List of All England Men'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 Gentlemen's Singles was first contested in 1900.[2] Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in gentlemen's 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 Gentlemen’s Singles Champions
LocationBirmingham
United Kingdom
VenueArena Birmingham
Governing bodyNEC Group
Created1900
EditionsTotal: 109
Open Era (1980): 41
Prize money$77,000 (2020)
TrophyGentleman's Singles Trophy
Website
Most titles
Amateur era8: Rudy Hartono
Open era6: Lin Dan
Most consecutive titles
Amateur era7: Rudy Hartono
Open era2: Morten Frost
2: Hariyanto Arbi
2: Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
2: Lin Dan
2: Lee Chong Wei
Current champion
Viktor Axelsen – 2020
(First title)

History

In the Amateur Era, Rudy Hartono (1968–1974, 1976) holds the record for the most titles in the Gentlemen's Singles, winning All England eight times. Hartono also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1968 to 1974.

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, Lin Dan (2004, 2006–2007, 2009, 2012, 2016) holds the record for the most Gentlemen's Singles titles with six. Morten Frost (1986–1987), Hariyanto Arbi (1993–1994), Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (1995–1996), Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei (2010–2011) share the record for most consecutive victories with just two.

This event was won without losing a single game in the entire tournament during the Open Era as many as twelve times. The first to accomplish this was Prakash Padukone who won in the very first Open Era edition in 1980, followed by Morten Frost in 1986 and 1987, Yang Yang in 1989, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen in 1996, Sun Jun in 1998, Pullela Gopichand in 2001, Muhammad Hafiz Hashim in 2003, Chen Jin in 2008, Lin Dan in 2009 and 2012 and Lee Chong Wei in 2011.

Liem Swie King is the only player in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Gentlemen's Singles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. He managed to do so a total of seven times, winning on three occasions.

