which india have reached all england badminton championship
1899 All England Badminton Championships


The 1899 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held in the Drill Hall at the London Scottish Rifles Headquarters in Buckingham Gate, London, England on 4 April 1899. There were no singles events staged. Following the first known open badminton tournament at the Guildford Drill Hall during 1898 the Badminton Association decided to stage the first All England Championships on 4 April 1899. The one day tournament was at the Drill Hall at the London Scottish Rifles Headquarters in Buckingham Gate and consisted of four courts with the two end courts having balconies over
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Eveline Peterson


Eveline Grace Peterson (17 January 1877 – 1944) was an English female badminton player. She mainly competed in the All England Open Badminton Championships, Scottish Open and Irish Open from the 1910s to the late 1920s. Peterson was born in Jalpaiguri, British India, to civil servant Frederick William Voysey Peterson and Mary Ann Jefford Hopewell. The family later moved to 12 Ildersly Grove in Dulwich. She achieved her maiden Championship title in her career after claiming the women's doubles title during the 1914 All England Badminton Championships partnering with Margaret
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Jack Purcell


in Ontario's amateur ranks. Purcell won five consecutive Ontario championships from 1927 to 1931, and was the Canadian National Badminton Champion in 1929 and 1930. Purcell became the leading badminton player in Canada, which led him to write a badminton column for the Toronto Star. In 1931, Purcell traveled to England, having beaten all his competitors in Canada. There, he won the Surrey Doubles but got only as far as the semi-finals in the All-England Championships. After his trip to England, Purcell returned to
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Utami Kinard


the Mexican Open Mixed Doubles Championship in 1979, and the South African Singles Championship in 1980. 1972 - Munich Olympics - Won the Silver medal in badminton women's singles (badminton was a demonstration sport). 1975 - All-England Badminton Championship -Reached the semi-finals of the women's singles. Represented either Indonesia, or the U.S., or both internationally in the following countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Scotland, Singapore,
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Anup Sridhar


Anup Sridhar () (born 11 April 1983, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India) is a male badminton player from India. Anup Sridhar is India's Thomas Cup captain.He completed his education from Jain University, Bangalore. Anup's best year on tour so far was 2007 during which he ended the year as the top Indian badminton player with a ranking of 25. His highest world ranking of 24 was achieved in early 2008. Having reached the semifinals at the German Open and the Asian Badminton Championships and the quarterfinals
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Rajeev Bagga


Rajeev Bagga (born 6 April 1967) is an Indian born deaf badminton player, who represents Britain. He was Indian national champion, and reached main stage of the 1990 All England Open Badminton Championships, the only deaf person to do so. He has won 12 golds and been singles champion at the Deaflympics from 1989 to 2001, and was named 'Deaflympian of the Century' by the Comité International des Sports des Sourds (International Committee of Deaf Sports) in 2001. In 1991, he won India's highest sports
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Dipankar Bhattacharjee


Dipankar Bhattacharjee (), born 1 February 1972, is a Badminton player from Assam, India. He represented India at many International tournaments including Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics. He was the Indian National Badminton Champion thrice and a runner-up twice. At Barcelona Olympics, he reached the pre-quarters. Pullela Gopichand (former All-England Champion) was ranked number two in Indian Badminton team for major part of Dipankar's reign in the Indian Badminton scene. Dipankar started playing badminton at a very early age. He was
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All England Open Badminton Championships


The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Superseries status in 2007, upgraded to Superseries Premier status in 2011. The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held at London's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format,
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Yu Yang (badminton)


All-England Championships in 2008, but avenged that loss by beating their All-England conquerors in the Olympic final. Yu has also enjoyed recent success in mixed doubles with He Hanbin. They captured titles at the Badminton Asia Championships and the Thailand and Denmark Opens in 2007; and the India, Swiss, Malaysia, and French Opens in 2008. They finished in third place at the Beijing Olympics, making Yu one of only two players to win two medals at the competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yu Yang
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Per Walsoe


