1979 All England Open Badminton Championships

1979 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates	March 21–; March 25
Edition	69th
Venue	Wembley Arena
Location	London
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The 1979 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England in March 1979. ^[1]^[2]

Final results edit

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Liem Swie King	Flemming Delfs	15–7, 15–8
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Saori Kondo	13–9, 1–11, 11–8
Men's doubles	Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi	Stefan Karlsson & Claes Nordin	17–16, 15–3
Women's doubles	Verawaty Wiharjo & Imelda Wiguna	Atsuko Tokuda & Mikiko Takada	15-3, 10-15, 15-5
Mixed doubles	Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguna	Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry	15-1, 18–17

Men's singles edit

Seeds edit

Section 1 edit

Round of 32		Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

	Liem Swie King
			Swie King	15	15
	Mogens Neergaard		Neergaard	1	5
								Swie King	15	15
	Steen Fladberg							Fladberg	8	5
			Fladberg	15	2	17
	Thomas Kihlström		Kihlström	12	15	15
													Swie King	15	18
	Morten Frost Hansen												Frost	4	15
			Frost	15	15
	Brian Wallwork		Wallwork	2	1
								Frost	14	15	15
	Dhany Sartika							Sartika	17	13	12
			Sartika	15	18
	Kinji Zeniya		Zeniya	11	16

Section 2 edit

Round of 32		Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

	Flemming Delfs
			Delfs	15	15
	Philip Sutton		Sutton	5	0
								Delfs	15	12	15
	Sture Johnsson							Johnsson	8	15	5
			Johnsson	15	15
	Masao Tsuchida		Tsuchida	7	7
													Delfs	17	17
	Svend Pri												Pri	14	16
			Pri	12	15	15
	Kevin Jolly		Jolly	15	0	9
								Pri	15	15
	Lius Pongoh							Pongoh	4	6
			Pongoh	15	15
	Yoshitaka Iino		Iino	10	11

Women's singles edit

Seeds edit

Section 1 edit

Round of 32		Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals

	Lene Køppen
			Køppen

							Køppen	11	11
	Atsuko Tokuda						Tokuda	2	4
			Tokuda

											Køppen
	Gillian Gilks										Gilks
			Gilks	11	11
	Yoshiko Yonekura		Yonekura	0	1
							Gilks	12	11
	Wendy Carter						Carter	11	8
			Carter	12	11
	Hitomi Isheda		Isheda	10	6

Section 2 edit

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Saori Kondo

Kondo

11

Verawaty Wiharjo

Verawaty

6

3

Kondo

11

Mikiko Takada

Takada

3

4

Takada

w/o

Pia Nielsen

Nielsen

scr

Kondo

Jane Webster

Webster

8

12

11

Hiroe Yuki

Yuki

11

9

2

Yuki

References edit

^ "The Times (London)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ The Straits Times (Singapore)

[1] "The Times (London)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[2] The Straits Times (Singapore)

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