List of All England Women's Doubles champions
The champions and runners-up of the All England Open Badminton Championships Ladies' Doubles tournament, first introduced to the championship in 1899. From 1915 to 1919, and from 1940 to 1946, no competition was held due to the two World Wars.
| Location | Birmingham United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Venue | Arena Birmingham |
| Governing body | NEC Group |
| Created | 1899 |
| Editions | Total: 110 Open Era (1980): 41 |
| Prize money | $81,400 (2020) |
| Trophy | Ladies' Doubles Trophy |
| Website | |
| Most titles | |
| Amateur era | 10: Meriel Lucas |
| Open era | 6: Gao Ling 6: Huang Sui |
| Most consecutive titles | |
| Amateur era | 7: Meriel Lucas |
| Open era | 6: Gao Ling 6: Huang Sui |
| Current champion | |
| Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota – 2020 (First title) | |
History
In the Amateur Era, Meriel Lucas (1899-1900, 1902, 1904-1910) holds the record for the most titles in the Ladies' Doubles, winning All England ten times. Lucas also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1904 to 1910.
Since the Open Era of badminton began in late 1979[1][2] with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Gao Ling and Huang Sui (2001-2006) holds the record for most and also consecutive victories with six.
Gillian Perrin, Nora Gardner, Atsuko Tokuda, Yoshiko Yonekura and Verawaty Fadjrin are the only players in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Doubles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. Perrin managed to do so a total of seven times, winning twice in the Amateur Era and once in the Open Era, Gardner four, winning twice in the Open Era, Tokuda thrice, with a sole victory in the Amateur Era and both Yonekura and Fadjrin twice, with Fadjrin registering a victory in the Amateur Era.
Finalists
Amateur era
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Open era
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Statistics
Multiple champions
Bold indicates active players.
Champions by country
| Rank | Country | Amateur Era | Open Era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champions | Last champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 45 | 2 | 47 | 1899 | 1981 | Meriel Lucas Mary Graeme | Nora Gardner Jane Webster |
| 2 |  | 0 | 24 | 24 | 1982 | 2019 | Ying Lin Dixi Wu | Qingchen Chen Yifan Jia |
| 3 |  | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1986 | 2017 | Myung-hee Chung Hye-young Hwang | Ye-na Chang So-hee Lee |
| 4 |  | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1939 | 2018 | Ruth Dalsgaard Tonny Olsen | Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
| 5 |  | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1971 | 2020 | Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota |
| 6 |  | 3.5 | 0 | 3.5 | 1958 | 1966 | Margaret Varner Heather Ward | Judy Devlin  |
| 7 | | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1926 | 1966 | A. M. Head | Sue Devlin |
 | 2 | 0 | 1968 | 1979 | Retno Koestijah Minarni Sudaryanto | Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna | ||
| 9 |  | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1967 | 1967 | Imre Rietveld | Imre Rietveld |
Multiple finalists
Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
Notes
Many female badminton players change their surname after marriage. Below are some of the former names or latest names as noted in the table above:
- ^1 – Margaret Tragett formerly known as Margaret Larminie
- ^2 – Tonny Ahm formerly known as Tonny Olsen
- ^3 – Judy Devlin later known as Judy Hashman
- ^4 – Ulla Strand formerly known as Ulla Rasmussen
- ^5 – Margaret Lockwood formerly known as Margaret Beck
- ^6 – Gillian Gilks formerly known as Gillian Perrin and the latest was changed to Gillian Goodwin
- ^7 – Nora Perry formerly known as Nora Gardner
See also
All England Open Badminton Championships other competitions
References
- All England Champions 1899-2007
- BadmintonEngland.co.uk
- badmintoneurope.com
- Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6
- "All England Open History: long trousers to Lin Dan". www.allenglandbadminton.com. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "Badminton Handbook". Bernd-Volker Brahms. 17 January 2014. p. 1972. Retrieved 11 March 2019.