All England Open Badminton Championships

All England Open

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Founded	1899; 126 years ago (1899)
Editions	115 (2025)
Location	Birmingham (2025) England
Venue	Arena Birmingham (2025)
Prize money	USD1,450,000 (2025)
Men's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	Shi Yuqi (singles) Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae (doubles)
Most singles titles	8, Rudy Hartono
Most doubles titles	9, George Alan Thomas
Women's
Draw	32S / 32D
Current champions	An Se-young (singles) Chiharu Shida Nami Matsuyama (doubles)
Most singles titles	10, Judy Devlin
Most doubles titles	10, Meriel Lucas
Mixed doubles
Draw	32
Current champions	Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui
Most titles (male)	8 George Alan Thomas Finn Kobberø
Most titles (female)	8, Betty Uber
Super 1000
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Last completed
2025 All England Open

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 Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018.^[1] The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton (Great Britain, China, Malaysia and Indonesia) are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

The tournament has been held at eight venues, and is now played at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham.^[6]

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 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 Thomson Meriel Lucas	Leonard Ransford E. M. Moseley
1903		Ethel Thomson	Stewart Marsden Massey Edward Huson	Mabel Hardy Dorothea Douglass	George Alan Thomas Ethel Thomson
1904	Henry Norman Marrett		Albert Prebble Henry Norman Marrett	Ethel Thomson Meriel Lucas	Henry Norman Marrett Dorothea Douglass
1905		Meriel Lucas	C. T. J. Barnes Stewart Marsden Massey		Henry Norman Marrett Hazel Hogarth
1906	Norman Wood	Ethel Thomson	Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas		George Alan Thomas Ethel 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 A. Sautter Dorothy Cundall
1911	Guy A. 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 A. Sautter	Lavinia Radeglia	Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas	Hazel Hogarth Muriel Bateman	Guy A. 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 McKane Kitty McKane
1922			Guy A. 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 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	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
2021	Lee Zii Jia	Nozomi Okuhara		Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
2022	Viktor Axelsen	Akane Yamaguchi	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida
2023	Li Shifeng	An Se-young	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2024	Jonatan Christie	Carolina Marín		Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee
2025	Shi Yuqi	An Se-young	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui

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[a]		10		7		17
Meriel Lucas		6		10	1	17
Finn Kobberø			7		8	15
Betty Uber		1		4	8	13
Tonny Ahm[b]		2		6	4	12
Ethel Thomson[c]		5		4	2	11
Margaret Tragett[d]		3		5	3	11
Hazel Hogarth				5	6	11
Erland Kops	7		4			11
Gillian Gilks[e]		2		3	6	11
Kirsten Thorndahl[f]		1		5	5	11
Gao Ling				6	5	11
Henry Norman Marrett	3		5		2	10
Ulla Strand[g]				3	7	10
Ralph Nichols	5		3		1	9
Donald C. Hume	1		4		4	9
Park Joo-bong			4		5	9
Chung Myung-hee				4	5	9
Marjorie Barrett		5		4		9
Kitty McKane[h]		4		2	2	8
Gordon Mack	1		6		1	8
Rudy Hartono	8					8
Nora Perry[i]				2	6	8
Raymond M. White	2		4		1	7
Thelma Kingsbury		2		4	1	7
Eddy Choong	4		3			7
Frank Chesterton	3		3			6
Guy A. Sautter	3		1		2	6
June Timperley[j]				3	3	6
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen			6			6
Sue Devlin[k]				6		6
Tjun Tjun			6			6
Johan Wahjudi			6			6
Ra Kyung-min				1	5	6
Kim Dong-moon			2		4	6
Huang Sui				6		6
Lin Dan	6					6
Violet Elton				5		5
Poul Holm			1		4	5
Ge Fei				4	1	5
Yu Yang				4	1	5
Susan Whetnall[l]				3	2	5
Hiroe Yuki		4		1		5
Etsuko Toganoo[m]		1		4		5
Yuta Watanabe			2		3	5
Chung So-young				5		5
F. S. Collier			3		1	4
Norman Wood	2		1		1	4
Albert Prebble			3		1	4
G. L. Murray				3	1	4
Lavinia Radeglia		3		1		4
Herbert Uber			1		3	4
Marje Henderson				4		4
David Choong			3		1	4
Wong Peng Soon	4					4
Iris Rogers[n]				3	1	4
Tony Jordan					4	4
Svend Pri	1				3	4
Morten Frost	4					4
Hwang Hye-young				4		4
Susi Susanti		4				4
Gu Jun				4		4
Lee Chong Wei	4					4
Huang Yaqiong					4	4
D. W. Oakes			1		2	3
Daisy St. John				1	2	3
Herbert Mellersh			3			3
Stewart Marsden Massey			3			3
Dorothy Cundall				2	1	3
Margaret Stocks[o]		1		2		3
Eveline Peterson				1	2	3
Frank Hodge			3			3
Leoni Kingsbury		2		1		3
Leslie Nichols			3			3
Jørn Skaarup	1		1		1	3
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen		2		1		3
Margaret Varner		2		1		3
Poul-Erik Nielsen			2		1	3
Henning Borch			3			3
Ng Boon Bee			3			3
Derek Talbot					3	3
Machiko Aizawa				3		3
Christian Hadinata			2		1	3
Liem Swie King	3					3
Mike Tredgett					3	3
Thomas Kihlström			2		1	3
Li Lingwei		2		1		3
Kim Moon-soo			3			3
Li Yongbo			3			3
Tian Bingyi			3			3
Thomas Lund			1		2	3
Gil Young-ah				3		3
Ye Zhaoying		3				3
Ha Tae-kwon			3			3
Zhang Jun					3	3
Xie Xingfang		3				3
Tine Baun		3				3
Wang Xiaoli				3		3
Tontowi Ahmad					3	3
Liliyana Natsir					3	3
Zhao Yunlei				1	2	3
Tai Tzu-ying		3				3
Arisa Igarashi[p]					3	3
Zheng Siwei					3	3
Mary Graeme				2		2
E. M. Moseley				1	1	2
Ralph Watling	2					2
Dorothea Douglass				1	1	2
Edward Hawthorn			1		1	2
Alice Gowenlock				2		2
Muriel Bateman				2		2
Marian Horsley				1	1	2
Diana Doveton				2		2
Tage Madsen	1		1			2
Preben Dabelsteen			2			2
Marie Ussing		2				2
Ooi Teik Hock			2			2
Heather Ward		1		1		2
Karin Jørgensen				2		2
Tan Yee Khan			2			2
Margaret Boxall				2		2
Eva Twedberg		2				2
Ade Chandra			2			2
Imelda Wiguna				1	1	2
Margaret Beck		1		1		2
Lene Køppen		2				2
Zhang Ailing		2				2
Rudy Heryanto			2			2
Hariamanto Kartono			2			2
Lin Ying				2		2
Wu Dixi				2		2
Martin Dew					2	2
Han Aiping		1		1		2
Kim Yun-ja		1		1		2
Zhao Jianhua	2					2
Jon Holst-Christensen			1		1	2
Rudy Gunawan			2			2
Hariyanto Arbi	2					2
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	2					2
Ricky Subagja			2			2
Rexy Mainaky			2			2
Tony Gunawan			2			2
Gong Zhichao		2				2
Candra Wijaya			2			2
Chen Hong	2					2
Jens Eriksen			2			2
Martin Lundgaard Hansen			2			2
Zheng Bo					2	2
Zhang Yawen				2		2
Cai Yun			2			2
Fu Haifeng			2			2
Wang Shixian		2				2
Jung Jae-sung			2			2
Lee Yong-dae			2			2