All England Open Badminton Championships

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As All England Open Badminton Championships , or simply All England , the international championships are England in badminton referred. They are the oldest regularly held badminton tournament ever and were considered an unofficial individual world championship until the introduction of the Badminton World Championship in 1977. The All England emerged from the Guildford Open .

Venues

The tournament has so far taken place at eight different venues. The current venue has been the Birmingham Arena in Birmingham since 1994 .

Host years	Hall	venue
1899-1901	Headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles	Buckingham Gate
1902	Crystal Palace Central Transept	Sydenham Hill
1903-1909	London Rifles Brigade's City Headquarters	Bunhill Row, Islington
1910-1939	Royal Horticultural Halls	Vincent Square, Westminster
1947-1949	Harringay Arena , North London Stadium	London
1950-1956	Empress Hall	Earls Court
1957-1993	Wembley Arena	Wembley , London
since 1994	National Indoor Arena / Barclaycard Arena / Arena Birmingham	Birmingham

The winners

year	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
1899	not carried out		D. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey	Meriel Lucas Mary Violet Graeme	D. Oakes Daisey St. John
1900	Sydney H. Smith	Ethel B. Thomson	HL Mellersh F.S. Collier	Meriel Lucas Mary Violet Graeme	D. Oakes Daisey St. John
1901	HW Davies	Ethel B. Thomson	HL Mellersh F.S. Collier	Daisey St. John E. Moseley	FS Collier Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown
1902	Ralph Watling	Meriel Lucas	HL Mellersh F.S. Collier	Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas	LU Ransford E. Moseley
1903	Ralph Watling	Ethel B. Thomson	Stewart Marsden Massey E.L. Huson	Mabel Hardy Dorothea K. Douglas	George Alan Thomas Ethel B. Thomson
1904	Henry Norman Marrett	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	Albert Davis Prebble Henry Norman Marrett	Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas	Henry Norman Marrett Dorothea K. Douglass
1905	Henry Norman Marrett	Meriel Lucas	CTJ Barnes Stewart Marsden Massey	Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas	Henry Norman Marrett Hazel Hogarth
1906	Norman Wood	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas	Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas	George Alan Thomas Ethel B. Thomson
1907	Norman Wood	Meriel Lucas	Albert Davis Prebble Norman Wood	GL Murray Meriel Lucas	George Alan Thomas G. L. Murray
1908	Henry Norman Marrett	Meriel Lucas	Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas	GL Murray Meriel Lucas	Norman Wood Meriel Lucas
1909	Frank Chesterton	Meriel Lucas	Frank Chesterton Albert Davis Prebble	GL Murray Meriel Lucas	Albert Davis Prebble Penelope Dora Harvey Boothby
1910	Frank Chesterton	Meriel Lucas	Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas	Mary K. Bateman Meriel Lucas	Guy Sautter Dorothy Cundall
1911	Guy Sautter	Margaret Larminie	Percy Douglas Fitton Edward Hawthorn	Alice Gowenlock Dorothy Cundall	George Alan Thomas Margaret Larminie
1912	Frank Chesterton	Margaret Rivers Tragett	Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas	Alice Gowenlock Dorothy Cundall	Edward Hawthorn Hazel Hogarth
1913	Guy Sautter	Lavinia Clara Radeglia	Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas	Hazel Hogarth Mary K. Bateman	Guy Sautter, M. E. Mayston
1914	Guy Sautter	Lavinia Clara Radeglia	Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas	Margaret L. Rivers Tragett Eveline Peterson	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1915 1919	Not held because of the First World War
1920	George Alan Thomas	Kitty McKane	Archibald Frank Engelbach Raoul du Roveray	Lavinia Clara Radeglia Violet Elton	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1921	George Alan Thomas	Kitty McKane	George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge	Margaret McKane Stocks Kitty McKane	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1922	George Alan Thomas	Kitty McKane	Guy Sautter Frank Devlin	Margaret Rivers Tragett Hazel Hogarth	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1923	George Alan Thomas	Lavinia Clara Radeglia	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	Margaret Rivers Tragett Hazel Hogarth	Gordon Mack Margaret Rivers Tragett
1924	Gordon Mack	Kitty McKane	George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge	Margaret McKane Stocks Kitty McKane	Frank Devlin Kitty McKane
1925	Frank Devlin	Margaret Stocks	Herbert Uber Arthur Kenneth Jones	Margaret Rivers Tragett Hazel Hogarth	Frank Devlin Kitty McKane
1926	Frank Devlin	Marjorie Barrett	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	AM Head Violet Elton	Frank Devlin Eveline Peterson
1927	Frank Devlin	Marjorie Barrett	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	Margaret L. Rivers Tragett Hazel Hogarth	Frank Devlin Eveline Peterson
1928	Frank Devlin	Margaret Rivers Tragett	George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge	Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton	Albert Edward Harbot Margaret Rivers Tragett
1929	Frank Devlin	Marjorie Barrett	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton	Frank Devlin Marian Horsley
1930	Donald C. Hume	Marjorie Barrett	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton	Herbert Uber, Betty Uber
1931	Frank Devlin	Marjorie Barrett	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	Marian Horsley Betty Uber	Herbert Uber, Betty Uber
1932	Ralph Nichols	Leoni Kingsbury	Donald C. Hume, Raymond M. White	Marjorie Barrett Leoni Kingsbury	Herbert Uber, Betty Uber
1933	Raymond M. White	Alice Woodroffe	Donald C. Hume, Raymond M. White	Marjorie Bell Thelma Kingsbury	Donald C. Hume Betty Uber
1934	Ralph Nichols	Leoni Kingsbury	Donald C. Hume, Raymond M. White	Marjorie Henderson Thelma Kingsbury	Donald C. Hume Betty Uber
1935	Raymond M. White	Betty Uber	Donald C. Hume, Raymond M. White	Marjorie Henderson Thelma Kingsbury	Donald C. Hume Betty Uber
1936	Ralph Nichols	Thelma Kingsbury	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	Marjorie Henderson Thelma Kingsbury	Donald C. Hume Betty Uber
1937	Ralph Nichols	Thelma Kingsbury	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	Betty Uber Diana Doveton	Ian Maconachie Thelma Kingsbury
1938	Ralph Nichols	Daphne Young	Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols	Betty Uber Diana Doveton	Raymond M. White Betty Uber
1939	Days Madsen	Dorothy Walton	Thomas Boyle James Rankin	Ruth Dalsgaard Tonny Olsen	Ralph Nichols Bessie M. Staples
1940 1946	Not held because of the Second World War
1947	Conny Jepsen	Marie Ussing	Days Madsen Poul Holm	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	Poul Holm Tonny Ahm
1948	Jørn Skaarup	Kirsten Thorndahl	Preben Dabelsteen Børge Frederiksen	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	Jørn Skaarup Kirsten Thorndahl
1949	David G. Freeman	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Ooi Teik Hock Teoh Seng Khoon	Betty Uber Queenie Allen	Clinton Stephens Patricia Stephens
1950	Wong Peng Soon	Tonny Ahm	Jørn Skaarup Preben Dabelsteen	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	Poul Holm Tonny Ahm
1951	Wong Peng Soon	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	David Choong Eddy Choong	Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl	Poul Holm Tonny Ahm
1952	Wong Peng Soon	Tonny Ahm	David Choong Eddy Choong	Tonny Ahm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Poul Holm Tonny Ahm
1953	Eddy Choong	Marie Ussing	David Choong Eddy Choong	Iris Rogers June White	David Choong June White
1954	Eddy Choong	Judy Devlin	Ooi Teik Hock Ong Poh Lim	Sue Devlin Judy Devlin	John Best Iris Cooley
