1954 All England Badminton Championships

The 1954 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England, from 17–21 March 1954.[1]

1954 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates17 March 1954 (1954-03-17)
21 March 1954 (1954-03-21)
Edition44th
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court
LocationLondon
← < 1953 1955 > →

Final results edit

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles   Eddy Choong   Donald Smythe 15–6, 15–5
Women's singles   Judy Devlin   Iris Cooley 11–7, 11–5
Men's doubles   Ooi Teik Hock & Ong Poh Lim   Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong 18–16, 15–12
Women's doubles   Judy Devlin & Sue Devlin   Iris Cooley & June White 15–7, 12–15, 15-8
Mixed doubles   John Best & Iris Cooley   Finn Kobberø & Inge Birgit Hansen 15–12, 15-0

Judy Devlin and Sue Devlin represented the United States, they were the daughters of former champion Frank Devlin of Ireland.

Men's singles edit

Section 1 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Eddy Choong 15 15
  Noel Radford 3 1 1   Choong 15 15
  F John Shaw 15 15   Shaw 7 5
  Eng Chin Khoo 10 12 1   Choong 15 8 15
  Palle Granlund 15 15   Granlund 9 15 12
  Vikram Bhat 4 7   Granlund 2 15 15
  Jeff Robson 15 15   Robson 15 10 12
  Berndt Dahlberg 5 0 1   Choong 15 15
  Poul Holm 15 6 15   Holm 5 10
  Trilok Nath Seth + 11 15 0   Holm 15 15
  Tony Jordan 15 15   Jordan 11 10
  Tom Wingfield 13 8   Holm 15 7 15
  Ong Poh Lim + 15 15   Po Lim 7 15 12
  Knut Malmgren 2 8   Poh Lim 15 15
  Ron Lockwood 18 15   Lockwood 3 3
  E E Symonds 17 11

Section 2 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Donald Smythe + 15 15
  R Quiddington 3 1   Smythe 15 15
  John Best 15 12 15   Best 6 2
  John Timperley 1 15 9   Smythe 15 15
  Johnny Heah 15 15   Heah 9 11
  M W Holborn 3 4   Heah 17 15
  Finn Kobberø + 15 15   Kobbero 14 5
  L T Lee 12 11   Smythe 15 15
  Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen 16 15 15   Hamegaard-H 3 5
  Leif Ekedahl 18 9 9   Hammegaard-H 14 15 15
2   Ooi Teik Hock 15 15 2   Teik Hock 18 10 13
  Alistair McIntyre 6 6   Hammegaard-H 15 15
  Nandu Natekar + 15 15   Natekar 5 6
  J A Broadhurst 4 3   Natekar 15 12 15
  Frank Peard 15 15   Peard 7 15 12
  Dick Hashman 4 7

+ Denotes seeded player

Women's singles edit

Section 1 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Judy Devlin + 11 11
  J M Baldwin 1 0   Devlin 11 11
  Elizabeth O'Beirne 11 11   O'Beirne 7 0
  Inge Birgit Hansen 6 0   Devlin 11 11
  Inger Kjaergaard 11 8 11   Kjaergaard 3 5
  Audrey Stone 2 11 4   Kjaergaard 11 11
  M D Flynn 11 11   Flynn 3 1
  I S Vallance 7 6   Devlin 11 11
  Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen + 11 11   Schiott-Jacobsen 5 3
  Ruth Page 4 2   Schiott-Jacobsen 11 11
  B Horner bye   Horner 2 0
    Schiott-Jacobsen 11 11
  Jenifer Peters bye   Peters 2 2
    Peters 7 11 11
  S Spreadborough bye   Spreadborough 11 5 6
 

Section 2 edit

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Iris Cooley bye
    Cooley 11 11
  Urusla Smith bye   Smith 0 0
    Cooley 11 11
  Birgit Schultz-Pedersen   Schultz-Pedersen 0 6
  bye   Schultz-Pedersen 11 11
  Nancy Horner bye   Horner 3 1
    Cooley 11 11
  Heather Robson + 12 11   Robson 7 5
  June White 10 6   Robson 11 11
  Karin Jorgensen bye   Jorgensen 2 0
    Robson 11 11
  Agnete Friis 11 11   Friis 7 5
  Sue Devlin 7 3   Friis 11 11
  Sylvia Ripley 11 7 11   Ripley 8 3
  Ulla Britt Schelin 9 11 9

References edit

  1. ^ "Login". www.thetimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2012.