List of All England women's singles champions

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.

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 Marín2024
(2nd title)

History

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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

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Amateur era

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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

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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

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Multiple titles

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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

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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

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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

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  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

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References

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  1. ^ "The History of All England Championships". Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
  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)
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