1997 All England Open Badminton Championships

1997 All England Championships

Tournament details
Dates	10 March 1997– 15 March 1997
Edition	87th
Location	Birmingham
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The 1997 Yonex All England Open was the 87th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 10 to March 15, 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

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Section 1

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter 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 16							Quarter 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

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Section 1

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals
		Ye Zhaoying	11	11
		Anne Sondergaard	0	1					Zhaoying	11	11
		Kanako Yonekura	11	11					Yonekura	7	0
		Jo 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 16							Quarter 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

References

1. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

External links

• Smash: 1997 All England Open Archived 15 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine.