The champions and runners-up of the All England Open Badminton Championships Ladies' Doubles tournament, first introduced to the championship in 1899. From 1915 to 1919, and from 1940 to 1946, no competition was held due to the two World Wars.
Location | Birmingham United Kingdom |
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Venue | Utilita Arena Birmingham |
Governing body | NEC Group |
Created | 1899 |
Editions | Total: 114 Open era (since 1980): 45 |
Prize money | $96,200 (2024) |
Trophy | Ladies' Doubles Trophy |
Website | allenglandbadminton.com |
Most titles | |
Amateur era | 10: Meriel Lucas |
Open era | 6: Gao Ling 6: Huang Sui |
Most consecutive titles | |
Amateur era | 7: Meriel Lucas |
Open era | 6: Gao Ling 6: Huang Sui |
Current champion | |
Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee – 2024 (1st title for Baek, 2nd title for Lee) |
History
editIn the Amateur era, Meriel Lucas (1899-1900, 1902, 1904-1910) holds the record for the most titles in the Ladies' Doubles, winning All England ten times. Lucas also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1904 to 1910.
Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979[1][2] with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Gao Ling and Huang Sui (2001-2006) holds the record for most and also consecutive victories with six.
Gillian Perrin, Nora Gardner, Atsuko Tokuda, Yoshiko Yonekura and Verawaty Fadjrin are the only players in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Doubles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. Perrin managed to do so a total of seven times, winning twice in the Amateur Era and once in the Open Era, Gardner four, winning twice in the Open Era, Tokuda thrice, with a sole victory in the Amateur Era and both Yonekura and Fadjrin twice, with Fadjrin registering a victory in the Amateur Era.
Finalists
editAmateur era
editOpen era
editStatistics
editMultiple titles
editBold indicates active players.
Champions by country
editRank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champions | Last champions |
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1 | England (ENG) | 44.5 | 2 | 47 | 1899 | 1981 | Meriel Lucas Mary Graeme |
Nora Gardner Jane Webster |
2 | China (CHN) | 0 | 24 | 24 | 1982 | 2019 | Ying Lin Dixi Wu |
Qingchen Chen Yifan Jia |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1986 | 2024 | Myung-hee Chung Hye-young Hwang |
Ha-na Baek So-hee Lee |
4 | Denmark (DEN) | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1939 | 2018 | Ruth Dalsgaard Tonny Olsen |
Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
5 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1971 | 2021 | Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki |
Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara |
6 | United States (USA) | 3.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 1958 | 1966 | Margaret Varner Heather Ward |
Judy Devlin Sue Devlin |
7 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1926 | 1966 | A. M. Head Violet Elton |
Sue Devlin Judy Devlin |
Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 0 | 1968 | 1979 | Retno Koestijah Minarni Sudaryanto |
Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna | ||
9 | Netherlands (NLD) | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1967 | 1967 | Imre Rietveld Ulla Rasmussen |
Imre Rietveld Ulla Rasmussen |
Multiple finalists
editBold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
Notes
edit- ^ Dorothea Lambert Chambers was formerly known as Dorothea Douglass, married 1907
- ^ Margaret Tragett was formerly known as Margaret Larminie, married 1911
- ^ Mrs Reynolds was an assumed name
- ^ Margaret Stocks was formerly known as Margaret McKane, married 1922
- ^ Marjorie Barrett was formerly known as Marjory East, married 1915
- ^ Marje Henderson was formerly known as Marje Bell, married in 1933
- ^ Tonny Ahm was formerly known as Tonny Olsen
- ^ Iris Rogers was formerly known as Iris Cooley, married in 1956
- ^ June Timperley was formerly known as June White, married in 1955
- ^ Judy Hashman was formerly known as Judy Devlin, married in 1960
- ^ Sue Peard was formerly known as Sue Devlin
- ^ Ulla Strand was formerly known as Ulla Rasmussen
- ^ Gillian Gilks was formerly known as Gillian Perrin, married in 1970
- ^ Nora Perry was formerly known as Nora Gardner, married in 1976
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "All England Open History: long trousers to Lin Dan". www.allenglandbadminton.com. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Brahms, Bernd-Volker (17 January 2014). Badminton Handbook. Meyer & Meyer Sport. p. 1972. ISBN 9781782553540. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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External links
edit- All England Champions 1899-2007
- BadmintonEngland.co.uk
- badmintoneurope.com
- Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6