1954 All England Badminton Championships

The 1954 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, England, from 17–21 March 1954.[1]

1954 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates17 March 1954 (1954-03-17)–
21 March 1954 (1954-03-21)
Edition44th
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court
LocationLondon
← < 1953 1955 > →

Final results
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Eddy Choong Donald Smythe 15–6, 15–5
Women's singles Judy Devlin Iris Cooley 11–7, 11–5
Men's doubles Ooi Teik Hock & Ong Poh Lim Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong 18–16, 15–12
Women's doubles Judy Devlin & Sue Devlin Iris Cooley & June White 15–7, 12–15, 15-8
Mixed doubles John Best & Iris Cooley Finn Kobberø & Inge Birgit Hansen 15–12, 15-0

Judy Devlin and Sue Devlin represented the United States, they were the daughters of former champion Frank Devlin of Ireland.

Men's singles

Section 1
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
1 Eddy Choong 15 15
Noel Radford 3 1 1 Choong 15 15
F John Shaw 15 15 Shaw 7 5
Eng Chin Khoo 10 12 1 Choong 15 8 15
Palle Granlund 15 15 Granlund 9 15 12
Vikram Bhat 4 7 Granlund 2 15 15
Jeff Robson 15 15 Robson 15 10 12
Berndt Dahlberg 5 0 1 Choong 15 15
Poul Holm 15 6 15 Holm 5 10
Trilok Nath Seth + 11 15 0 Holm 15 15
Tony Jordan 15 15 Jordan 11 10
Tom Wingfield 13 8 Holm 15 7 15
Ong Poh Lim + 15 15 Po Lim 7 15 12
Knut Malmgren 2 8 Poh Lim 15 15
Ron Lockwood 18 15 Lockwood 3 3
E E Symonds 17 11

Section 2
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Donald Smythe + 15 15
R Quiddington 3 1 Smythe 15 15
John Best 15 12 15 Best 6 2
John Timperley 1 15 9 Smythe 15 15
Johnny Heah 15 15 Heah 9 11
M W Holborn 3 4 Heah 17 15
Finn Kobberø + 15 15 Kobbero 14 5
L T Lee 12 11 Smythe 15 15
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen 16 15 15 Hamegaard-H 3 5
Leif Ekedahl 18 9 9 Hammegaard-H 14 15 15
2 Ooi Teik Hock 15 15 2 Teik Hock 18 10 13
Alistair McIntyre 6 6 Hammegaard-H 15 15
Nandu Natekar + 15 15 Natekar 5 6
J A Broadhurst 4 3 Natekar 15 12 15
Frank Peard 15 15 Peard 7 15 12
Dick Hashman 4 7

+ Denotes seeded player

Women's singles

Section 1
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Judy Devlin + 11 11
J M Baldwin 1 0 Devlin 11 11
Elizabeth O'Beirne 11 11 O'Beirne 7 0
Inge Birgit Hansen 6 0 Devlin 11 11
Inger Kjaergaard 11 8 11 Kjaergaard 3 5
Audrey Stone 2 11 4 Kjaergaard 11 11
M D Flynn 11 11 Flynn 3 1
I S Vallance 7 6 Devlin 11 11
Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen + 11 11 Schiott-Jacobsen 5 3
Ruth Page 4 2 Schiott-Jacobsen 11 11
B Horner bye Horner 2 0
Schiott-Jacobsen 11 11
Jenifer Peters bye Peters 2 2
Peters 7 11 11
S Spreadborough bye Spreadborough 11 5 6

Section 2
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Iris Cooley bye
Cooley 11 11
Urusla Smith bye Smith 0 0
Cooley 11 11
Birgit Schultz-Pedersen Schultz-Pedersen 0 6
bye Schultz-Pedersen 11 11
Nancy Horner bye Horner 3 1
Cooley 11 11
Heather Robson + 12 11 Robson 7 5
June White 10 6 Robson 11 11
Karin Jorgensen bye Jorgensen 2 0
Robson 11 11
Agnete Friis 11 11 Friis 7 5
Sue Devlin 7 3 Friis 11 11
Sylvia Ripley 11 7 11 Ripley 8 3
Ulla Britt Schelin 9 11 9
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References
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