1952 All England Badminton Championships

1952 All England Championships

Tournament details
Dates	19 March 1952 (1952-03-19)– 22 March 1952 (1952-03-22)
Edition	42nd
Venue	Empress Hall, Earls Court
Location	London
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The 1952 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England, from 19 to 22 March 1952.^[1]

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Wong Peng Soon	Eddy Choong	15–11, 18–13
Women's singles	Tonny Ahm	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	11–4, 11–2
Men's doubles	Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong	Poul Holm & Ole Jensen	9–15, 15–12, 15–7
Women's doubles	Tonny Ahm & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Queenie Allen & Betty Uber	18–15, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm	Ole Jensen & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	15–4, 10–15, 15–7

Over 200 entries were received for the 1952 championships, a record.

Men's singles

Section 1

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Wong Peng Soon +	15	15
		P G Alcorn	2	5					Peng Soon	15	15
		Ole Jensen							Jensen	6	1
		Warwick Shute														Peng Soon	15	15
		Frank Peard	15	15												Peard	4	4
		R Radford	7	11					Peard
		Wynn Rogers							Rogers
		R S Hodge																					Peng Soon	15	15
		Johnny Heah +	15	15																			Heah	2	2
		P V Wilford	1	2					Heah	15	15
		Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen							H-Hansen	12	4
		Ole Mertz														Heah	15	11	17
		Nils Jonson +														Jonsson	11	15	14
		Tony Jordan							Jonson	15	15
		J A Broadhurst							Broadhurst	0	5
		John Nygaard

Section 2

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Eddy Choong +	15	15
		Khoo Eng Chin	1	3					Choong E	w/o
		A L Salway							Salway
		M Robinson														Choong E	15	15
		Ove Eilertsen														Eilertsen	7	0
		Jack McColl							Eilertsen	18	9	15
		Knut Malmgren +							Malmgren	15	15	11
		James 'Chick' Doyle																					Choong E	15	15
		Poul Holm +	15	15																			Holm	10	1
		S H Lim	4	4					Holm	15	15
		David Ewe Choong	15	15					Choong DE	6	11
		L T Lee	8	2												Holm	3	15	15
		Inge Blomberg +	15	15												Blomberg	15	8	5
		Jim Fitzgibbon	2	0					Blomberg	15	15
		John Best							Radford	9	9
		Noel Radford

+ Denotes seeded player

Women's singles

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Tonny Ahm +
		Mavis Henderson							Ahm	11	11
		Jean Lawless							Lawless	2	4
		A Peterssen														Ahm	11	11
		Aase Winther														Winther	8	4
									Winther	11	11	12
		Nancy Horner							Horner	12	7	10
		June White																					Ahm	11	11
		Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen																					Jacobsen	4	2
		S L Ripley							Jacobsen	11	11
		Ursula Smith							Smith	5	5
		E Christensen														Jacobsen	12	11
		Elizabeth O'Beirne +														O'Beirne	11	8
		B I Donaldson							O'Beirne	11	11
		Audrey Stone							Stone	4	2
		Iris Cooley

References

1. "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2012.