Finalists

Amateur era
YearCountryChampionCountryRunner–upScore
1900 ENGSydney Howard Smith ENGD. W. Oakes
1901 ENGH. W. Davies ENGRalph George Watling
1902 ENGRalph George Watling ENGE. Young
1903 ENGRalph George Watling ENGHenry Norman Marrett
1904 ENGHenry Norman Marrett ENGGeorge Alan Thomas
1905 ENGHenry Norman Marrett ENGRalph George Watling15–6, 15–2
1906 ENGNorman Wood ENGHenry Norman Marrett15–8, 18–13
1907 ENGNorman Wood ENGFrank Chesterton
1908 ENGHenry Norman Marrett IRLArthur Cave12–15, 18–14, 15–9
1909 ENGFrank Chesterton ENGHenry Norman Marrett15–8, 8–15, 15–10
1910 ENGFrank Chesterton ENGHenry Norman Marrett15–4, 15–10
1911  SUIGuy A. Sautter ENGJ. H. Colin Prior15–6, 15–11
1912 ENGFrank Chesterton  SUIGuy A. Sautter15–10, 15–13
1913  SUIU. N. Lapin (Guy A. Sautter) ENGFrank Chesterton15–7, 15–8
1914  SUIU. N. Lapin (Guy A. Sautter) ENGFrank Chesterton15–4, 15–10
1915
1919		No competition
1920 ENGGeorge Allen (George Alan Thomas) ENGWilliam Mather Swinden15–9, 14–17, 15–5
1921 ENGGeorge Alan Thomas ENGFrank Hodge15–7, 8–15, 15–3
1922 ENGGeorge Alan Thomas ENGFrank Hodge15–14, 15–5
1923 ENGGeorge Alan Thomas ENGHerbert Uber15–10, 15–10
1924 IRLGordon Sylvester Bradshaw Mack ENGGeorge Alan Thomas17–15, 9–15, 15–6
1925 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin ENGFrank Hodge11–15, 15–7, 18–15
1926 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin ENGAlbert Edward Harbot7–15, 15–5, 15–6
1927 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin ENGAlbert Edward Harbot15–3, 15–7
1928 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin ENGAlbert Edward Harbot15–10, 15–6
1929 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin ENGDonald Charles Hume15–4, 15–1
1930 ENGDonald Charles Hume ENGAlan Titherley15–12, 15–12
1931 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin ENGThomas Pattinson Dick3–15, 15–10, 15–3
1932 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols ENGRaymond Maurice White5–15, 15–11, 18–16
1933 ENGRaymond Maurice White ENGDonald Charles Hume
1934 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols ENGThomas Pattinson Dick15–11, 15–8
1935 ENGRaymond Maurice White ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols15–10, 15–7
1936 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols ENGRaymond Maurice White18–16, 17–18, 15–10
1937 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols ENGThomas Pattinson Dick15–8, 15–7
1938 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols DENJesper Bie15–4, 15–5
1939 DENTage Madsen ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols10–15, 18–13, 15–7
1940
1946		No competition
1947 SWEConny Jepsen INDPrakash Nath15–7, 15–11
1948 DENJørn Skaarup DENPoul Holm15–3, 15–13
1949 USADavid Guthrie Freeman MASTeik Hock Ooi15–1, 15–6
1950 MASPeng Soon Wong DENPoul Holm15–7, 15–10
1951 MASPeng Soon Wong MASPoh Lim Ong15–18, 18–14, 15–7
1952 MASPeng Soon Wong MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong15–11, 18–13
1953 MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong MASHock Aun Heah15–4, 15–4
1954 MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong CANDonald Smythe15–5, 15–6
1955 MASPeng Soon Wong MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong15–7, 14–17, 15–10
1956 MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong DENFinn Kobberø11–15, 15–3, 15–11
1957 MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong DENErland Kops15–9, 15–3
1958 DENErland Kops DENFinn Kobberø15–10, 8–15, 15–8
1959 INAJoe Hok Tan INAFerdinand Alexander Sonneville15–8, 10–15, 15–3
1960 DENErland Kops THACharoen Wattanasin15–11, 11–15, 15–6
1961 DENErland Kops DENFinn Kobberø15–10, 15–6
1962 DENErland Kops THACharoen Wattanasin15–10, 15–5
1963 DENErland Kops THAChannarong Ratanaseangsuang15–7, 15–7
1964 DENKnud Aage Nielsen DENHenning Borch8–15, 17–14, 15–4
1965 DENErland Kops MASAik Huang Tan15–13, 15–12
1966 MASAik Huang Tan JPNMasao Akiyama15–7, 15–4
1967 DENErland Kops MASAik Huang Tan15–12, 15–10
1968 INARudy Hartono MASAik Huang Tan15–12, 15–9
1969 INARudy Hartono INAPek Sen Wong15–1, 15–3
1970 INARudy Hartono DENSvend Pri15–7, 15–1
1971 INARudy Hartono INATjin Siang Ang15–1, 15–5
1972 INARudy Hartono DENSvend Pri15–9, 15–4
1973 INARudy Hartono INAChristian Hadinata15–4, 15–2
1974 INARudy Hartono MASPunch Gunalan8–15, 15–9, 15–10
1975 DENSvend Pri INARudy Hartono15–11, 17–14
1976 INARudy Hartono INASwie King Liem15–7, 15–6
1977 DENFlemming Delfs INASwie King Liem15–18, 15–11, 15–8
1978 INASwie King Liem INARudy Hartono15–10, 15–3
1979 INASwie King Liem DENFlemming Delfs15–7, 15–8