Per Walsoe is a retired male badminton player from Denmark who won a number of Danish national and international doubles titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Walsoe won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Elo Hansen. He also captured the mixed doubles crown at the prestigious All-England Championships with Pernille Molgaard Hansen in 1970, having previously reached the final with the same partner in 1966 and 1967. Walsoe was also a runner-up with Svend Andersen (Pri) in the 1967 All
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India at the 2011 BWF World Championships


The Indian national badminton team participated in the 2011 BWF World Championships held at Wembley Arena in London, England from August 8 to August 14, 2011. It was the 19th tournament of the BWF World Championships, an annual event considered prestigious in the calendar of badminton. The tournament is organized by the world governing body of badminton Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF World Championships is an annual tournament, occurring every year except the year in which Summer Olympic Games are celebrated, as in this year Olympics gold medal is considered
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Albert Prebble


Albert Davis Prebble (22 October 1873 – 27 August 1946) was an English badminton and tennis player and a prominent badminton official. He captained the England badminton team in their first ever international match against Ireland in 1903. He won the All England badminton men's doubles three times. He also won the badminton mixed doubles in 1909 with Dora Boothby, the same year that he reached the Wimbledon Championships mixed doubles final with the same partner. He was Vice-President of the English Badminton Association from 1922-1946).
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P. V. Sindhu


title at the Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune. She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India. In the international circuit, Sindhu was a bronze medalist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo. At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category. Sindhu reached the quarterfinals
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2019 All England Open


The 2019 All England Open, officially YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2019 was a BWF World Tour 1000 event which took place at Arena Birmingham in England from 6 to 10 March 2019. It had a total purse of $1,000,000. The 2019 All England Open was the sixth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the All England Open championships, which had been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF. Ticket price for 2019 All England Open started at £
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Culture of Indonesia


train warriors. Pencak Silat is another popular form of sport, which was influenced by Asian culture as a whole. Another form of national sport is "sepak takraw". The rules are similar to volleyball: to keep the rattan ball in the air with the players' feet. Popular modern sports in Indonesia played at the international level include football (soccer), badminton and basketball. Badminton is one of Indonesia's most successful sports. Indonesian badminton athletes have played in Indonesia Open Badminton Championship, All England Open Badminton Championships
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Eddy Choong


Choong won the men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships four times between 1953 and 1957 when it was considered the unofficial world championship of the sport. He also reached the All-England singles final in 1952 and 1955 and won the men's doubles with his brother in 1951, 1952, and 1953. He was a member of the 1955 Malayan Thomas Cup (men's international) team which retained the world team championship, and the 1958 team which surrendered the title to Indonesia Eddy was also a strong promoter
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Lee Chong Wei


. He bowed out in the first round of Malaysia Masters, a tournament which he claimed he did not intend to participate in, third round of All England Open, and semi-finals of Badminton Asia Championships. In the team event, Lee managed to win all his matches, in both the Badminton Asia Team Championships and Thomas Cup. Malaysia reached the semi-finals and quarter-finals in the respective events. In July 2018, Lee extended his own record at the Malaysia Open, taking a 12th title in his
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Saina Nehwal


, winning a bronze medal in her second appearance. Nehwal has achieved several milestones in badminton for India. She is the only Indian to have won at least one medal in every BWF major individual event, namely the Olympics, the BWF World Championships, and the BWF World Junior Championships. She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal, along with being the only Indian to have won the BWF World Junior Championships or to have reached to the final of the BWF World Championships. In 2006, Nehwal
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Aamir Ghaffar


Aamir Ghaffar (born 18 August 1979 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani badminton player who competed professionally for England. He is most famous for winning the Canadian Open in 2004 and the men's singles title at the English National Badminton Championship in 2004 and 2005 and reached the final in 2008. His notable achievements are his victories over 2004 Olympic silver medalist Shon Seung Mo of Korea at the World Championships 2005 in California, World No. 5 Bao Chunlai at the All England Open 2004 and World No. 8 Dicky Palyama at All
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Indian National Badminton Championships


