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. The Ladies' Singles was first contested in 1900. Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in ladies' singles. The tournament was cancelled between 1915–1919 because of World War I, and between 1940–1946 because of World War II.

History In the Amateur era, Judy Devlin (1954, 1957–1958, 1960–1964, 1966–1967) holds the record for the most titles in the Ladies' Singles, winning All England ten times. Devlin also holds the record for most consecutive titles with five from 1960 to 1964.

Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979 with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Susi Susanti (1990–1991, 1993–1994) holds the record for the most Ladies' Singles titles with four. Ye Zhaoying (1997–1999) and Xie Xingfang (2005–2007) share the record for most consecutive victories with three.

This event was won without losing a single game in the entire tournament during the Open Era as many as ten times. The first to accomplish this was Lene Køppen who won the very first Open Era edition in 1980, followed by Zhang Ailing in 1982, consecutively from 1984 to 1986 by Li Lingwei, Han Aiping and Kim Yun-ja respectively, Gu Jiaming in 1988, Zhou Mi in 2003, Xie Xingfang in 2005 and 2007 and Wang Shixian in 2014.

Lene Køppen is the only player in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Singles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. She managed to do so a total of four times, winning in the last and first editions of the Amateur and Open Era respectively and also losing once each in both Era.

Finalists Amateur era Year Country Champions Country Runners–up Score1900 17–15, 15–111901 15–12, 15–71902 15–11, 16–18, 15–21903 18–15, 15–91904 15–2, 15–81905 9–15, 15–6, 15–91906 Walkover1907 15–5, 8–15, 15–131908 11–2, 11–31909 11–3, 11–51910 11–5, 3–11, 11–51911 11–9, 4–11, 11–41912 11–14, 11–2, 14–131913 11–5, 11–81914 11–3, 11–51915–1919 No competition1920 11–6, 11–51921 11–5, 11–61922 11–7, 11–7 1923 11–8, 11–61924 11–4, 11–21925 11–2, 11–71926 11–7, 11–31927 11–8, 11–31928 11–3, 5–11, 11–51929 11–8, 14–131930 11–2, 5–11, 11–91931 11–8, 4–11, 14–9 1932 11–4, 5–11, 11–21933 1934 11–4, 11–6 1935 11–1 11–61936 5–11, 11–3, 11–21937 11–0, 11–0 1938 10–12, 12–11, 11–31939 11–4, 11–51940–1946 No competition1947 11–6, 6–11, 12–101948 15–3, 15–131949 8–11, 11–8, 11–41950 11–4, 11–6 1951 11–6, 11–21952 11–4, 11–21953 11–2, 7–11, 11–21954 11–7, 11–51955 9–12, 11–5, 11–11956 11–8, 12–51957 11–2, 11–71958 11–7, 12–101959 11–7, 3–11, 11–41960 11–1, 11–91961 11–2, 11–61962 11–4, 11–01963 11–5, 11–91964 11–0, 11–31965 11–7, 11–71966 11–6, 11–7 1967 5–11, 11–8, 12–101968 11–6, 11–21969 11–5, 11–51970 11–3, 11–41971 11–3, 6–11, 11–21972 11–5, 3–11, 11–71973 11–8, 11–01974 11–5, 11–91975 11–5, 11–91976 11–0, 11–3 1977 7–11, 11–3, 11–71978 11–1, 11–91979 13–9, 1–11, 11–8

Open era Year Country Champions Country Runners–up Score1980 11–2, 11–61981 11–1, 11–21982 11–4, 11–61983 11–5, 10–12, 12–91984 11–5, 11–81985 11–7, 12–101986 11–6, 12–111987 9–7 (retired)1988 11–2, 11–21989 11–8, 11–41990 12–11, 11–11991 0–11, 11–2, 11–61992 9–12, 12–10, 11–11993 4–11, 11–4, 11–11994 11–5, 11–91995 11–9, 10–12, 11–31996 11–1, 11–11997 11–3, 11–11998 11–5, 11–81999 9–11, 11–5, 11–12000 11–5, 8–11, 11–52001 11–7, 11–32002 7–5, 8–6, 7–32003 11–6, 11–52004 11–7, 11–72005 11–3, 11–92006 11–3, 9–11, 11–32007 21–6, 21–132008 21–11, 18–21, 22–202009 21–19, 21–23, 21–112010 21–14, 18–21, 21–192011 24–22, 21–182012 21–13, 21–192013 21–14, 16–21, 21–102014 21–19, 21–182015 16–21, 21–14, 21–72016 21–11, 16–21, 21–192017 21–16, 22–202018 22–20, 21–132019 21–17, 21–172020 21–19, 21–152021 21–12, 21–16202221–15, 21–15202321–17, 10–21, 21–19202426–24, 11–1 (retired)202513–21, 21–18, 21–18202621–15, 21–19

Statistics Multiple titles Bold indicates active players.

Rank Country Player Amateur era Open era All-time Years 1 10 0 10 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 2 6 0 6 1902, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 3 5 0 5 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906 5 0 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931 5 4 0 4 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924 4 0 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977 0 4 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 8 3 0 3 1911, 1912, 1928 3 0 1913, 1914, 1923 0 3 1997, 1998, 1999 0 3 2005, 2006, 2007 0 3 2008, 2010, 2013 0 3 2017, 2018, 2020 14 2 0 2 1932, 1934 2 0 1936, 1937 2 0 1947, 1953 2 0 1949, 1951 2 0 1950, 1952 2 0 1955, 1956 2 0 1968, 1971 2 0 1976, 1978 1 1 1979, 1980 0 2 1982, 1983 0 2 1984, 1989 0 2 2000, 2001 0 2 2011, 2014 0 2 2016, 2021 0 2 2015, 2024 0 2 2023, 2025

Champions by country Rank Country Amateur era Open era All-time First title Last title First champion Last champion 1 39 0 39 1900 1978 2 0 23 23 1982 2026 3 8 6 14 1947 2013 4 12 0 12 1954 1967 5 6 3 9 1969 2022 6 0 5 5 1981 2025 7 0 4 4 1990 1994 8 0 3 3 2017 2020 2 1 1968 1995 10 0 2 2 2015 2024 11 1 0 1 1939

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

Rank Country Player Amateur era Open era All-time 1 13 0 13 2 11 0 11 3 7 0 7 4 6 0 6 6 0 6 5 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 5 10 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 22 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 35 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2

Notes

See also List of All England men's singles champions List of All England men's doubles champions List of All England women's doubles champions List of All England mixed doubles champions

References

External links All England Champions 1899-2007 BadmintonEngland.co.uk badmintoneurope.com Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987,