All England Open Badminton Championships

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The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament which is annually organized in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Superseries status in 2007. And, in 2011, it was upgraded to the Superseries Premier status.^[1]

The world's first open tournament was held at England's Guildford town in 1898. And success of that tournament paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held at London's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just doubles format, the singles were introduced from the second edition onward.^[2] It was eventually considered (especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949) the unofficial world championship of the sport until 1977 when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships.

There were two instances when it was halted - from 1915 to 1919 and from 1940 to 1946.^[3]

Historical venues for the Championships

The tournament has outgrown eight venues, and is now played at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham.^[4]

Years active	Venue	Location
1899–1901	HQ 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	Lindley Hall, Vincent Square	Westminster, London
1947–1949	Harringay Arena, North London Stadium	North London
1950–1956	Empress Hall	Earls Court
1957–1993	Wembley Arena	Wembley, London
1994–	Barclaycard Arena	Birmingham

Past winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1899	no competition		D. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey	Meriel Lucas Mary Violet Graeme	D. Oakes Daisey St. John
1900	Sydney H. Smith	Ethel B. Thomson	H. L. Mellersh F. S. Collier	Meriel Lucas Mary Violet Graeme	D. Oakes Daisey St. John
1901	H. W. Davies	Ethel B. Thomson	H. L. Mellersh F. S. Collier	Daisey St. John E. Moseley	F. S. Collier Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown
1902	Ralph Watling	Meriel Lucas	H. L. Mellersh F. S. Collier	Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas	L. U. 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 B. Thomson	Albert Prebble Henry Norman Marrett	Ethel B. Thomson Meriel Lucas	Henry Norman Marrett Dorothea K. Douglass
1905	Henry Norman Marrett	Meriel Lucas	C. T. J. 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 Prebble Norman Wood	G. L. Murray Meriel Lucas	George Alan Thomas G. L. Murray
1908	Henry Norman Marrett	Meriel Lucas	Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas	G. L. Murray Meriel Lucas	Norman Wood Meriel Lucas
1909	Frank Chesterton	Meriel Lucas	Frank Chesterton Albert Prebble	G. L. Murray Meriel Lucas	Albert Prebble Dora 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 Tragett	Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas	Alice Gowenlock Dorothy Cundall	Edward Hawthorn Hazel Hogarth
1913	Guy Sautter	Lavinia Radeglia	Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas	Hazel Hogarth Mary K. Bateman	Guy Sautter M. E. Mayston
1914	Guy Sautter	Lavinia Radeglia	Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas	Margaret Tragett Eveline Peterson	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1915 1919	no competition
1920	George Alan Thomas	Kitty McKane	Archibald Engelbach Raoul du Roveray	Lavinia Radeglia Violet Elton	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1921	George Alan Thomas	Kitty McKane	George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge	Margaret Stocks Kitty McKane	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1922	George Alan Thomas	Kitty McKane	Guy Sautter Frank Devlin	Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth	George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth
1923	George Alan Thomas	Lavinia Radeglia	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth	Gordon Mack Margaret Tragett
1924	Gordon Mack	Kitty McKane	George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge	Margaret Stocks Kitty McKane	Frank Devlin Kitty McKane
1925	Frank Devlin	Margaret Stocks	Herbert Uber Arthur Kenneth Jones	Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth	Frank Devlin Kitty McKane
1926	Frank Devlin	Marjorie Barrett	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	A. M. Head Violet Elton	Frank Devlin Eveline Peterson
1927	Frank Devlin	Marjorie Barrett	Frank Devlin Gordon Mack	Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth	Frank Devlin Eveline Peterson
1928	Frank Devlin	Margaret Tragett	George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge	Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton	Albert Edward Harbot Margaret 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	Tage Madsen	Dorothy Walton	Thomas Boyle James Rankin	Ruth Dalsgaard Tonny Olsen	Ralph Nichols Bessie M. Staples
1940 1946	no competition
1947	Conny Jepsen	Marie Ussing	Tage 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 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 Strand	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1968	Rudy Hartono	Eva Twedberg	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Minarni Sudaryanto Retno Koestijah	Tony Jordan Sue Pound
1969		Hiroe Yuki	Henning Borch Erland Kops	Margaret Boxall Sue Pound Whetnall	Roger Mills Gillian Perrin
1970		Etsuko Takenaka	Tom Bacher Poul Petersen	Margaret Boxall Sue Pound Whetnall	Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen
1971		Eva Twedberg	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1972		Noriko Nakayama	Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Svend Pri Ulla Strand
1973		Margaret Beck	Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks
1974		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
1978	Liem Swie King	Gillian Gilks	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1979		Lene Køppen	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Verawaty Imelda Wiguna	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna
1980	Prakash Padukone		Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Gillian Gilks Nora Perry	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry
1981	Liem Swie King	Hwang Sun-ai	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono	Nora Perry Jane Webster
1982	Morten Frost	Zhang Ailing	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1983	Luan Jin		Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	Xu Rong Wu Jianqiu	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1984	Morten Frost	Li Lingwei	Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono	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		Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1987	Morten Frost	Kirsten Larsen	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee
1988	Ib Frederiksen	Gu Jiaming		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
1991	Ardy Wiranata		Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi
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			Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto		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		Bang Soo-hyun		Ge Fei Gu Jun	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min
1997	Dong Jiong	Ye Zhaoying	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin		Liu Yong Ge Fei
1998	Sun Jun		Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
1999	Peter Gade		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		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2003	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	Zhou Mi	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya		Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2004	Lin Dan	Gong Ruina	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen		Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2005	Chen Hong	Xie Xingfang	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng		Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2006	Lin Dan		Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen		Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2007			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
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	Du Jing Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2011		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	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Tontowi Ahmad Lilyana Natsir
2013	Chen Long	Tine Baun	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang
2014	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Shixian	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan
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 Sozonov	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto

Full list

• Men's singles
• Women's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's doubles
• Mixed doubles

Successful players

Below is the list of the most successful players in the All England Open Badminton Championships:

Name	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
George Alan Thomas	4		9		8	21
Frank Devlin	6		7		5	18
Judy Devlin		10		7		17
Meriel Lucas		6		10	1	17
Finn Kobberø			7		8	15
Betty Uber		1		4	8	13
Tonny Ahm		2		6	4	12
Ethel B. Thomson		5		4	2	11
Erland Kops	7		4			11
Gillian Gilks		2		3	6	11
Kirsten Thorndahl		1		5	5	11
Gao Ling				6	5	11
Ulla Strand				3	7	10
Ralph C. F. Nichols	5		3		1	9
Park Joo-bong			4		5	9
Chung Myung-hee				4	5	9
Marjorie Barrett		5		4		9
Kitty McKane		4		2	2	8
Gordon 'Curly' Mack	1		6		1	8
Rudy Hartono	8					8
Nora Perry				2	6	8
Eddy B. Choong	4		3			7

Many female badminton players change their surname after marriage. Below are some of the former names or latest names as noted in the table above:
^1 Judy Devlin later known as Judy Hashman
^2 Tonny Ahm formerly known as Tonny Olsen
^3 Ethel B. Thomson formerly known as Larcombe
^4 Gillian Gilks formerly known as Gillian Perrin and the latest was changed to Gillian Goodwin
^5 Ulla Strand formerly known as Ulla Rasmussen
^6 Kitty McKane later known as Godfree
^7 Nora Perry formerly known as Nora Gardner

Performances by nation

	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	England	24	39	28	46.5	52	189.5
2	Denmark	20	14	21	10	21	87
3	China	19	21	6	23	11	80
4	Indonesia	15	4	18	2	5	44
5	Korea		3	10	11	10	34
6	Malaysia	13		11.5		0.5	25
7	Ireland	7		7.5	2	3.5	19.5
8	United States	1	12	0.5	4	1	18.5
9	Japan		7		7		14
10	Sweden	1	3	2		0.5	6.5
11	Switzerland	3		0.5		1	4.5
12	India	2					2
13	Canada		1				1
	Russia			1			1
	Spain		1				1
16	Netherlands				0.5		0.5
	Scotland					0.5	0.5
	Total	105	105	106	106	106	528

References

1. Gilmour, Rod (22 May 2010). "All England Badminton Championships handed 'premier' status on world tour". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
2. International Badminton … the first 75 years. Badminton World Federation. p. 80. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
3. "History". Badminton England. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
4. "The History of All England Championships". Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-15.

External links

• Official website