Open era
YearCountryChampionCountryRunner–upScore
1980 INDPrakash Padukone INASwie King Liem15–3, 15–10
1981 INASwie King Liem INDPrakash Padukone11–15, 15–4, 15–6
1982 DENMorten Frost CHNJin Luan11–15, 15–2, 15–7
1983 CHNJin Luan DENMorten Frost15–2, 13–15, 15–4
1984 DENMorten Frost INASwie King Liem9–15, 15–10, 15–10
1985 CHNJianhua Zhao DENMorten Frost6–15, 15–10, 18–15
1986 DENMorten Frost MASMisbun Sidek15–2, 15–8
1987 DENMorten Frost INAIcuk Sugiarto15–10, 15–0
1988 DENIb Frederiksen DENMorten Frost8–15, 15–7, 15–10
1989 CHNYang Yang DENMorten Frost15–6, 15–7
1990 CHNJianhua Zhao INAJoko Suprianto15–4, 15–1
1991 INAArdy Bernardus Wiranata MASKok Keong Foo15–12, 15–10
1992 CHNJun Liu CHNJianhua Zhao15–13, 15–13
1993 INAHariyanto Arbi INAJoko Suprianto15–7, 4–15, 15–11
1994 INAHariyanto Arbi INAArdy Bernardus Wiranata15–12, 17–14
1995 DENPoul-Erik Høyer Larsen INAHariyanto Arbi17–16, 15–6
1996 DENPoul-Erik Høyer Larsen MASRashid Sidek15–7, 15–6
1997 CHNJiong Dong CHNJun Sun15–9, 15–5
1998 CHNJun Sun MASEwe Hock Ong15–1, 15–7
1999 DENPeter Gade INATaufik Hidayat15–11, 7–15, 15–10
2000 CHNXuanze Xia INATaufik Hidayat15–6, 15–13
2001 INDPullela Gopichand CHNHong Chen15–12, 15–6
2002 CHNHong Chen INABudi Santoso7–4, 7–5, 7–1
2003 MASMuhammad Hafiz Hashim CHNHong Chen17–14, 15–10
2004 CHNDan Lin DENPeter Gade9–15, 15–5, 15–8
2005 CHNHong Chen CHNDan Lin8–15, 15–5, 15–2
2006 CHNDan Lin KORHyun-il Lee15–7, 15–7
2007 CHNDan Lin CHNYu Chen21–13, 21–12
2008 CHNJin Chen CHNDan Lin22–20, 25–23
2009 CHNDan Lin MASChong Wei Lee21–19, 21–12
2010 MASChong Wei Lee JPNKenichi Tago21–19, 21–19
2011 MASChong Wei Lee CHNDan Lin21–17, 21–17
2012 CHNDan Lin MASChong Wei Lee21–19, 6–2r
2013 CHNLong Chen MASChong Wei Lee21–17, 21–18
2014 MASChong Wei Lee CHNLong Chen21–13, 21–18
2015 CHNLong Chen DENJan Østergaard Jørgensen15–21, 21–17, 21–15
2016 CHNDan Lin CHNHouwei Tian21–9, 21–10
2017 MASChong Wei Lee CHNYuqi Shi21–12, 21–10
2018 CHNYuqi Shi CHNDan Lin21–19, 16–21, 21–9
2019 JPNKento Momota DENViktor Axelsen21–11, 15–21, 21–15
2020 DENViktor Axelsen TPETien-chen Chou21–13, 21–14

Statistics

Multiple champions

Bold indicates active players.

RankCountryPlayerAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeYears
1 INARudy Hartono8081968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976
2 DENErland Kops7071958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967
3 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin6061925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931
 CHNDan Lin062004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016
5 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols5051932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938
6 ENGGeorge Alan Thomas4041920, 1921, 1922, 1923
 MASPeng Soon Wong401950, 1951, 1952, 1955
 MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong401953, 1954, 1956, 1957
 DENMorten Frost041982, 1984, 1986, 1987
 MASChong Wei Lee042010, 2011, 2014, 2017
11 ENGHenry Norman Marrett3031904, 1905, 1908
 ENGFrank Chesterton301909, 1910, 1912
  SUI
 ENG		Guy A. Sautter301911, 1913, 1914
 INASwie King Liem211978, 1979, 1981
15 ENGRalph Watling2021902, 1903
 ENGNorman Wood201906, 1907
 ENGRaymond Maurice White201933, 1935
 CHNJianhua Zhao021985, 1990
 INAHariyanto Arbi021993, 1994
 DENPoul-Erik Høyer Larsen021995, 1996
 CHNHong Chen022002, 2005
 CHNLong Chen022013, 2015

Champions by country
RankCountryAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeFirst titleLast titleFirst championLast champion
1 England (ENG)2402419001938Sydney Howard SmithRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols
2 Denmark (DEN)1292119392020Tage MadsenViktor Axelsen
3 China (CHN)0202019832018Jin LuanYuqi Shi
4 Indonesia (INA)1141519591994Joe Hok TanHariyanto Arbi
5 Malaysia (MAS)951419502017Peng Soon WongChong Wei Lee
6 Ireland (IRL)70719241931Gordon Sylvester Bradshaw MackJoseph Francis Devlin
7  Switzerland (SUI)30319111914Guy A. Sautter
8 India (IND)02219802001Prakash PadukonePullela Gopichand
9 Sweden (SWE)1011947Conny Jepsen
 United States (USA)101949David Guthrie Freeman
 Japan (JPN)012019Kento Momota

Multiple finalists

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

RankCountryPlayerAmateur EraOpen EraAll-time
1 INARudy Hartono10010
 CHNDan Lin010
3 DENErland Kops808
 DENMorten Frost08
5 ENGHenry Norman Marrett707
 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols70
 INASwie King Liem43
 MASChong Wei Lee07
9 ENGGeorge Alan Thomas606
 ENGFrank Chesterton60
 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin60
 MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong60
13 ENGRalph Watling404
  SUI
 ENG		Guy A. Sautter40
 ENGRaymond Maurice White40
 MASPeng Soon Wong40
 MASAik Huang Tan40
 CHNHong Chen04
19 ENGFrank Hodge303
 ENGAlbert Edward Harbot30
 ENGThomas Pattinson Dick30
 ENGDonald Charles Hume30
 DENFinn Kobberø30
 DENSvend Pri30
 CHNJianhua Zhao03
 INAHariyanto Arbi03
 CHNLong Chen03
28 ENGNorman Wood202
 THACharoen Wattanasin20
 DENFlemming Delfs20
 INDPrakash Padukone02
 CHNJin Luan02
 INAJoko Suprianto02
 INAArdy Bernardus Wiranata02
 DENPoul-Erik Høyer Larsen02
 CHNJun Sun02
 DENPeter Gade02
 INATaufik Hidayat02
 CHNYuqi Shi02
 DENViktor Axelsen02

Trivia
  • In 1913 & 1914 Guy A. Sautter competed under the alias of U. N. Lapin and in 1920 George Thomas played under the alias of George Allen.
  • Only nine players have ever contested at least five finals back-to-back, with six of the records taking place back-to-back themselves. However, only the latter four of those players have done so in the Open Era. Those who have accomplished this rare feat include Frank Devlin, immediately after George Alan Thomas, followed by Morten Frost succeeding Liem Swie King more than half a century after, and finally more than two decades later, the legendary duo of Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei going down the same path:

Bold indicates active players.

RankCountryPlayerBack–to–back finalsPeriod
1 INARudy Hartono91968–1976
2 DENMorten Frost81982–1989
3 ENGRalph Cyril Fulford Nichols61934–1939
 MASEddy Ewe Beng Choong1952–1957
 INASwie King Liem1976–1981
 CHNDan Lin2004–2009
 MASChong Wei Lee2009–2014
8 ENGGeorge Alan Thomas51920–1924
 IRLJoseph Francis Devlin1925–1929
10 ENGHenry Norman Marrett41903–1906
  SUI
 ENG		Guy A. Sautter1911–1914
 DENErland Kops1960–1963
 MASAik Huang Tan1965–1968
14 ENGRalph Watling31901–1903
 ENGHenry Norman Marrett1908–1910
 ENGFrank Chesterton1912–1914
 ENGAlbert Edward Harbot1926–1928
 MASPeng Soon Wong1950–1952
 INAHariyanto Arbi1993–1995
 CHNHong Chen2001–2003
 CHNLong Chen2013–2015
  • The players who holds the record for most finals contested are Rudy Hartono and Lin Dan at 10.[5]
  • Between 2004 & 2018, either or both Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei have contested the final of 14 of the 15 editions held, with the exception of the final in 2015, which saw Lin eliminated in the semi-finals and Lee unable to compete due to a doping ban.[6][7]

See also

All England Open Badminton Championships other competitions

References
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  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. "Badminton Handbook". Bernd-Volker Brahms. 17 January 2014. p. 1972. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. "Legend reaches his 10th All England final". Badminton Europe. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. "Lin loses for 1st time to Chen in All–England Open semis". China Daily. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. "Badminton player Lee Chong Wei given backdated eight-month doping ban". The Guardian. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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