1952 All England Badminton Championships

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1952 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates19 March 1952 (1952-03-19)
22 March 1952 (1952-03-22)
Edition42nd
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court
LocationLondon
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The 1952

All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England, from 19 to 22 March 1952.[1]

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Malaysia Wong Peng Soon Malaysia Eddy Choong 15–11, 18–13
Women's singles Denmark Tonny Ahm Denmark Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 11–4, 11–2
Men's doubles
David Ewe Choong
Denmark Poul Holm & Ole Jensen 9–15, 15–12, 15–7
Women's doubles Denmark Tonny Ahm & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen England Queenie Allen & Betty Uber 18–15, 15–4
Mixed doubles Denmark Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm Denmark Ole Jensen & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 15–4, 10–15, 15–7

Over 200 entries were received for the 1952 championships, a record.

Men's singles

Section 1

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Malaysia Wong Peng Soon + 15 15
England P G Alcorn 2 5 Malaysia Peng Soon 15 15
Denmark Ole Jensen Denmark Jensen 6 1
England Warwick Shute Malaysia Peng Soon 15 15
Republic of Ireland Frank Peard 15 15 Republic of Ireland Peard 4 4
England R Radford 7 11 Republic of Ireland Peard
United States Wynn Rogers United States Rogers
Scotland R S Hodge Malaysia Peng Soon 15 15
Malaysia Johnny Heah + 15 15 Malaysia Heah 2 2
England P V Wilford 1 2 Malaysia Heah 15 15
Denmark Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Denmark H-Hansen 12 4
Denmark Ole Mertz Malaysia Heah 15 11 17
Sweden Nils Jonson + Sweden Jonsson 11 15 14
England Tony Jordan Sweden Jonson 15 15
England J A Broadhurst England Broadhurst 0 5
Denmark John Nygaard

Section 2

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Malaysia Eddy Choong + 15 15
Malaysia Khoo Eng Chin 1 3 Malaysia Choong E w/o
England A L Salway England Salway
England M Robinson Malaysia Choong E 15 15
Denmark Ove Eilertsen Denmark Eilertsen 7 0
England Jack McColl Denmark Eilertsen 18 9 15
Sweden Knut Malmgren + Sweden Malmgren 15 15 11
Republic of Ireland James 'Chick' Doyle Malaysia Choong E 15 15
Denmark Poul Holm + 15 15 Denmark Holm 10 1
Malaysia S H Lim 4 4 Denmark Holm 15 15
David Ewe Choong
15 15 Malaysia Choong DE 6 11
Malaysia L T Lee 8 2 Denmark Holm 3 15 15
Sweden Inge Blomberg + 15 15 Sweden Blomberg 15 8 5
Republic of Ireland Jim Fitzgibbon 2 0 Sweden Blomberg 15 15
England John Best England Radford 9 9
England Noel Radford

+ Denotes seeded player

Women's singles

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Denmark Tonny Ahm +
England Mavis Henderson Denmark Ahm 11 11
Republic of Ireland Jean Lawless Republic of Ireland Lawless 2 4
Sweden A Peterssen Denmark Ahm 11 11
Denmark Aase Winther Denmark Winther 8 4
Denmark Winther 11 11 12
Scotland Nancy Horner Scotland Horner 12 7 10
England June White Denmark Ahm 11 11
Denmark Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Denmark Jacobsen 4 2
England S L Ripley Denmark Jacobsen 11 11
England Ursula Smith England Smith 5 5
Denmark E Christensen Denmark Jacobsen 12 11
England Elizabeth O'Beirne + England O'Beirne 11 8
Republic of Ireland B I Donaldson England O'Beirne 11 11
England Audrey Stone England Stone 4 2
England Iris Cooley

References

  1. ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2012.