The 1997 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the first of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 1997/1998 season, preceding the UK Championship.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Matthew Stevens.

Dominic Dale won his first ranking title by defeating John Higgins 9–6 in the final.

[1] Round of 96 Best of 9 frames Michael Judge 5–3 Darren Clarke Matthew Stevens 5–3 Mark Gray Matthew Couch 5–2 Joe Johnson Wayne Jones 5–2 Martin Dziewialtowski Troy Shaw 5–3 Jimmy Michie Paul Hunter 5–2 Gary Ponting Peter McCullagh 5–4 Nick Pearce Drew Henry 5–3 Ian Brumby Bradley Jones 5–2 Shokat Ali John Read 5–3 Dean Reynolds Paul Wykes 5–0 Karl Broughton Euan Henderson 5–1 Sean Storey Stephen O'Connor 5–3 Stefan Mazrocis Craig MacGillivray 5–4 Mark Davis Quinten Hann 5–3 Mark Bennett Leigh Griffin 5–3 Tony Jones

Jamie Burnett 5–2 Lee Richardson Gerard Greene 5–4 Joe Perry Dominic Dale 5–1 Karl Burrows Peter Lines 5–0 Tony Chappel Paul Davies 5–2 Marcus Campbell Dennis Taylor 5–2 Jamie Woodman Alfie Burden 5–2 Graeme Dott David Gray 5–4 Dave Finbow Jonathan Birch 5–1 Steve Judd Anthony Davies w/o–w/d Karl Payne Ian McCulloch 5–3 Chris Scanlon Wayne Brown 5–3 Jason Prince Stuart Pettman 5–3 Dene O'Kane David Roe 5–2 John Lardner Jason Ferguson 5–3 Lee Walker Willie Thorne 5–4 Nick Walker