1961 All England Badminton Championships

The 1961 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 14–17 March 1961.[1]

1961 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates14 March 1961 (1961-03-14)–
17 March 1961 (1961-03-17)
Edition51st
VenueWembley
LocationLondon
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In 1960 Judy Devlin married and returned to the championships as Judy Hashman, her sister Sue Devlin also married and became Sue Peard and decided to represent Ireland, the native country of her father and former men's champion Frank Devlin.

Final results
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Erland Kops Finn Kobberø 15-10, 15-6
Women's singles Judy Hashman-Devlin Ursula Smith 11-2, 11-6
Men's doubles Finn Kobberø & Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Erland Kops & Poul-Erik Nielsen 15-6, 15-3
Women's doubles Sue Peard-Devlin & Judy Hashman-Devlin Catherine Dunglison & Wilma Tyre 15-5 15-4
Mixed doubles Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl Tony Jordan & June Timperley 15-12, 15-5

Results

Men's Singles

Section 1
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
1 Erland Kops 15 15
Gordon Rowlands 9 5 1 Kops 15 15
Trevor Coates 15 15 Coates 2 10
B K Wong 6 6 1 Kops 15 15
Bob McCoig + 13 15 15 McCoig 2 8
J T Woodhouse 15 3 7 McCoig 15 15
Bengt-Ake Jonsson 15 7 15 Jonsson 6 7
John Havers 3 15 6 1 Kops 15 15
Oon Chong Teik 15 9 18 Teik 8 8
Knud Aage Nielsen 4 15 13 Teik 17 15
Charoen Wattanasin + 15 15 Wattanasin 14 7
Poul Erik Nielsen 2 7 Teik 17 15
Bertil Glans 15 8 15 Glans 14 7
M Vincent 7 15 3 Glans 15 15
Bill Havers 17 15 Bill Havers 9 10
Jack Downey 15 12 ret

Section 2
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Finn Kobberø 18 15
Yeoh Keaw Hua 14 2 Kobberø 15 15
Ole Mertz 15 15 Mertz 5 5
Kenneth Derrick 3 10 Kobberø 15 15
Hugh Findlay 15 17 Findlay 7 7
Frank Shannon 12 15 Findlay 15 15
Bjorn Holst-Christensen 15 15 Holst-C 8 4
John Stanford 3 4 Kobberø 15 15
2 Ferry Sonneville 15 15 2 Sonneville 11 3
David Horton 1 6 2 Sonneville 15 15
David Rowe 15 10 18 Rowe 2 2
R T Ponnambalam 6 15 15 2 Sonneville 15 15
Henning Borch + 15 15 Borch 5 2
Tony Jordan 7 2 Borch 18 15
Lee Kin Tat 15 15 Kin Tat 13 6
F C Woodley 4 2

Women's Singles

Section 1
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Judy Hashman +
Hashman 11 11
F I Horne Horne 0 3
Hashman 11 11
Angela Bairstow Bairstow 1 1
Bairstow 10 11 11
Kirsten Dahl Dahl 12 2 4
Hashman 11 11
Sonya Cox 11 11 Cox 2 5
A H Larman 4 2 Cox 11 1 11
Tonny Holst-Christensen+ 11 11 Holst-C 3 11 4
M J Frost 1 2 Cox 11 11
Mary O'Sullivan w/o O'Sullivan 6 1
Pratuang Pattabongse O'Sullivan 11 11
M E Govett 4 11 11 Govett 1 3
Rita Rahey 11 6 1

Section 2
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Ursula Smith
Smith 11 11
B Holborn Holborn 4 1
Smith 11 11
Sue Peard-Devlin Peard 3 1
Peard 7 12
Hanne Jensen + Jensen 11 11
Smith 11 11
Wilma Tyre 12 4 11 Tyre 8 5
Yvonne Kelly 9 11 3 Tyre 7 11 11
Jenny Pritchard Pritchard 11 6 4
Tyre 11 9 11
Inge Hasselsteen + 11 11 Hasselsteen 7 11 3
Sheila Ryder 4 7 Hasselsteen 6 11 11
Eileen Pattison 8 11 11 Pattison 11 5 0
Anita Price 11 2 9
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References
  1. "Login". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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