| All England Open | |
| Last: | 2024 All England Open |
| Last Alias: | 2024 All England Open |
| Logo Size: | 170px |
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| Editions: | 114 (2024) |
| City: | Birmingham (2024) |
| Country: | England |
| Venue: | Arena Birmingham (2024) |
| Circuit: | Super 1000 |
| Men Draw: | 32S / 32D |
| Men Current: | Jonatan Christie (singles) Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto (doubles) |
| Men Most S: | 8, Rudy Hartono |
| Men Most D: | 9, George Alan Thomas |
| Women Draw: | 32S / 32D |
| Women Current: | Carolina Marín (singles) Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee (doubles) |
| Women Most S: | 10, Judy Devlin |
| Women Most D: | 10, Meriel Lucas |
| Mixed Draw: | 32 |
| Mixed Current: | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| Mixed Most M: | 8 George Alan Thomas Finn Kobberø |
| Mixed Most F: | 8, Betty Uber |
| Prize Money: | USD1,300,000 (2024) |
| Web Site: | https://www.allenglandbadminton.com/ |
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018.[1] The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton (Great Britain, China, Malaysia and Indonesia) are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis.[2]
The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held at London's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format, the singles were introduced from the second edition onward.[3] It was eventually considered – especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949 – the unofficial world championship of the sport until 1977, when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships.[4]
There were two instances when it was halted – from 1915 to 1919 (due to World War I) and from 1940 to 1946 (due to World War II).[5]
The tournament has been held at eight venues, and is now played at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham.[6]
| Years active | Venue | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899–1901 | HQ of the London Scottish Rifles | Buckingham Gate | |
| 1902 | Crystal Palace Central Transept | Sydenham Hill | |
| 1903–1909 | London Rifles Brigade's City Headquarters | Bunhill Row, Islington | |
| 1910–1939 | Lindley Hall, Vincent Square | Westminster, London | |
| 1947–1949 | Harringay Arena, North London Stadium | North London | |
| 1950–1956 | Empress Hall | Earls Court | |
| 1957–1993 | Wembley Arena | Wembley, London | |
| 1994–present | Arena Birmingham | Birmingham |
Below is the list of the most successful players in the All England Open Badminton Championships:
– Judy Devlin later known as Judy Hashman
– Tonny Ahm formerly known as Tonny Olsen
– Ethel Thomson later known as Larcombe
– Margaret Tragett formerly known as Larminie
– Gillian Gilks formerly known as Gillian Perrin and the latest was changed to Gillian Goodwin
– Kirsten Thorndahl also known as Kirsten Granlund
– Ulla Strand formerly known as Ulla Rasmussen
– Kitty McKane later known as Godfree
– Nora Perry formerly known as Nora Gardner
– June Timperley formerly known as June White
– Sue Devlin won her first three titles representing England then the next three representing Ireland
– Susan Whetnall formerly known as Susan Pound
– Etsuko Toganoo formerly known as Etsuko Takenaka
– Iris Rogers formerly known as Iris Cooley
– Margaret Stocks formerly known as Margaret McKane
| Nation | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left style="border: 3px solid red" | 27 | 39 | 28.5 | 46.5 | 53 | 194 | |
| 2 |  | 22 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 89 | |
| 3 |  | 21 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 88 | |
| 4 |  | 16 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 52 | |
| 5 |  | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 38 | ||
| 6 |  | 15 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 27 | |||
| 7 |  | 1 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 25 | |
| 8 |  | 7 | 7.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 20 | ||
| 9 |  | 1 | 12 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 18.5 | |
| 10 |  | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 12 |  | 2 | 2 | |||||
 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 14 |  | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 16 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
| 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Total | 113 | 113 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 568 | ||
