All England Open Badminton Championships

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

All England Open
Official website
Founded1899 (1899)
Editions112 (2020)
LocationBirmingham (2020)
England
VenueArena Birmingham (2020)
Prize moneyUSD$1.1 million (2020)
Men's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsViktor Axelsen (singles)
Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe (doubles)
Most singles titles8
Rudy Hartono
Most doubles titles9
George Alan Thomas
Women's
Draw32S / 32D
Current championsTai Tzu-ying (singles)
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota (doubles)
Most singles titles10
Judy Devlin
Most doubles titles10
Meriel Lucas
Mixed doubles
Draw32
Current championsPraveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
Most titles (male)8
George Alan Thomas
Finn Kobberø
Most titles (female)8
Betty Uber
Super 1000
Last completed
2020 All England Open
Ongoing
2021 All England Open

The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which 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 the 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.[3]

There were two instances when it was halted – from 1915 to 1919 (due to World War I) and from 1940 to 1946 (due to World War II).[4]

Historical venues for the Championships

The tournament has been held at eight venues, and is now played at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham.[5]

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–present Arena Birmingham Birmingham

Past winners

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1899 no competition D. W. Oakes
Stewart Marsden Massey
Meriel Lucas
Mary Graeme
D. W. Oakes
Daisy St. John
1900 Sydney H. Smith Ethel B. Thomson Herbert Mellersh
F. S. Collier
1901 H. W. Davies Daisy St. John
E. M. Moseley
F. S. Collier
Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown
1902 Ralph Watling Meriel Lucas Ethel B. Thomson
Meriel Lucas
Leonard Ransford
E. M. Moseley
1903 Ethel B. Thomson Stewart Marsden Massey
Edward Huson
Mabel Hardy
Dorothea K. Douglas
George Alan Thomas
Ethel B. Thomson
1904 Henry Norman Marrett Albert Prebble
Henry Norman Marrett
Ethel B. Thomson
Meriel Lucas
Henry Norman Marrett
Dorothea K. Douglass
1905 Meriel Lucas C. T. J. Barnes
Stewart Marsden Massey
Henry Norman Marrett
Hazel Hogarth
1906 Norman Wood Ethel Thomson Larcombe Henry Norman Marrett
George Alan Thomas
George Alan Thomas
Ethel B. Thomson
1907 Meriel Lucas Albert Prebble
Norman Wood
G. L. Murray
Meriel Lucas
George Alan Thomas
G. L. Murray
1908 Henry Norman Marrett Henry Norman Marrett
George Alan Thomas
Norman Wood
Meriel Lucas
1909 Frank Chesterton Frank Chesterton
Albert Prebble
Albert Prebble
Dora Boothby
1910 Henry Norman Marrett
George Alan Thomas
Muriel Bateman
Meriel Lucas
Guy Sautter
Dorothy Cundall
1911 Guy Sautter Margaret Larminie Percy Fitton
Edward Hawthorn
Alice Gowenlock
Dorothy Cundall
George Alan Thomas
Margaret Larminie
1912 Frank Chesterton Margaret Tragett Henry Norman Marrett
George Alan Thomas
Edward Hawthorn
Hazel Hogarth
1913 Guy Sautter Lavinia Radeglia Frank Chesterton
George Alan Thomas
Hazel Hogarth
Muriel Bateman
Guy Sautter
M. E. Mayston
1914 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
Frank Hodge
Margaret Stocks
Kitty McKane
1922 Guy Sautter
Frank Devlin
Margaret Tragett
Hazel Hogarth
1923 Lavinia Radeglia Frank Devlin
Gordon Mack
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
1926 Marjorie Barrett Frank Devlin
Gordon Mack
A. M. Head
Violet Elton
Frank Devlin
Eveline Peterson
1927 Margaret Tragett
Hazel Hogarth
1928 Margaret Tragett George Alan Thomas
Frank Hodge
Marjorie Barrett
Violet Elton
Albert Harbot
Margaret Tragett
1929 Marjorie Barrett Frank Devlin
Gordon Mack
Frank Devlin
Marian Horsley
1930 Donald C. Hume Herbert Uber
Betty Uber
1931 Frank Devlin Marian Horsley
Betty Uber
1932 Ralph Nichols Leoni Kingsbury Donald C. Hume
Raymond M. White
Marjorie Barrett
Leoni Kingsbury
1933 Raymond M. White Alice Woodroffe Marje Bell
Thelma Kingsbury
Donald C. Hume
Betty Uber
1934 Ralph Nichols Leoni Kingsbury Marje Henderson
Thelma Kingsbury
1935 Raymond M. White Betty Uber
1936 Ralph Nichols Thelma Kingsbury Leslie Nichols
Ralph Nichols
1937 Betty Uber
Diana Doveton
Ian Maconachie
Thelma Kingsbury
1938 Daphne Young Raymond M. White
Betty Uber
1939 Tage Madsen Dorothy Walton Thomas Boyle
James Rankin
Ruth Dalsgaard
Tonny Olsen
Ralph Nichols
Bessie 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
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 Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen David Choong
Eddy Choong
1952 Tonny Ahm Tonny Ahm
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen
1953 Eddy Choong Marie Ussing Iris Cooley
June White
David Choong
June White
1954 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 Cooley
June White
Finn Kobberø
Kirsten Thorndahl
1956 Eddy Choong Sue Devlin
Judy Devlin
Tony Jordan
June Timperley
1957 Judy Devlin Joe Alston
Johnny Heah
Anni Hammergaard Hansen
Kirsten Thorndahl
Finn Kobberø
Kirsten Thorndahl
1958 Erland Kops 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 Judy Hashman Finn Kobberø
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen
Judy Hashman
Sue Devlin Peard
1962 Judy Hashman
Tonny Holst-Christensen
Finn Kobberø
Ulla Rasmussen
1963 Judy Hashman
Sue Devlin Peard
1964 Knud Aage Nielsen Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Rasmussen
Tony Jordan
Jenny 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 Judy Hashman
Sue Devlin Peard
1967 Erland Kops Henning Borch
Erland Kops
Imre Rietveld
Ulla Strand
Svend Pri
Ulla Strand
1968 Rudy Hartono Eva Twedberg Minarni Sudaryanto
Retno Koestijah
Tony Jordan
Susan Pound
1969 Hiroe Yuki Margaret Boxall
Susan Whetnall
Roger Mills
Gillian Perrin
1970 Etsuko Takenaka Tom Bacher
Poul Petersen
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
1973 Margaret Beck Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks
1974 Hiroe Yuki Tjun Tjun
Johan Wahjudi
Margaret Beck
Gillian Gilks
David Eddy
Susan Whetnall
1975 Svend Pri Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka
Elliot Stuart
Nora Gardner
1976 Rudy Hartono Gillian Gilks Bengt Fröman
Thomas Kihlström
Gillian Gilks
Susan Whetnall
Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks
1977 Flemming Delfs Hiroe Yuki Tjun Tjun
Johan Wahjudi
Etsuko Toganoo
Emiko Ueno
1978 Liem Swie King Gillian Gilks Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada
Mike Tredgett
Nora Perry
1979 Lene Køppen Verawaty Fadjrin
Imelda Wiguna
Christian Hadinata
Imelda Wiguna
1980 Prakash Padukone 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 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
Chung So-young
Hwang Hye-young
1992 Liu Jun Tang Jiuhong Rudy Gunawan
Eddy Hartono
Yao Fen
Lin Yanfen
Thomas Lund
Pernille Dupont
1993 Hariyanto 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 Ricky Subagja
Rexy Mainaky
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 Candra Wijaya
Tony Gunawan
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 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 Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto
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 Baun 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 Baun Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
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
Liliyana 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
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 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

Full list

Multiple winners

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 Thomas49821
Frank Devlin67518
Judy Devlin10717
Meriel Lucas610117
Finn Kobberø7815
Betty Uber14813
Tonny Ahm26412
Ethel B. Thomson54211
Margaret Tragett35311
Hazel Hogarth5611
Erland Kops7411
Gillian Gilks23611
Kirsten Thorndahl15511
Gao Ling6511
Henry Norman Marrett35210
Ulla Strand3710
Ralph Nichols5319
Donald C. Hume1449
Park Joo-bong459
Chung Myung-hee459
Marjorie Barrett549
Kitty McKane4228
Gordon Mack1618
Rudy Hartono88
Nora Perry268
Raymond M. White2417
Thelma Kingsbury2417
Eddy Choong437
Frank Chesterton336
Guy Sautter3126
June Timperley336
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen66
Sue Devlin66
Tjun Tjun66
Johan Wahjudi66
Ra Kyung-min156
Kim Dong-moon246
Huang Sui66
Lin Dan66
Violet Elton55
Poul Holm145
Susan Whetnall325
Hiroe Yuki415
Etsuko Toganoo145
Chung So-young55
Ge Fei415
Yu Yang415
F. S. Collier314
Norman Wood2114
Albert Prebble314
G. L. Murray314
Lavinia Radeglia314
Herbert Uber134
Marje Henderson44
David Choong314
Wong Peng Soon44
Iris Rogers314
Tony Jordan44
Svend Pri134
Morten Frost44
Hwang Hye-young44
Susi Susanti44
Gu Jun44
Lee Chong Wei44
D. W. Oakes123
Daisy St. John123
Herbert Mellersh33
Stewart Marsden Massey33
Dorothy Cundall213
Margaret Stocks123
Eveline Peterson123
Frank Hodge33
Leoni Kingsbury213
Leslie Nichols33
Jørn Skaarup1113
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen213
Margaret Varner213
Poul-Erik Nielsen213
Henning Borch33
Ng Boon Bee33
Derek Talbot33
Machiko Aizawa33
Christian Hadinata213
Liem Swie King33
Mike Tredgett33
Thomas Kihlström213
Li Lingwei213
Kim Moon-soo33
Li Yongbo33
Tian Bingyi33
Thomas Lund123
Gil Young-ah33
Ye Zhaoying33
Ha Tae-kwon33
Zhang Jun33
Xie Xingfang33
Tine Baun33
Wang Xiaoli33
Tontowi Ahmad33
Liliyana Natsir33
Zhao Yunlei123
Tai Tzu-ying33
Mary Graeme22
E. M. Moseley112
Ralph Watling22
Dorothea K. Douglass112
Edward Hawthorn112
Alice Gowenlock22
Muriel Bateman22
Marian Horsley112
Diana Doveton22
Tage Madsen112
Preben Dabelsteen22
Marie Ussing22
Ooi Teik Hock22
Heather Ward112
Karin Jørgensen22
Tan Yee Khan22
Margaret Boxall22
Eva Twedberg22
Ade Chandra22
Imelda Wiguna112
Margaret Beck112
Lene Køppen22
Zhang Ailing22
Rudy Heryanto22
Hariamanto Kartono22
Lin Ying22
Wu Dixi22
Martin Dew22
Han Aiping112
Kim Yun-ja112
Zhao Jianhua22
Jon Holst-Christensen112
Rudy Gunawan22
Hariyanto Arbi22
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen22
Ricky Subagja22
Rexy Mainaky22
Tony Gunawan22
Gong Zhichao22
Candra Wijaya22
Chen Hong22
Jens Eriksen22
Martin Lundgaard Hansen22
Zheng Bo22
Zhang Yawen22
Cai Yun22
Fu Haifeng22
Wang Shixian22
Jung Jae-sung22
Lee Yong-dae22
Zhang Nan22
Mathias Boe22
Carsten Mogensen22
Chen Long22
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon22
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo22
Mohammad Ahsan22
Hendra Setiawan22
Huang Yaqiong22
Yuta Watanabe112
Praveen Jordan22

In the modern era players are less able to compete in multiple disciplines due to the differentiation of required skills and the physical demands of the game. Some men's and women's doubles players are able to compete successfully in mixed doubles. The last player to win in both singles and a doubles discipline was Li Lingwei of China who won women's doubles in 1985 then in women's singles in 1989.

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 later known as Larcombe
^4 – Margaret Tragett formerly known as Larminie
^5 – Gillian Gilks formerly known as Gillian Perrin and the latest was changed to Gillian Goodwin
^6 – Kirsten Thorndahl also known as Kirsten Granlund
^7 – Ulla Strand formerly known as Ulla Rasmussen
^8 – Kitty McKane later known as Godfree
^9 – Nora Perry formerly known as Nora Gardner
^10 – June Timperley formerly known as June White
^11 – Sue Devlin won her first three titles representing England then the next three representing Ireland
^12 – Susan Whetnall formerly known as Susan Pound
^13 – Etsuko Toganoo formerly known as Etsuko Takenaka
^14 – Iris Rogers formerly known as Iris Cooley

Performances by nation

Updated after the 2020 edition.

Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 England 24392846.552189.5
2 Denmark 211421112188
3 China 20226241385
4 Indonesia 154212648
5 South Korea 310121035
6 Malaysia 1411.50.526
7 Ireland 77.523.520
8 United States 1120.54118.5
9 Japan 1718118
10 Sweden 1320.56.5
11  Switzerland 30.514.5
12 Chinese Taipei 33
13 India 22
14 Canada 11
 Russia 11
 Spain 11
17 Netherlands 0.50.5
 Scotland 0.50.5
Total 109109110110110548

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