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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: 114
Open era (since 1980): 45
Prize money$101,500 (2025)
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
An Se-young – 2025
(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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YearCountryChampionsCountryRunners–upScore
1900 ENGEthel Thomson ENGE. Moseley17–15, 15–11
1901 ENGEthel Thomson ENGMina Schrieber15–12, 15–7
1902 ENGMeriel Lucas ENGEthel Thomson15–11, 16–18, 15–2
1903 ENGEthel Thomson ENGDorothea Douglass18–15, 15–9
1904 ENGEthel Thomson ENGDorothea Douglass15–2, 15–8
1905 ENGMeriel Lucas ENGMabel Hardy9–15, 15–6, 15–9
1906 ENGEthel Thomson ENGM. E. BrownWalkover
1907 ENGMeriel Lucas ENGDorothea Douglass15–5, 8–15, 15–13
1908 ENGMeriel Lucas ENGG. L. Murray11–2, 11–3
1909 ENGMeriel Lucas ENGLavinia Radeglia11–3, 11–5
1910 ENGMeriel Lucas ENGMargaret Larminie11–5, 3–11, 11–5
1911 ENGMargaret Larminie ENGAlice Gowenlock11–9, 4–11, 11–4
1912 ENGMargaret Tragett[a] ENGEthel Larcombe[b]11–14, 11–2, 14–13
1913 ENGLavinia Radeglia ENGMargaret Tragett11–5, 11–8
1914 ENGLavinia Radeglia ENG Bottomley11–3, 11–5
1915–1919No competition
1920 ENGKitty McKane ENGMargaret Tragett11–6, 11–5
1921 ENGKitty McKane ENGMargaret Tragett11–5, 11–6
1922 ENGKitty McKane ENGMargaret Tragett11–7, 11–7
1923 ENGLavinia Radeglia ENGMarian Horsley11–8, 11–6
1924 ENGKitty McKane ENGMargaret Tragett11–4, 11–2
1925 ENGMargaret Stocks ENGMarjorie Barrett11–2, 11–7
1926 ENGMarjorie Barrett ENGMargaret Tragett11–7, 11–3
1927 ENGMarjorie Barrett ENGMargaret Tragett11–8, 11–3
1928 ENGMargaret Tragett ENGNora Coop11–3, 5–11, 11–5
1929 ENGMarjorie Barrett ENGF. Waterhouse11–8, 14–13
1930 ENGMarjorie Barrett ENGBetty Uber11–2, 5–11, 11–9
1931 ENGMarjorie Barrett ENGLeoni Kingsbury11–8, 4–11, 14–9
1932 ENGLeoni Kingsbury ENGAlice Woodroffe11–4, 5–11, 11–2
1933 ENGAlice Woodroffe ENGLeoni Kingsbury
1934 ENGLeoni Kingsbury ENGThelma Kingsbury11–4, 11–6
1935 ENGBetty Uber ENGAlice Teague11–1 11–6
1936 ENGThelma Kingsbury ENGBetty Uber5–11, 11–3, 11–2
1937 ENGThelma Kingsbury ENGDiana Doveton11–0, 11–0
1938 ENGDaphne Young ENGBetty Uber10–12, 12–11, 11–3
1939 CANDorothy Walton ENGDiana Doveton11–4, 11–5
1940–1946No competition
1947 DENMarie Ussing DENKirsten Thorndahl11–6, 6–11, 12–10
1948 DENKirsten Thorndahl DENTonny Ahm15–3, 15–13
1949 DENAase Schiøtt Jacobsen DENAase Svendsen8–11, 11–8, 11–4
1950 DENTonny Ahm DENAase Schiøtt Jacobsen11–4, 11–6
1951 DENAase Schiøtt Jacobsen DENTonny Ahm11–6, 11–2
1952 DENTonny Ahm DENAase Schiøtt Jacobsen11–4, 11–2
1953 DENMarie Ussing DENAgnete Friis11–2, 7–11, 11–2
1954 USAJudy Devlin ENGIris Cooley11–7, 11–5
1955 USAMargaret Varner USAJudy Devlin9–12, 11–5, 11–1
1956 USAMargaret Varner USAJudy Devlin11–8, 12–5
1957 USAJudy Devlin USAMargaret Varner11–2, 11–7
1958 USAJudy Devlin USAMargaret Varner11–7, 12–10
1959 ENGHeather Ward USAJudy Devlin11–7, 3–11, 11–4
1960 USAJudy Devlin USAMargaret Varner11–1, 11–9
1961 USAJudy Hashman[c] ENGUrsula Smith11–2, 11–6
1962 USAJudy Hashman ENGUrsula Smith11–4, 11–0
1963 USAJudy Hashman ENGAngela Bairstow11–5, 11–9
1964 USAJudy Hashman ENGUrsula Smith11–0, 11–3
1965 ENGUrsula Smith DENUlla Strand11–7, 11–7
1966 USAJudy Hashman NEDImre Rietveld11–6, 11–7
1967 USAJudy Hashman JPNNoriko Takagi5–11, 11–8, 12–10
1968 SWEEva Twedberg INAMinarni 11–6, 11–2
1969 JPNHiroe Yuki JPNNoriko Takagi11–5, 11–5
1970 JPNEtsuko Takenaka ENGHeather Nielsen[d]11–3, 11–4
1971 SWEEva Twedberg DENAnni Berglund11–3, 6–11, 11–2
1972 JPNNoriko Nakayama JPNHiroe Yuki11–5, 3–11, 11–7
1973 ENGMargaret Beck ENGGillian Gilks11–8, 11–0
1974 JPNHiroe Yuki ENGGillian Gilks11–5, 11–9
1975 JPNHiroe Yuki ENGGillian Gilks11–5, 11–9
1976 ENGGillian Gilks ENGMargaret Lockwood[e]11–0, 11–3
1977 JPNHiroe Yuki DENLene Køppen7–11, 11–3, 11–7
1978 ENGGillian Gilks JPNSaori Kondo11–1, 11–9
1979 DENLene Køppen JPNSaori Kondo13–9, 1–11, 11–8

Open era

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YearCountryChampionsCountryRunners–upScore
1980 DENLene Køppen INAVerawaty Fajrin11–2, 11–6
1981 KORSun-ae Hwang DENLene Køppen11–1, 11–2
1982 CHNAiling Zhang CHNLingwei Li11–4, 11–6
1983 CHNAiling Zhang CHNJianqiu Wu11–5, 10–12, 12–9
1984 CHNLingwei Li CHNAiping Han11–5, 11–8
1985 CHNAiping Han CHNLingwei Li11–7, 12–10
1986 KORYun-ja Kim CHNPing Qian11–6, 12–11
1987 DENKirsten Larsen CHNPing Qian9–7 (retired)
1988 CHNJiaming Gu KORYoung-suk Lee11–2, 11–2
1989 CHNLingwei Li INASusi Susanti11–8, 11–4
1990 INASusi Susanti CHNHua Huang12–11, 11–1
1991 INASusi Susanti INASarwendah Kusumawardhani0–11, 11–2, 11–6
1992 CHNJiuhong Tang KORSoo-hyun Bang9–12, 12–10, 11–1
1993 INASusi Susanti KORSoo-hyun Bang4–11, 11–4, 11–1
1994 INASusi Susanti CHNZhaoying Ye11–5, 11–9
1995 SWEXiaoqing Lim DENCamilla Martin11–9, 10–12, 11–3
1996 KORSoo-hyun Bang CHNZhaoying Ye11–1, 11–1
1997 CHNZhaoying Ye CHNZhichao Gong11–3, 11–1
1998 CHNZhaoying Ye CHNNing Zhang11–5, 11–8
1999 CHNZhaoying Ye CHNYun Dai9–11, 11–5, 11–1
2000 CHNZhichao Gong CHNYun Dai11–5, 8–11, 11–5
2001 CHNZhichao Gong CHNMi Zhou11–7, 11–3
2002 DENCamilla Martin CHNRuina Gong7–5, 8–6, 7–3
2003 CHNMi Zhou CHNXingfang Xie11–6, 11–5
2004 CHNRuina Gong CHNMi Zhou11–7, 11–7
2005 CHNXingfang Xie CHNNing Zhang11–3, 11–9
2006 CHNXingfang Xie CHNNing Zhang11–3, 9–11, 11–3
2007 CHNXingfang Xie FRAHongyan Pi21–6, 21–13
2008 DENTine Rasmussen CHNLan Lu21–11, 18–21, 22–20
2009 CHNYihan Wang DENTine Rasmussen21–19, 21–23, 21–11
2010 DENTine Rasmussen CHNYihan Wang21–14, 18–21, 21–19
2011 CHNShixian Wang JPNEriko Hirose24–22, 21–18
2012 CHNXuerui Li CHNYihan Wang21–13, 21–19
2013 DENTine Baun[f] THARatchanok Intanon21–14, 16–21, 21–10
2014 CHNShixian Wang CHNXuerui Li21–19, 21–18
2015 ESPCarolina Marín INDSaina Nehwal16–21, 21–14, 21–7
2016 JPNNozomi Okuhara CHNShixian Wang21–11, 16–21, 21–19
2017 TPETzu-ying Tai THARatchanok Intanon21–16, 22–20
2018 TPETzu-ying Tai JPNAkane Yamaguchi22–20, 21–13
2019 CHNYufei Chen TPETzu-ying Tai21–17, 21–17
2020 TPETzu-ying Tai CHNYufei Chen21–19, 21–15
2021 JPNNozomi Okuhara THAPornpawee Chochuwong21–12, 21–16
2022 JPNAkane Yamaguchi KORSe-young An21–15, 21–15
2023 KORSe-young An CHNYufei Chen21–17, 10–21, 21–19
2024 ESPCarolina Marín JPNAkane Yamaguchi26–24, 11–1 (retired)
2025 KORSe-young An CHNZhiyi Wang13–21, 21–18, 21–18
2026 CHNZhiyi Wang KORSe-young An21–15, 21–19

Statistics

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Multiple titles

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Bold indicates active players.

RankCountryPlayerAmateur eraOpen eraAll-timeYears
1 USAJudy Devlin100101954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967
2 ENGMeriel Lucas6061902, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910
3 ENGEthel Warneford Thomson5051900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906
ENGMarjorie Barrett501926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931
5 ENGKitty McKane4041920, 1921, 1922, 1924
JPNHiroe Yuki401969, 1974, 1975, 1977
INASusi Susanti041990, 1991, 1993, 1994
8 ENGMargaret Larminie3031911, 1912, 1928
ENGLavinia Clara Radeglia301913, 1914, 1923
CHNZhaoying Ye031997, 1998, 1999
CHNXingfang Xie032005, 2006, 2007
DENTine Rasmussen032008, 2010, 2013
TPETzu-ying Tai032017, 2018, 2020
14 ENGLeoni Kingsbury2021932, 1934
ENGThelma Kingsbury201936, 1937
DENMarie Ussing201947, 1953
DENAase Schiøtt Jacobsen201949, 1951
DENTonny Ahm201950, 1952
USAMargaret Varner201955, 1956
SWEEva Twedberg201968, 1971
ENGGillian Gilks201976, 1978
DENLene Køppen111979, 1980
CHNAiling Zhang021982, 1983
CHNLingwei Li021984, 1989
CHNZhichao Gong022000, 2001
CHNShixian Wang022011, 2014
JPNNozomi Okuhara022016, 2021
ESPCarolina Marín022015, 2024
KORSe-young An022023, 2025

Champions by country

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Multiple finalists

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

RankCountryPlayerAmateur eraOpen eraAll-time
1 USAJudy Devlin13013
2 ENGMargaret Larminie11011
3 ENGEthel Warneford Thomson707
4 ENGMeriel Lucas606
ENGMarjorie Barrett60
6 JPNHiroe Yuki505
ENGGillian Gilks50
INASusi Susanti05
CHNZhaoying Ye05
10 ENGLavinia Clara Radeglia404
ENGKitty McKane40
ENGLeoni Kingsbury40
ENGBetty Uber40
DENAase Schiøtt Jacobsen40
DENTonny Ahm40
ENGUrsula Smith40
DENLene Køppen22
CHNLingwei Li04
CHNXingfang Xie04
TPETzu-ying Tai04
DENTine Rasmussen04
22 ENGDorothea Katharina Douglass303
ENGAlice Woodroffe30
ENGThelma Kingsbury30
JPNNoriko Nakayama30
KORSoo-hyun Bang03
CHNZhichao Gong03
CHNNing Zhang03
CHNMi Zhou03
CHNYihan Wang03
CHNShixian Wang03
CHNYufei Chen03
JPNAkane Yamaguchi03
KORSe-young An03
35 ENGDiana Doveton202
DENMarie Ussing20
DENKirsten Thorndahl20
SWEEva Twedberg20
ENGMargaret Beck20
JPNSaori Kondo20
CHNAiling Zhang02
CHNAiping Han02
CHNPing Qian02
DENCamilla Martin02
CHNYun Dai02
CHNRuina Gong02
CHNXuerui Li02
THARatchanok Intanon02
JPNNozomi Okuhara02
ESPCarolina Marín02

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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