1954 All England Badminton Championships

1954 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates17 March 1954 (1954-03-17)
21 March 1954 (1954-03-21)
Edition44th
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court
LocationLondon
← < 1953 1955 > →

The 1954 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England, from 17–21 March 1954.[1]

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Malaysia Eddy Choong Canada Donald Smythe 15–6, 15–5
Women's singles United States Judy Devlin England Iris Cooley 11–7, 11–5
Men's doubles Malaysia Ooi Teik Hock & Ong Poh Lim Malaysia Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong 18–16, 15–12
Women's doubles United States Judy Devlin & Sue Devlin England Iris Cooley & June White 15–7, 12–15, 15-8
Mixed doubles England John Best & Iris Cooley Denmark Finn Kobberø & Inge Birgit Hansen 15–12, 15-0

Judy Devlin and Sue Devlin represented the United States, they were the daughters of former champion Frank Devlin of Ireland.

Men's singles

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Section 1

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Malaysia Eddy Choong 15 15
England Noel Radford 3 1 1 Malaysia Choong 15 15
England F John Shaw 15 15 England Shaw 7 5
Malaysia Eng Chin Khoo 10 12 1 Malaysia Choong 15 8 15
Denmark Palle Granlund 15 15 Denmark Granlund 9 15 12
India Vikram Bhat 4 7 Denmark Granlund 2 15 15
New Zealand Jeff Robson 15 15 New Zealand Robson 15 10 12
Sweden Berndt Dahlberg 5 0 1 Malaysia Choong 15 15
Denmark Poul Holm 15 6 15 Denmark Holm 5 10
India Trilok Nath Seth + 11 15 0 Denmark Holm 15 15
England Tony Jordan 15 15 England Jordan 11 10
England Tom Wingfield 13 8 Denmark Holm 15 7 15
Malaysia Ong Poh Lim + 15 15 Malaysia Po Lim 7 15 12
Sweden Knut Malmgren 2 8 Malaysia Poh Lim 15 15
England Ron Lockwood 18 15 England Lockwood 3 3
England E E Symonds 17 11

Section 2

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Canada Donald Smythe + 15 15
England R Quiddington 3 1 Canada Smythe 15 15
England John Best 15 12 15 England Best 6 2
England John Timperley 1 15 9 Canada Smythe 15 15
Malaysia Johnny Heah 15 15 Malaysia Heah 9 11
England M W Holborn 3 4 Malaysia Heah 17 15
Denmark Finn Kobberø + 15 15 Denmark Kobbero 14 5
Malaysia L T Lee 12 11 Canada Smythe 15 15
Denmark Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen 16 15 15 Denmark Hamegaard-H 3 5
Sweden Leif Ekedahl 18 9 9 Denmark Hammegaard-H 14 15 15
2 Malaysia Ooi Teik Hock 15 15 2 Malaysia Teik Hock 18 10 13
Scotland Alistair McIntyre 6 6 Denmark Hammegaard-H 15 15
India Nandu Natekar + 15 15 India Natekar 5 6
England J A Broadhurst 4 3 India Natekar 15 12 15
Republic of Ireland Frank Peard 15 15 Republic of Ireland Peard 7 15 12
England Dick Hashman 4 7

+ Denotes seeded player

Women's singles

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Section 1

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
United States Judy Devlin + 11 11
England J M Baldwin 1 0 United States Devlin 11 11
England Elizabeth O'Beirne 11 11 England O'Beirne 7 0
Denmark Inge Birgit Hansen 6 0 United States Devlin 11 11
Denmark Inger Kjaergaard 11 8 11 Denmark Kjaergaard 3 5
England Audrey Stone 2 11 4 Denmark Kjaergaard 11 11
South Africa M D Flynn 11 11 South Africa Flynn 3 1
Scotland I S Vallance 7 6 United States Devlin 11 11
Denmark Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen + 11 11 Denmark Schiott-Jacobsen 5 3
England Ruth Page 4 2 Denmark Schiott-Jacobsen 11 11
England B Horner bye England Horner 2 0
Denmark Schiott-Jacobsen 11 11
England Jenifer Peters bye England Peters 2 2
England Peters 7 11 11
England S Spreadborough bye England Spreadborough 11 5 6

Section 2

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
England Iris Cooley bye
England Cooley 11 11
England Urusla Smith bye England Smith 0 0
England Cooley 11 11
Denmark Birgit Schultz-Pedersen Denmark Schultz-Pedersen 0 6
bye Denmark Schultz-Pedersen 11 11
Scotland Nancy Horner bye Scotland Horner 3 1
England Cooley 11 11
New Zealand Heather Robson + 12 11 New Zealand Robson 7 5
England June White 10 6 New Zealand Robson 11 11
Denmark Karin Jorgensen bye Denmark Jorgensen 2 0
New Zealand Robson 11 11
Denmark Agnete Friis 11 11 Denmark Friis 7 5
United States Sue Devlin 7 3 Denmark Friis 11 11
England Sylvia Ripley 11 7 11 England Ripley 8 3
Sweden Ulla Britt Schelin 9 11 9

References

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  1. ^ "Login". www.thetimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2012.