Chen Pang | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Hwang Sun Ho | 1 | 15 | 6 | | | | | Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Budi Santoso | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Santoso | 7 | 12 | | | |
| Thomas Sogaard | 5 | 12 | | Santoso | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Martin Lundgaard Hansen | 11 | 15 | 17 | Hansen | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Chen Gang | 15 | 11 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Knowles | 9 | 2 | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Salim | 16 | 15 | 18 | Salim | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Anders Boesen | 18 | 12 | 17 | | | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Lin Liwen | 15 | 15 | | | | | Liwen | 9 | 9 | | | | |
| Hock Kin Yong | 12 | 10 | | Liwen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Indra Wijaya | 15 | 15 | | Wijaya | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Kasper Ødum | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 |
| Hariyanto Arbi | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Arbi | 10 | 11 |
| Mark Constable | 15 | 10 | 9 | Arbi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Rashid Sidek | 15 | 15 | | Sidek | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Iain Sydie | 10 | 11 | | | | | Arbi | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Luo Yigang | 15 | 15 | | | | | Yigang | 15 | 9 | 6 | | | |
| Jesper Olsson | 8 | 3 | | Yigang | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Pullela Gopichand | 8 | 15 | 18 | Pullela | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Vladislav Druzchenko | 15 | 11 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles
### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anne Sondergaard | 0 | 1 | Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 11 | Yonekura | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Joanne Muggeridge | 7 | 4 | | | | | Zhayoing | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | |
| Kim Ji-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | Ji-hyun | 7 | 1 | 10 | | | | |
| Yasuko Mizui | 5 | 7 | Ji-hyun | 5 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Yao Yan | 11 | 11 | Yao Yan | 11 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Michelle Rasmussen | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Zhaoying | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| Dai Yun | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Dai Yun | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| Choi Ma-ree | 1 | 10 | Dai Yun | 6 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | Audina | 11 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Hisako Mizui | 5 | 1 | | | | | Dai Yun | 5 | 12 | 11 | | | | |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | 8 | | | | |
| Lee Soon-deuk | 7 | 1 | Zhang Ning | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Marina Andrievskaya | 12 | 11 | Andrievskaya | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pornsawan Plungwech | 10 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vlada Tcherniavskaia | 5 | 2 | | Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Lee Joo-hyun | 12 | 8 | 12 | Joo-hyun | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Takako Ida | 10 | 11 | 9 | | | | Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | Susanti | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| Emma Constable | 1 | 1 | | Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Park Jin-hyun | 11 | 11 | | Jin-hyun | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hua-Ching Jaw | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Zhichao | 11 | 11 |
| Ra Kyung-min | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Kyung-min | 3 | 2 |
| Mette Sorensen | 2 | 1 | | Kyung-min | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Wang Chen | 12 | 11 | | Wang Chen | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Chikako Nakayama | 9 | 1 | | | | | Kyung-min | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | Martin | 7 | 12 | 6 | | | |
| Margit Borg | 6 | 5 | | Martin | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Han Jingna | 11 | 11 | | Jingna | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Kelly Morgan | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |