Since the first edition, in 1899, the All-England Open Championships – popularly referred to as All-England Open or just All-England – has become the most prestigious annual badminton tournament in the world.
Past winners of All-England is a long list of the whos-who in badminton. F.ex. Sir George Thomas, the founder of The Thomas Cup, has won a whopping 21 All-England titles. On the women’s side, American Judy Devlin (married name: Judy Hashman) won 17 titles. She won 10 women’s singles titles. Scroll down to see a searchable list of every single All-England Champion since 1899.
Until the 1930s there weren’t very many foreign players competing at the All-England. The winners from 1899 to 1937 were all from either England or Ireland.
But that soon changed.
In 1947 and 1948 all five categories were won by players from Denmark. (Conny Jepsen, the men’s singles champion in 1947, was born in Denmark, later emigrated to England, and after the war to Sweden. In 1947 he represented Sweden at the All England).
The following year, in 1949, the first All-England Champions from Asia were celebrated when Ooi Teik Hock and Teoh Seng Khoon from Malaysia won the men’s doubles. That same year, American David Freeman won the men’s singles category.
Soon more players from all parts of the world found their way to the All-England Open Championships.
The Chinese joined for the first time in 1982. In spite of their late arrival to the championships, China is currently the 3rd most victorious nation at the All England with a total of 85 titles won.
Most titles – as of 2022 – have been won by England with a total of 194 titles. Denmark, as the second most victorious nation, has bagged 89 titles, and Indonesia is in fourth place with 49 titles. So far 17 different countries have won one or more All-England Championship title
All-England winners from 1899 until now
Here is the complete list of all All-England winners from the inaugural tournament in 1899 up to the most recent tournament. If you are looking for a specific name, you can search the list. You can also sort the columns if you so desire.
Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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1899 | no competition | no competition | D. W. Oakes Stewart Marsden Massey | Meriel Lucas Mary Graeme | D. W. Oakes Daisy St. John |
1900 | Sydney H. Smith | Ethel Thomson | Herbert Mellersh F. S. Collier | Meriel Lucas Mary Graeme | D. W. Oakes Daisy St. John |
1901 | H. W. Davies | Ethel Thomson | Herbert Mellersh F. S. Collier | Daisy St. John E. M. Moseley | F. S. Collier Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown |
1902 | Ralph Watling | Meriel Lucas | Herbert Mellersh F. S. Collier | Ethel Thomson Meriel Lucas | Leonard Ransford E. M. Moseley |
1903 | Ralph Watling | Ethel Thomson | Stewart Marsden Massey Edward Huson | Mabel Hardy Dorothea Douglass | George Alan Thomas Ethel Thomson |
1904 | Henry Norman Marrett | Ethel Thomson | Albert Prebble Henry Norman Marrett | Ethel Thomson Meriel Lucas | Henry Norman Marrett Dorothea Douglass |
1905 | Henry Norman Marrett | Meriel Lucas | C. T. J. Barnes Stewart Marsden Massey | Ethel Thomson Meriel Lucas | Henry Norman Marrett Hazel Hogarth |
1906 | Norman Wood | Ethel Thomson | Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas | Ethel Thomson Meriel Lucas | George Alan Thomas Ethel Thomson |
1907 | Norman Wood | Meriel Lucas | Albert Prebble Norman Wood | G. L. Murray Meriel Lucas | George Alan Thomas G. L. Murray |
1908 | Henry Norman Marrett | Meriel Lucas | Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas | G. L. Murray Meriel Lucas | Norman Wood Meriel Lucas |
1909 | Frank Chesterton | Meriel Lucas | Frank Chesterton Albert Prebble | G. L. Murray Meriel Lucas | Albert Prebble Dora Boothby |
1910 | Frank Chesterton | Meriel Lucas | Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas | Muriel Bateman Meriel Lucas | Guy A. Sautter Dorothy Cundall |
1911 | Guy A. Sautter | Margaret Larminie | Percy Fitton Edward Hawthorn | Alice Gowenlock Dorothy Cundall | George Alan Thomas Margaret Larminie |
1912 | Frank Chesterton | Margaret Tragett | Henry Norman Marrett George Alan Thomas | Alice Gowenlock Dorothy Cundall | Edward Hawthorn Hazel Hogarth |
1913 | Guy A. Sautter | Lavinia Radeglia | Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas | Hazel Hogarth Muriel Bateman | Guy A. Sautter M. E. Mayston |
1914 | Guy A. Sautter | Lavinia Radeglia | Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas | Margaret Tragett Eveline Peterson | George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth |
1915– 1919 | no competition due to World War 1 | Lavinia Radeglia | Frank Chesterton George Alan Thomas | Margaret Tragett Eveline Peterson | George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth |
1920 | George Alan Thomas | Kitty McKane | Archibald Engelbach Raoul du Roveray | Lavinia Radeglia Violet Elton | George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth |
1921 | George Alan Thomas | Kitty McKane | George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge | Margaret McKane Kitty McKane | George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth |
1922 | George Alan Thomas | Kitty McKane | Guy A. Sautter Frank Devlin | Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth | George Alan Thomas Hazel Hogarth |
1923 | George Alan Thomas | Lavinia Radeglia | Frank Devlin Gordon Mack | Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth | Gordon Mack Margaret Tragett |
1924 | Gordon Mack | Kitty McKane | George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge | Margaret Stocks Kitty McKane | Frank Devlin Kitty McKane |
1925 | Frank Devlin | Margaret Stocks | Herbert Uber Arthur Kenneth Jones | Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth | Frank Devlin Kitty McKane |
1926 | Frank Devlin | Marjorie Barrett | Frank Devlin Gordon Mack | A. M. Head Violet Elton | Frank Devlin Eveline Peterson |
1927 | Frank Devlin | Marjorie Barrett | Frank Devlin Gordon Mack | Margaret Tragett Hazel Hogarth | Frank Devlin Eveline Peterson |
1928 | Frank Devlin | Margaret Tragett | George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge | Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton | Albert Harbot Margaret Tragett |
1929 | Frank Devlin | Marjorie Barrett | Frank Devlin Gordon Mack | Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton | Frank Devlin Marian Horsley |
1930 | Donald C. Hume | Marjorie Barrett | Frank Devlin Gordon Mack | Marjorie Barrett Violet Elton | Herbert Uber Betty Uber |
1931 | Frank Devlin | Marjorie Barrett | Frank Devlin Gordon Mack | Marian Horsley Betty Uber | Herbert Uber Betty Uber |
1932 | Ralph Nichols | Leoni Kingsbury | Donald C. Hume Raymond M. White | Marjorie Barrett Leoni Kingsbury | Herbert Uber Betty Uber |
1933 | Raymond M. White | Alice Woodroffe | Donald C. Hume Raymond M. White | Marje Bell Thelma Kingsbury | Donald C. Hume Betty Uber |
1934 | Ralph Nichols | Leoni Kingsbury | Donald C. Hume Raymond M. White | Marje Henderson Thelma Kingsbury | Donald C. Hume Betty Uber |
1935 | Raymond M. White | Betty Uber | Donald C. Hume Raymond M. White | Marje Henderson Thelma Kingsbury | Donald C. Hume Betty Uber |
1936 | Ralph Nichols | Thelma Kingsbury | Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols | Marje Henderson Thelma Kingsbury | Donald C. Hume Betty Uber |
1937 | Ralph Nichols | Thelma Kingsbury | Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols | Betty Uber Diana Doveton | Ian Maconachie Thelma Kingsbury |
1938 | Ralph Nichols | Daphne Young | Leslie Nichols Ralph Nichols | Betty Uber Diana Doveton | Raymond M. White Betty Uber |
1939 | Tage Madsen | Dorothy Walton | Thomas Boyle James Rankin | Ruth Dalsgaard Tonny Olsen | Ralph Nichols Bessie Staples |
1940– 1946 | no competition due to World War 2 | no competition due to World War 2 | no competition due to World War 2 | no competition due to World War 2 | no competition due to World War 2 |
1947 | Conny Jepsen | Marie Ussing | Tage Madsen Poul Holm | Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl | Poul Holm Tonny Ahm |
1948 | Jørn Skaarup | Kirsten Thorndahl | Preben Dabelsteen Børge Frederiksen | Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl | Jørn Skaarup Kirsten Thorndahl |
1949 | David G. Freeman | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | Ooi Teik Hock Teoh Seng Khoon | Betty Uber Queenie Allen | Clinton Stephens Patricia Stephens |
1950 | Wong Peng Soon | Tonny Ahm | Jørn Skaarup Preben Dabelsteen | Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl | Poul Holm Tonny Ahm |
1951 | Wong Peng Soon | Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | David Choong Eddy Choong | Tonny Ahm Kirsten Thorndahl | Poul Holm Tonny Ahm |
1952 | Wong Peng Soon | Tonny Ahm | David Choong Eddy Choong | Tonny Ahm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen | Poul Holm Tonny Ahm |
1953 | Eddy Choong | Marie Ussing | David Choong Eddy Choong | Iris Cooley June White | David Choong June White |
1954 | Eddy Choong | Judy Devlin | Ooi Teik Hock Ong Poh Lim | Sue Devlin Judy Devlin | John Best Iris Cooley |
1955 | Wong Peng Soon | Margaret Varner | Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen | Iris Cooley June White | Finn Kobberø Kirsten Thorndahl |
1956 | Eddy Choong | Margaret Varner | Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen | Sue Devlin Judy Devlin | Tony Jordan June Timperley |
1957 | Eddy Choong | Judy Devlin | Joe Alston Johnny Heah | Anni Hammergaard Hansen Kirsten Thorndahl | Finn Kobberø Kirsten Thorndahl |
1958 | Erland Kops | Judy Devlin | Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen | Margaret Varner Heather Ward | Tony Jordan June Timperley |
1959 | Tan Joe Hok | Heather Ward | Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San | Iris Rogers June Timperley | Poul-Erik Nielsen Inge Birgit Hansen |
1960 | Erland Kops | Judy Devlin | Finn Kobberø Poul-Erik Nielsen | Sue Devlin Judy Devlin | Finn Kobberø Kirsten Granlund |
1961 | Erland Kops | Judy Hashman | Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen | Judy Hashman Sue Devlin Peard | Finn Kobberø Kirsten Granlund |
1962 | Erland Kops | Judy Hashman | Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen | Judy Hashman Tonny Holst-Christensen | Finn Kobberø Ulla Rasmussen |
1963 | Erland Kops | Judy Hashman | Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen | Judy Hashman Sue Devlin Peard | Finn Kobberø Ulla Rasmussen |
1964 | Knud Aage Nielsen | Judy Hashman | Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen | Karin Jørgensen Ulla Rasmussen | Tony Jordan Jenny Pritchard |
1965 | Erland Kops | Ursula Smith | Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan | Karin Jørgensen Ulla Strand | Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand |
1966 | Tan Aik Huang | Judy Hashman | Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan | Judy Hashman Sue Devlin Peard | Finn Kobberø Ulla Strand |
1967 | Erland Kops | Judy Hashman | Henning Borch Erland Kops | Imre Rietveld Ulla Strand | Svend Pri Ulla Strand |
1968 | Rudy Hartono | Eva Twedberg | Henning Borch Erland Kops | Minarni Sudaryanto Retno Koestijah | Tony Jordan Susan Pound |
1969 | Rudy Hartono | Hiroe Yuki | Henning Borch Erland Kops | Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall | Roger Mills Gillian Perrin |
1970 | Rudy Hartono | Etsuko Takenaka | Tom Bacher Poul Petersen | Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall | Per Walsøe Pernille Mølgaard Hansen |
1971 | Rudy Hartono | Eva Twedberg | Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan | Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki | Svend Pri Ulla Strand |
1972 | Rudy Hartono | Noriko Nakayama | Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra | Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka | Svend Pri Ulla Strand |
1973 | Rudy Hartono | Margaret Beck | Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra | Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka | Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks |
1974 | Rudy Hartono | Hiroe Yuki | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks | David Eddy Susan Whetnall |
1975 | Svend Pri | Hiroe Yuki | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka | Elliot Stuart Nora Gardner |
1976 | Rudy Hartono | Gillian Gilks | Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström | Gillian Gilks Susan Whetnall | Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks |
1977 | Flemming Delfs | Hiroe Yuki | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno | Svend Pri Ulla Strand |
1978 | Liem Swie King | Gillian Gilks | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
1979 | Liem Swie King | Lene Køppen | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna | Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna |
1980 | Prakash Padukone | Lene Køppen | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Gillian Gilks Nora Perry | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
1981 | Liem Swie King | Hwang Sun-ai | Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono | Nora Perry Jane Webster | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry |
1982 | Morten Frost | Zhang Ailing | Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek | Lin Ying Wu Dixi | Martin Dew Gillian Gilks |
1983 | Luan Jin | Zhang Ailing | Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson | Xu Rong Wu Jianqiu | Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry |
1984 | Morten Frost | Li Lingwei | Rudy Heryanto Hariamanto Kartono | Lin Ying Wu Dixi | Martin Dew Gillian Gilks |
1985 | Zhao Jianhua | Han Aiping | Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong | Han Aiping Li Lingwei | Billy Gilliland Nora Perry |
1986 | Morten Frost | Kim Yun-ja | Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
1987 | Morten Frost | Kirsten Larsen | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee |
1988 | Ib Frederiksen | Gu Jiaming | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Chung So-young Kim Yun-ja | Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing |
1989 | Yang Yang | Li Lingwei | Lee Sang-bok Park Joo-bong | Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
1990 | Zhao Jianhua | Susi Susanti | Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong | Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
1991 | Ardy Wiranata | Susi Susanti | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
1992 | Liu Jun | Tang Jiuhong | Rudy Gunawan Eddy Hartono | Yao Fen Lin Yanfen | Thomas Lund Pernille Dupont |
1993 | Hariyanto Arbi | Susi Susanti | Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund | Chung So-young Gil Young-ah | Jon Holst-Christensen Grete Mogensen |
1994 | Hariyanto Arbi | Susi Susanti | Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto | Chung So-young Gil Young-ah | Nick Ponting Joanne Wright |
1995 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | Lim Xiaoqing | Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock | Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen |
1996 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | Bang Soo-hyun | Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min |
1997 | Dong Jiong | Ye Zhaoying | Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Liu Yong Ge Fei |
1998 | Sun Jun | Ye Zhaoying | Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
1999 | Peter Gade | Ye Zhaoying | Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan | Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min | Simon Archer Joanne Goode |
2000 | Xia Xuanze | Gong Zhichao | Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
2001 | Pullela Gopichand | Gong Zhichao | Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Zhang Jun Gao Ling |
2002 | Chen Hong | Camilla Martin | Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
2003 | Muhammad Hafiz Hashim | Zhou Mi | Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Zhang Jun Gao Ling |
2004 | Lin Dan | Gong Ruina | Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min |
2005 | Chen Hong | Xie Xingfang | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms |
2006 | Lin Dan | Xie Xingfang | Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Zhang Jun Gao Ling |
2007 | Lin Dan | Xie Xingfang | Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong | Wei Yili Zhang Yawen | Zheng Bao Gao Ling |
2008 | Chen Jin | Tine Rasmussen | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won | Zheng Bao Gao Ling |
2009 | Lin Dan | Wang Yihan | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting | He Hanbin Yu Yang |
2010 | Lee Chong Wei | Tine Rasmussen | Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen | Du Jing Yu Yang | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
2011 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Shixian | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Xu Chen Ma Jin |
2012 | Lin Dan | Li Xuerui | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae | Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
2013 | Chen Long | Tine Baun | Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
2014 | Lee Chong Wei | Wang Shixian | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
2015 | Chen Long | Carolina MarÃn | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting | Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei |
2016 | Lin Dan | Nozomi Okuhara | Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov | Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi | Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto |
2017 | Lee Chong Wei | Tai Tzu-ying | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee | Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong |
2018 | Shi Yuqi | Tai Tzu-ying | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
2019 | Kento Momota | Chen Yufei | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
2020 | Viktor Axelsen | Tai Tzu-ying | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota | Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti |
2021 | Lee Zii Jia | Nozomi Okuhara | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
2022 | Viktor Axelsen | Akane Yamaguchi | Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana | Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
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