# 1997 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

The 10th IBF World Championships (Badminton) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997. Following the results of the women's singles.

## Seeds

* Ye Zhaoying
* Gong Zhichao
* Mia Audina
* Camilla Martin
* Susi Susanti
* Wang Chen
* Zhang Ning
* Ra Kyung-min
* Kim Ji-hyun
* Han Jingna
* Lee Joo Hyun
* Zeng Yaqiong
* Yao Yan
* Huang Chia-chi
* Dai Yun
* Cindana Hartono Kusuma

## Main stage
### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sandra Dimbour | 4 | 2 | | Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Lisa Campbell | 12 | 5 | 12 | Lisa Campbell | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kelly Morgan | 9 | 11 | 9 | | | | | Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Cindana Hartono Kusuma | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | Cindana Hartono Kusuma | 4 | 1 | | | |
| Jeng Shwu-Jen | 11 | 5 | 2 | Cindana Hartono Kusuma | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Marina Andrievskaya | 11 | 12 | | Marina Andrievskaya | 7 | 12 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Carolien Glebbeek | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 |
| Dai Yun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Dai Yun | 7 | 6 |
| Gillian Martin | 4 | 3 | | Dai Yun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Vlada Tcherniavskaia | 11 | 11 | | Vlada Tcherniavskaia | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Charmaine Reid | 4 | 2 | | | | | | Dai Yun | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Ra Kyung-min | 12 | 11 | | | | | | Ra Kyung-min | 6 | 5 | | | |
| Tracey Hallam | 11 | 8 | | Ra Kyung-min | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Anne Sondergaard | 12 | 11 | | Anne Sondergaard | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Ling Wan Ting | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anu Weckström | 3 | 2 | | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Pornsawan Plungwech | 11 | 11 | | Pornsawan Plungwech | 1 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Emma Constable | 2 | 0 | | | | | Wang Chen | 12 | 11 | | | | |
| Lee Joo Hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | Lee Joo Hyun | 10 | 1 | | | | |
| Brenda Beenhakker | 4 | 4 | | Lee Joo Hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Louisa Koon Wai Chee | 11 | 11 | | Louisa Koon Wai Chee | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Kristin Evernas | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Mia Audina | 6 | 4 |
| | 2 | 3 | | Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Katarzyna Krasowska | 3 | 11 | 11 | Katarzyna Krasowska | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Law Pei Pei | 11 | 7 | 1 | | | | Mia Audina | 7 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Yao Yan | 11 | 11 | | | | | Yao Yan | 11 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| Katja Michalowsky | 1 | 3 | | Yao Yan | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Ishwarii Boopathy | 11 | 3 | 11 | Ishwarii Boopathy | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kinga Rudolf | 1 | 11 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Julia Mann | 3 | 0 | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Miho Tanaka | 11 | 11 | | Miho Tanaka | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Monique Hoogland | 9 | 4 | | | | | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Kim Ji-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Kim Ji-hyun | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| Christelle Szynal | 0 | 4 | | Kim Ji-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Duangsiri Thitikan | 11 | 11 | | Duangsiri Thitikan | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Denyse Julien | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 |
| Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Susi Susanti | 5 | 2 |
| Ng Ching | 4 | 1 | | Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Chan Ya-Lin | 10 | 11 | 11 | Chan Ya-Lin | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Elena Nozdran | 12 | 1 | 6 | | | | | Susi Susanti | 3 | 12 | 11 | | | |
| Zeng Yaqiong | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Zeng Yaqiong | 11 | 9 | 3 | | | |
| Margit Borg | 6 | 2 | | Zeng Yaqiong | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Mette Sorensen | 11 | 11 | | Mette Sorensen | 12 | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Maja Pohar | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Han Jingna | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Madhumita Bisht | 5 | 6 | | Han Jingna | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Anne Gibson | 11 | 10 | 11 | Anne Gibson | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Karolina Ericsson | 4 | 12 | 3 | | | | Han Jingna | 3 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | Camilla Martin | 11 | 7 | 7 | | | |
| Dolores Marco | 1 | 0 | | Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Park Jin-hyun | 11 | 11 | | Park Jin-hyun | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hiroko Nagamine | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Han Jingna | 11 | 11 |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Zhang Ning | 8 | 7 |
| Lee Yin Yin | 0 | 4 | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Judith Meulendijks | 12 | 11 | | Judith Meulendijks | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Kara Solmundson | 10 | 3 | | | | | Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Huang Chia-Chi | 12 | 11 | | | | | Huang Chia-Chi | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| Tanya Woodward | 9 | 3 | | Huang Chia-Chi | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Meiluawati | 11 | 11 | | Meiluawati | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Ella Karachkova | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Dai Yun | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Dai Yun | 7 | 6 | Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | |
| | | | Wang Chen | 5 | 11 | 4 | | | |
| Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | Wang Chen | 5 | 11 | 4 | | | |
| Mia Audina | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Mia Audina | 6 | 4 | | | | | Ye Zhaoying | 12 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 8 |
| Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Gong Zhichao | 11 | 8 |
| Susi Susanti | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Susi Susanti | 5 | 2 | Gong Zhichao | 12 | 11 | | | | |
| | | | Han Jingna | 11 | 9 | | | | |
| Han Jingna | 11 | 11 | Han Jingna | 11 | 9 | | | | |
| Zhang Ning | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | |