1959 All England Badminton Championships

The 1959 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 18 to 21 March 1959.[1]

1959 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates18 March 1959 (1959-03-18)
21 March 1959 (1959-03-21)
Edition49th
VenueWembley
LocationLondon
← < 1958 1960 > →

Final results edit

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Tan Joe Hok   Ferry Sonneville 15-8, 10–15, 15-3
Women's singles   Heather Ward   Judy Devlin 11-7, 3–11, 11-4
Men's doubles   Lim Say Hup & Teh Kew San   Henning Borch & Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen 15-2, 15-10
Women's doubles   Iris Rogers & June Timperley   Judy Devlin & Sue Devlin 11-15, 15–10, 15-11
Mixed doubles   Poul-Erik Nielsen & Inge Birgit Hansen   Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Granlund 14-17, 15–7, 15-3

Results edit

Men's singles edit

Section 1 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Tan Joe Hok 15 15
  Rune Brinkstedt 11 5 1   Hok 15 15
  Hugh Findlay 15 15   Findlay 1 2
  Harry Parmar 6 9 1   Hok 15 12 15
  Thanoo Khadjadbhye + w/o   Khadjadbhye 9 15 8
  Ingemaar Eliasson   Khadjadbhye 15 12 15
  Henning Borch 15 15   Borch 6 15 9
  Lee Kin Tat 7 7 1   Hok 15 17
4   Knud Aage Nielsen 18 15 4   Nielsen 11 14
  C A Darnell 13 0 4   Nielsen 15 15
  I P S Gill 15 16 15   Gill 6 10
  Lim Say Hup 6 18 11 4   Nielsen 15 15
  Berndt Dahlberg 15 15   Dahlberg 12 13
  Roger Mills 5 8   Dahlberg 15 15
  Peter Waddell 15 15   Waddell 6 8
  P Mulvaney 8 7
Section 2 edit
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
2   Ferry Sonneville 17 15
  Goran Wahlqvist 14 1 2   Sonneville 15 15
  William Havers 15 15   Havers 1 3
  F G White 4 9 2   Sonneville 15 18
  Teh Kew San + 15 17   Kew San 5 16
  Tony Jordan 8 16   Kew San 11 15
  Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15   Nielsen P.E 15 12 ret
  S C Woodley 10 7 2   Sonneville 15 15
3   Charoen Wattanasin 15 15 3   Wattanasin 4 3
  Gordon Rowlands 1 4 3   Wattanasin 15 15
  Bob McCoig 15 15   McCoig 2 2
  R Quiddington 7 8 3   Wattanasin 15 15
  Oon Chong Teik 15 15   Teik 3 9
  Bo Nilsson + 12 12   Teik 18 15
  Trevor Coates 15 15   Coates 16 2
  Kenneth Derrick 6 11

Women's singles edit

Section 1 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Heather Ward +
    Ward 11 11
  M E Govett   Govett 1 0
    Ward 11 11
  Mary O'Sullivan 11 11   O'Sullivan 3 5
  Kirsten Granlund 5 8   O'Sullivan 11 11
  Inge Birgit Hansen 11 11   Hansen 4 1
  W Bean 9 4   Ward 11 11
  Sue Devlin 11 11   Devlin S 3 2
  P E Broad 5 1   Devlin S 8 11 11
  Tonny Holst-Christensen 11 11   Holst-C 11 5 8
  P Warner 3 3   Devlin S 11 12
  Pratuang Pattabongse + 11 11   Pattabongse 7 10
  Jenny Pritchard 4 0   Pattabongse 12 11
  M K Frost 11 11   Frost 10 5
  Gladys Massie 6 4

Section 2 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Judy Devlin +
    Devlin J 11 11
  Eileen Pattison   Pattison 0 0
    Devlin J 11 11
  Hanne Jensen 11 11   Jensen 0 2
  B Holborn 4 7   Jensen 11 11
  A H Larman w/o   Larman 3 6
  June Timperley   Devlin J 11 11
  Iris Rogers 11 11   Rogers 3 4
  Rita Rabey 5 1   Rogers 11 11
  Yvonne Kelly 7 11 11   Kelly 1 2
  S J Baldwin 11 3 1   Rogers 3 12 11
  Inger Kjaergaard + 11 11   Kjaergaard 11 10 3
  Audrey Marshall 7 5   Kjaergaard 10 11 11
  Barbara Carpenter 11 11   Carpenter 12 9 4
  J E Childs 4 8

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References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy". The Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)