List of All England women's singles champions

All England Open Badminton Championships Ladies' Singles Champions
LocationBirmingham
United Kingdom
VenueUtilita Arena Birmingham
Governing bodyNEC Group
Created1900
EditionsTotal: 113
Open era (since 1980): 45
Prize money$91,000 (2024)
TrophyPerpetual Challenge Bowl
Websiteallenglandbadminton.com
Most titles
Amateur era10: Judy Devlin
Open era4: Susi Susanti
Most consecutive titles
Amateur era5: Judy Devlin
Open era3: Ye Zhaoying
3: Xie Xingfang
Current champion
Carolina Marín – 2024
(2nd title)

The All England Open Badminton Championships is an annual British badminton tournament created in 1899. For four decades beginning 1954, the Championships was held at the Wembley Arena, London but since 1994, it has been played at the Arena Birmingham in the city of Birmingham, United Kingdom.[1] The Ladies' Singles was first contested in 1900.[2] Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in ladies' singles. The tournament was cancelled between 1915–1919 because of World War I, and between 1940–1946 because of World War II.

History

In the Amateur era, Judy Devlin (1954, 1957–1958, 1960–1964, 1966–1967) holds the record for the most titles in the Ladies' Singles, winning All England ten times. Devlin also holds the record for most consecutive titles with five from 1960 to 1964.

Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979[3][4] with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Susi Susanti (1990–1991, 1993–1994) holds the record for the most Ladies' Singles titles with four. Ye Zhaoying (1997–1999) and Xie Xingfang (2005–2007) share the record for most consecutive victories with three.

This event was won without losing a single game in the entire tournament during the Open Era as many as ten times. The first to accomplish this was Lene Køppen who won the very first Open Era edition in 1980, followed by Zhang Ailing in 1982, consecutively from 1984 to 1986 by Li Lingwei, Han Aiping and Kim Yun-ja respectively, Gu Jiaming in 1988, Zhou Mi in 2003, Xie Xingfang in 2005 and 2007 and Wang Shixian in 2014.

Lene Køppen is the only player in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Singles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. She managed to do so a total of four times, winning in the last and first editions of the Amateur and Open Era respectively and also losing once each in both Era.