1955	Wong Peng Soon	Margaret Varner	Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	Iris Rogers June White	Finn Kobberø Kirsten Thorndahl
1956	Eddy Choong	Margaret Varner	Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	Sue Devlin Judy Devlin	Tony Jordan June Timperley
1957	Eddy Choong	Judy Devlin	Joe Alston Johnny Heah	Anni Hammergaard Hansen Kirsten Thorndahl	Finn Kobberø Kirsten Thorndahl
1958	Erland Kops	Judy Devlin	Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen	Margaret Varner Heather Ward	Tony Jordan June Timperley
1959	Tan Joe Hok	Heather Ward	Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San	Iris Rogers June White Timperley	Poul-Erik Nielsen Inge Birgit Hansen
1960	Erland Kops	Judy Devlin	Finn Kobberø Poul-Erik Nielsen	Sue Devlin Judy Devlin	Finn Kobberø Kirsten Granlund
1961	Erland Kops	Judy Hashman	Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	Judy Hashman Sue Devlin Peard	Finn Kobberø Kirsten Granlund
1962	Erland Kops	Judy Hashman	Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	Judy Hashman Tonny Holst-Christensen	Finn Kobberø Ulla Rasmussen
1963	Erland Kops	Judy Hashman	Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	Judy Hashman Sue Devlin Peard	Finn Kobberø Ulla Rasmussen
1964	Knud Aage Nielsen	Judy Hashman	Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Rasmussen	Tony Jordan Jennifer Pritchard
1965	Erland Kops	Ursula Smith	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Strand	Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand
1966	Tan Aik Huang	Judy Hashman	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	Judy Hashman Sue Devlin Peard	Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand
1967	Erland Kops	Judy Hashman	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Imre Rietveld Ulla beach	Svend Pri Ulla beach
1968	Rudy Hartono	Eva Twedberg	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Minarni Sudaryanto Retno Koestijah	Tony Jordan Sue Pound
1969	Rudy Hartono	Hiroe Yuki	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Margaret Boxall Sue Pound Whetnall	Roger Mills Gillian Perrin
1970	Rudy Hartono	Etsuko Takenaka	Tom Bacher Poul Petersen	Margaret Boxall Sue Pound Whetnall	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen
1971	Rudy Hartono	Eva Twedberg	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Svend Pri Ulla beach
1972	Rudy Hartono	Noriko Nakayama	Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Svend Pri Ulla beach
1973	Rudy Hartono	Margaret Beck	Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1974	Rudy Hartono	Hiroe Yuki	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks	David Eddy Susan Whetnall
1975	Svend Pri	Hiroe Yuki	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Elliot Stuart Nora Gardner
1976	Rudy Hartono	Gillian Gilks	Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström	Gillian Gilks Sue Pound Whetnall	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1977	Flemming Delfs	Hiroe Yuki	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1978	Liem Swie King	Gillian Gilks	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1979	Liem Swie King	Lene Køppen	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Verawaty Imelda Wiguna	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna
1980	Prakash Padukone	Lene Køppen	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Gillian Gilks Nora Perry	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1981	Liem Swie King	Hwang Sun-ai	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto cardboard box	Nora Perry Jane Webster	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1982	Morten Frost	Zhang Ailing	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1983	Luan Jin	Zhang Ailing	Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	Xu Rong Wu Jianqiu	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1984	Morten Frost	Li Lingwei	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto cardboard box	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1985	Zhao Jianhua	Han Aiping	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Han Aiping Li Lingwei	Billy Gilliland Nora Perry
1986	Morten Frost	Kim Yun-ja	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1987	Morten Frost	Kirsten Larsen	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee
1988	Ib Frederiksen	Gu Jiaming	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Chung So-young Kim Yun-ja	Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing
1989	Yang Yang	Li Lingwei	Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong	Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1990	Zhao Jianhua	Susi Susanti	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1991	Ardy Wiranata	Susi Susanti	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1992	Liu Jun	Tang Jiuhong	Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono	Yao Fen Lin Yanfen	Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont
1993	Heryanto Arbi	Susi Susanti	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	Jon Holst-Christensen Grete Mogensen
1994	Heryanto Arbi	Susi Susanti	Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
1995	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Lim Xiaoqing	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1996	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Bang Soo-hyun	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min
1997	Dong Jiong	Ye Zhaoying	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Liu Yong Ge Fei
1998	Sun Jun	Ye Zhaoying	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
1999	Peter Gade	Ye Zhaoying	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	Simon Archer Joanne Goode
2000	Xia Xuanze	Gong Zhichao	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2001	Pullela Gopichand	Gong Zhichao	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2002	Chen Hong	Camilla Martin	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2003	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	Zhou Mi	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2004	Lin Dan	Gong Ruina	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2005	Chen Hong	Xie Xingfang	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2006	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2007	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
2008	Chen Jin	Tine Rasmussen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
2009	Lin Dan	Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2010	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Jonas Rasmussen Lars Paaske	Yu Yang Du Jing	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2011	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Shixian	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2012	Lin Dan	Li Xuerui	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Zhao Yunlei Tian Qing	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2013	Chen Long	Tine Baun	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2014	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Shixian	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2015	Chen Long	Carolina Marín	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2016	Lin Dan	Nozomi Okuhara	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sosonov	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto
2017	Lee Chong Wei	Tai Tzu-ying	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong
2018	Shi Yuqi	Tai Tzu-Ying	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
2019	Kento Momota	Chen Yufei	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2020	Viktor Axelsen	Tai Tzu-Ying	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti

Most successful players

Surname	HE	DE	HD	DD	XD	total
George Alan Thomas	4th		9		8th	21st
Frank Devlin	6th		7th		5	18th
Judy Devlin		10		7th		17th
Meriel Lucas		6th		10	1	17th
Finn Kobberø			7th		8th	15th
Betty Uber		1		4th	8th	13
Tonny Ahm		2		6th	4th	12
Ethel B. Thomson		5		4th	2	11
Erland Kops	7th		4th			11
Gillian Gilks		2		3	6th	11
Kirsten Thorndahl		1		5	5	11
Gao Ling				6th	5	11
Ulla beach				3	7th	10
Marjorie Barrett		5		4th		9
Ralph Nichols	5		3		1	9
Park Joo-bong			4th		5	9
Chung Myung-hee				4th	5	9
Kitty McKane		4th		2	2	8th
Gordon "Curly" Mack	1		6th		1	8th
Rudy Hartono	8th					8th
Nora Perry				2	6th	8th
Eddy Choong	4th		3			7th

1. ^ Later Judy Hashman
2. ↑ previously Tonny Olsen
3. ↑ previously Ethel B. Larcombe
4. ↑ previously Gillian Perrin, later Gillian Goodwin
5. ↑ later Kirsten Granlund
6. ↑ previously Ulla Rasmussen
7. ↑ later Kitty Godfree
8. ↑ previously Nora Gardner

literature

• Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton . Robert Hale, London, 1987, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6

Web links

Commons : All England  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• allenglandbadminton.com: Website of the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships (English)
• badmintonengland.co.uk: All England Champions 1899–2005 ( PDF , English)
• badmintonengland.co.uk: Statistics of the English Association ( PDF , English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com: YONEX All England Open (English)
2. ↑ tournamentsoftware.com: YONEX All England Open (English)
3. ↑ tournamentsoftware.com: YONEX All England Open (English)