| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 10–14 December | ||
| Edition | 15 | ||
| Total prize money | US$380,000 | ||
| Venue | Istora Senayan | ||
| Location | Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
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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.
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
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