Finalists

Amateur era

Year Country Champions Country Runners–up Score
1900  ENG Ethel Thomson  ENG E. Moseley 17–15, 15–11
1901  ENG Ethel Thomson  ENG Mina Schrieber 15–12, 15–7
1902  ENG Meriel Lucas  ENG Ethel Thomson 15–11, 16–18, 15–2
1903  ENG Ethel Thomson  ENG Dorothea Douglass 18–15, 15–9
1904  ENG Ethel Thomson  ENG Dorothea Douglass 15–2, 15–8
1905  ENG Meriel Lucas  ENG Mabel Hardy 9–15, 15–6, 15–9
1906  ENG Ethel Thomson  ENG M. E. Brown Walkover
1907  ENG Meriel Lucas  ENG Dorothea Douglass 15–5, 8–15, 15–13
1908  ENG Meriel Lucas  ENG G. L. Murray 11–2, 11–3
1909  ENG Meriel Lucas  ENG Lavinia Radeglia 11–3, 11–5
1910  ENG Meriel Lucas  ENG Margaret Larminie 11–5, 3–11, 11–5
1911  ENG Margaret Larminie  ENG Alice Gowenlock 11–9, 4–11, 11–4
1912  ENG Margaret Tragett[a]  ENG Ethel Larcombe[b] 11–14, 11–2, 14–13
1913  ENG Lavinia Radeglia  ENG Margaret Tragett 11–5, 11–8
1914  ENG Lavinia Radeglia  ENG Bottomley 11–3, 11–5
1915–1919 No competition
1920  ENG Kitty McKane  ENG Margaret Tragett 11–6, 11–5
1921  ENG Kitty McKane  ENG Margaret Tragett 11–5, 11–6
1922  ENG Kitty McKane  ENG Margaret Tragett 11–7, 11–7
1923  ENG Lavinia Radeglia  ENG Marian Horsley 11–8, 11–6
1924  ENG Kitty McKane  ENG Margaret Tragett 11–4, 11–2
1925  ENG Margaret Stocks  ENG Marjorie Barrett 11–2, 11–7
1926  ENG Marjorie Barrett  ENG Margaret Tragett 11–7, 11–3
1927  ENG Marjorie Barrett  ENG Margaret Tragett 11–8, 11–3
1928  ENG Margaret Tragett  ENG Nora Coop 11–3, 5–11, 11–5
1929  ENG Marjorie Barrett  ENG F. Waterhouse 11–8, 14–13
1930  ENG Marjorie Barrett  ENG Betty Uber 11–2, 5–11, 11–9
1931  ENG Marjorie Barrett  ENG Leoni Kingsbury 11–8, 4–11, 14–9
1932  ENG Leoni Kingsbury  ENG Alice Woodroffe 11–4, 5–11, 11–2
1933  ENG Alice Woodroffe  ENG Leoni Kingsbury
1934  ENG Leoni Kingsbury  ENG Thelma Kingsbury 11–4, 11–6
1935  ENG Betty Uber  ENG Alice Teague 11–1 11–6
1936  ENG Thelma Kingsbury  ENG Betty Uber 5–11, 11–3, 11–2
1937  ENG Thelma Kingsbury  ENG Diana Doveton 11–0, 11–0
1938  ENG Daphne Young  ENG Betty Uber 10–12, 12–11, 11–3
1939  CAN Dorothy Walton  ENG Diana Doveton 11–4, 11–5
1940–1946 No competition
1947  DEN Marie Ussing  DEN Kirsten Thorndahl 11–6, 6–11, 12–10
1948  DEN Kirsten Thorndahl  DEN Tonny Ahm 15–3, 15–13
1949  DEN Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen  DEN Aase Svendsen 8–11, 11–8, 11–4
1950  DEN Tonny Ahm  DEN Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 11–4, 11–6
1951  DEN Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen  DEN Tonny Ahm 11–6, 11–2
1952  DEN Tonny Ahm  DEN Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 11–4, 11–2
1953  DEN Marie Ussing  DEN Agnete Friis 11–2, 7–11, 11–2
1954  USA Judy Devlin  ENG Iris Cooley 11–7, 11–5
1955  USA Margaret Varner  USA Judy Devlin 9–12, 11–5, 11–1
1956  USA Margaret Varner  USA Judy Devlin 11–8, 12–5
1957  USA Judy Devlin  USA Margaret Varner 11–2, 11–7
1958  USA Judy Devlin  USA Margaret Varner 11–7, 12–10
1959  ENG Heather Ward  USA Judy Devlin 11–7, 3–11, 11–4
1960  USA Judy Devlin  USA Margaret Varner 11–1, 11–9
1961  USA Judy Hashman[c]  ENG Ursula Smith 11–2, 11–6
1962  USA Judy Hashman  ENG Ursula Smith 11–4, 11–0
1963  USA Judy Hashman  ENG Angela Bairstow 11–5, 11–9
1964  USA Judy Hashman  ENG Ursula Smith 11–0, 11–3
1965  ENG Ursula Smith  DEN Ulla Strand 11–7, 11–7
1966  USA Judy Hashman  NED Imre Rietveld 11–6, 11–7
1967  USA Judy Hashman  JPN Noriko Takagi 5–11, 11–8, 12–10
1968  SWE Eva Twedberg  INA Minarni 11–6, 11–2
1969  JPN Hiroe Yuki  JPN Noriko Takagi 11–5, 11–5
1970  JPN Etsuko Takenaka  ENG Heather Nielsen[d] 11–3, 11–4
1971  SWE Eva Twedberg  DEN Anni Berglund 11–3, 6–11, 11–2
1972  JPN Noriko Nakayama  JPN Hiroe Yuki 11–5, 3–11, 11–7
1973  ENG Margaret Beck  ENG Gillian Gilks 11–8, 11–0
1974  JPN Hiroe Yuki  ENG Gillian Gilks 11–5, 11–9
1975  JPN Hiroe Yuki  ENG Gillian Gilks 11–5, 11–9
1976  ENG Gillian Gilks  ENG Margaret Lockwood[e] 11–0, 11–3
1977  JPN Hiroe Yuki  DEN Lene Køppen 7–11, 11–3, 11–7
1978  ENG Gillian Gilks  JPN Saori Kondo 11–1, 11–9
1979  DEN Lene Køppen  JPN Saori Kondo 13–9, 1–11, 11–8

Open era

Year Country Champions Country Runners–up Score
1980  DEN Lene Køppen  INA Verawaty Fajrin 11–2, 11–6
1981  KOR Sun-ae Hwang  DEN Lene Køppen 11–1, 11–2
1982  CHN Ailing Zhang  CHN Lingwei Li 11–4, 11–6
1983  CHN Ailing Zhang  CHN Jianqiu Wu 11–5, 10–12, 12–9
1984  CHN Lingwei Li  CHN Aiping Han 11–5, 11–8
1985  CHN Aiping Han  CHN Lingwei Li 11–7, 12–10
1986  KOR Yun-ja Kim  CHN Ping Qian 11–6, 12–11
1987  DEN Kirsten Larsen  CHN Ping Qian 9–7 (retired)
1988  CHN Jiaming Gu  KOR Young-suk Lee 11–2, 11–2
1989  CHN Lingwei Li  INA Susi Susanti 11–8, 11–4
1990  INA Susi Susanti  CHN Hua Huang 12–11, 11–1
1991  INA Susi Susanti  INA Sarwendah Kusumawardhani 0–11, 11–2, 11–6
1992  CHN Jiuhong Tang  KOR Soo-hyun Bang 9–12, 12–10, 11–1
1993  INA Susi Susanti  KOR Soo-hyun Bang 4–11, 11–4, 11–1
1994  INA Susi Susanti  CHN Zhaoying Ye 11–5, 11–9
1995  SWE Xiaoqing Lim  DEN Camilla Martin 11–9, 10–12, 11–3
1996  KOR Soo-hyun Bang  CHN Zhaoying Ye 11–1, 11–1
1997  CHN Zhaoying Ye  CHN Zhichao Gong 11–3, 11–1
1998  CHN Zhaoying Ye  CHN Ning Zhang 11–5, 11–8
1999  CHN Zhaoying Ye  CHN Yun Dai 9–11, 11–5, 11–1
2000  CHN Zhichao Gong  CHN Yun Dai 11–5, 8–11, 11–5
2001  CHN Zhichao Gong  CHN Mi Zhou 11–7, 11–3
2002  DEN Camilla Martin  CHN Ruina Gong 7–5, 8–6, 7–3
2003  CHN Mi Zhou  CHN Xingfang Xie 11–6, 11–5
2004  CHN Ruina Gong  CHN Mi Zhou 11–7, 11–7
2005  CHN Xingfang Xie  CHN Ning Zhang 11–3, 11–9
2006  CHN Xingfang Xie  CHN Ning Zhang 11–3, 9–11, 11–3
2007  CHN Xingfang Xie  FRA Hongyan Pi 21–6, 21–13
2008  DEN Tine Rasmussen  CHN Lan Lu 21–11, 18–21, 22–20
2009  CHN Yihan Wang  DEN Tine Rasmussen 21–19, 21–23, 21–11
2010  DEN Tine Rasmussen  CHN Yihan Wang 21–14, 18–21, 21–19
2011  CHN Shixian Wang  JPN Eriko Hirose 24–22, 21–18
2012  CHN Xuerui Li  CHN Yihan Wang 21–13, 21–19
2013  DEN Tine Baun[f]  THA Ratchanok Intanon 21–14, 16–21, 21–10
2014  CHN Shixian Wang  CHN Xuerui Li 21–19, 21–18
2015  ESP Carolina Marín  IND Saina Nehwal 16–21, 21–14, 21–7
2016  JPN Nozomi Okuhara  CHN Shixian Wang 21–11, 16–21, 21–19
2017  TPE Tzu-ying Tai  THA Ratchanok Intanon 21–16, 22–20
2018  TPE Tzu-ying Tai  JPN Akane Yamaguchi 22–20, 21–13
2019  CHN Yufei Chen  TPE Tzu-ying Tai 21–17, 21–17
2020  TPE Tzu-ying Tai  CHN Yufei Chen 21–19, 21–15
2021  JPN Nozomi Okuhara  THA Pornpawee Chochuwong 21–12, 21–16
2022  JPN Akane Yamaguchi  KOR Se-young An 21–15, 21–15
2023  KOR Se-young An  CHN Yufei Chen 21–17, 10–21, 21–19
2024  ESP Carolina Marín  JPN Akane Yamaguchi 26–11, 11–1 (retired)

Statistics

Multiple titles

Bold indicates active players.

Rank Country Player Amateur era Open era All-time Years
1  USA Judy Devlin 10 0 10 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967
2  ENG Meriel Lucas 6 0 6 1902, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910
3  ENG Ethel Warneford Thomson 5 0 5 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906
 ENG Marjorie Barrett 5 0 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931
5  ENG Kitty McKane 4 0 4 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924
 JPN Hiroe Yuki 4 0 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977
 INA Susi Susanti 0 4 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
8  ENG Margaret Larminie 3 0 3 1911, 1912, 1928
 ENG Lavinia Clara Radeglia 3 0 1913, 1914, 1923
 CHN Zhaoying Ye 0 3 1997, 1998, 1999
 CHN Xingfang Xie 0 3 2005, 2006, 2007
 DEN Tine Rasmussen 0 3 2008, 2010, 2013
 TPE Tzu-ying Tai 0 3 2017, 2018, 2020
14  ENG Leoni Kingsbury 2 0 2 1932, 1934
 ENG Thelma Kingsbury 2 0 1936, 1937
 DEN Marie Ussing 2 0 1947, 1953
 DEN Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 2 0 1949, 1951
 DEN Tonny Ahm 2 0 1950, 1952
 USA Margaret Varner 2 0 1955, 1956
 SWE Eva Twedberg 2 0 1968, 1971
 ENG Gillian Gilks 2 0 1976, 1978
 DEN Lene Køppen 1 1 1979, 1980
 CHN Ailing Zhang 0 2 1982, 1983
 CHN Lingwei Li 0 2 1984, 1989
 CHN Zhichao Gong 0 2 2000, 2001
 CHN Shixian Wang 0 2 2011, 2014
 JPN Nozomi Okuhara 0 2 2016, 2021
 ESP Carolina Marín 0 2 2015, 2024

Champions by country

Rank Country Amateur era Open era All-time First title Last title First champion Last champion
1  England (ENG) 39 0 39 1900 1978 Ethel Warneford Thomson Gillian Gilks
2  China (CHN) 0 22 22 1982 2019 Ailing Zhang Yufei Chen
3  Denmark (DEN) 8 6 14 1947 2013 Marie Ussing Tine Rasmussen
4  United States (USA) 12 0 12 1954 1967 Judy Devlin
5  Japan (JPN) 6 3 9 1969 2022 Hiroe Yuki Akane Yamaguchi
6  Indonesia (INA) 0 4 4 1990 1994 Susi Susanti
 South Korea (KOR) 0 4 1981 2023 Sun-ae Hwang Se-young An
8  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 3 3 2017 2020 Tzu-ying Tai
 Sweden (SWE) 2 1 1968 1995 Eva Twedberg Xiaoqing Lim
10  Spain (ESP) 0 2 2 2015 2024 Carolina Marín
11  Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 1939 Dorothy Walton

Multiple finalists

Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.

Rank Country Player Amateur era Open era All-time
1  USA Judy Devlin 13 0 13
2  ENG Margaret Larminie 11 0 11
3  ENG Ethel Warneford Thomson 7 0 7
4  ENG Meriel Lucas 6 0 6
 ENG Marjorie Barrett 6 0
6  JPN Hiroe Yuki 5 0 5
 ENG Gillian Gilks 5 0
 INA Susi Susanti 0 5
 CHN Zhaoying Ye 0 5
10  ENG Lavinia Clara Radeglia 4 0 4
 ENG Kitty McKane 4 0
 ENG Leoni Kingsbury 4 0
 ENG Betty Uber 4 0
 DEN Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 4 0
 DEN Tonny Ahm 4 0
 ENG Ursula Smith 4 0
 DEN Lene Køppen 2 2
 CHN Lingwei Li 0 4
 CHN Xingfang Xie 0 4
 TPE Tzu-ying Tai 0 4
 DEN Tine Rasmussen 0 4
22  ENG Dorothea Katharina Douglass 3 0 3
 ENG Alice Woodroffe 3 0
 ENG Thelma Kingsbury 3 0
 JPN Noriko Nakayama 3 0
 KOR Soo-hyun Bang 0 3
 CHN Zhichao Gong 0 3
 CHN Ning Zhang 0 3
 CHN Mi Zhou 0 3
 CHN Yihan Wang 0 3
 CHN Shixian Wang 0 3
 CHN Yufei Chen 0 3
 JPN Akane Yamaguchi 0 3
34  ENG Diana Doveton 2 0 2
 DEN Marie Ussing 2 0
 DEN Kirsten Thorndahl 2 0
 SWE Eva Twedberg 2 0
 ENG Margaret Beck 2 0
 JPN Saori Kondo 2 0
 CHN Ailing Zhang 0 2
 CHN Aiping Han 0 2
 CHN Ping Qian 0 2
 DEN Camilla Martin 0 2
 CHN Yun Dai 0 2
 CHN Ruina Gong 0 2
 CHN Xuerui Li 0 2
 THA Ratchanok Intanon 0 2
 JPN Nozomi Okuhara 0 2
 KOR Se-young An 0 2
 ESP Carolina Marín 0 2

Notes

  1. ^ Margaret Tragett formerly known as Margaret Larminie, married 1911
  2. ^ Ethel Larcombe formerly Ethel Thomson, married in 1906
  3. ^ Judy Hashman formerly Judy Devlin, married in 1960
  4. ^ Heather Nielsen formerly Heather Ward
  5. ^ Margaret Lockwood formerly Margaret Beck, married in 1975
  6. ^ Tine Baun formerly Tine Rasmussen, married in 2010

See also

References

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  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. ^ "All England Open History: long trousers to Lin Dan". www.allenglandbadminton.com. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ Brahms, Bernd-Volker (17 January 2014). Badminton Handbook. Meyer & Meyer Sport. p. 1972. ISBN 9781782553540. Retrieved 11 March 2019. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)