The Indian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in India since 1934. Until into the 1960s years were open the championships and also foreign players could play the championships. That is why the Dane Erland Kops is in the winner lists. The championships are locally now referred to as the All Indian National Badminton Championships. The National title in India for Men's Singles is played for the "Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup", Men's Doubles for the "Calcutta Badminton Cup", Women Singles for
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Angela Bairstow


Angela Bairstow was an English badminton player. She first came to prominence in 1958 when she won the National Junior singles title. Further wins followed in 1959 and 1960; in addition she won four junior doubles titles. After the step up to senior competition she reached the final of the 1963 All England Badminton Championships singles losing out to Judy Hashman. In 1963 at the All England Championships she was seeded to win in the Singles, Doubles and the Mixed. The controversy over her opponent picking up an old slow shuttlecock to finish
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Margaret Varner Bloss


impressive accomplishments came in badminton, which she took up at Texas Woman's University in the late 1940s, having already gained prominence in junior and collegiate tennis. In 1955 and 1956 she won consecutive Women's Singles titles at the All-England Championships, then the world's most prestigious badminton tournament for individual players. She was a runner-up in the All England Singles in 1957, 1958 and 1960, and shared the Doubles title in 1958. The fact that she won only one U.S. Singles title in badminton (1955
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Heather Robson


three mixed doubles titles, playing with her husband. In 1954 she reached the semi-finals of the singles at All England Badminton Championships and won the Irish singles title. At various times, Robson served as president of Auckland Tennis, Auckland Badminton, Badminton New Zealand. and Badminton Oceania. In 1988 Robson received a meritorious service award from the Badminton World Federation. She was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to racquet sports in the 2001 New Year Honours. In 2013 the Badminton World Federation
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Muhammad Hafiz Hashim


Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (born 13 September 1982 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan) is a former Malaysian professional badminton player whose biggest success is having won the 2003 All England Open Badminton Championships. He studied at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Ismail before transferring to Kuala Lumpur. Then, he transferred back to Kelantan and studied in Sultan Ismail College. He achieved worldwide fame when he won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2003. He is one of the most successful Malay badminton players aside from the Sidek brothers. Hafiz was among others also coached
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Badminton


in this series is the venerable All-England Championships, first held in 1900, which was once considered the unofficial world championships of the sport. Level three tournaments consist of Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix event. Top players can collect the world ranking points and enable them to play in the BWF Super Series open tournaments. These include the regional competitions in Asia (Badminton Asia Championships) and Europe (European Badminton Championships), which produce the world's best players as well as the Pan America Badminton Championships. The level
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Tonny Ahm


Tonny Kristine Ahm (f. Olsen) (September 21, 1914 – 1993) was a female badminton player of Denmark. She won 26 Danish National Championships between 1935 and 1957. She won eleven events at the prestigious All-England Championships, all but one of them after reaching the age of thirty. In her early forties she played singles for Denmark in the first Uber Cup (women's world team championship) series, and helped her team to a second-place finish. Ahm was included in the Badminton Hall of
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Pullela Gopichand


Pullela Gopichand (born 16 November 1973) is a former Indian badminton player. Presently, he is the Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone. He runs the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He received the Arjuna Award in 1999, the Dronacharya Award in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan – India's third highest civilian award – in 2014. Pullela Gopichand was born on 16 November 1973 to Pullela Subash Chandra and Subbaravamma
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Sport in Denmark


other areas of Southern Scandinavia. Denmark is Europe's strongest badminton country. Eleven gold medals have been won since the start of the World Championships in 1977. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen's victory at the 1996 Olympic Games is still the only gold medal for Europe. Erland Kops won seven All England Open Badminton Championships in singles and four All England titles in doubles from the late 1950s to the late 1960s, whilst Morten Frost was one of the top players of the 1980s, winning the 1984 World Badminton Grand Prix and four
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Syed Modi


man, Modi's name lives on in the field of badminton, which was his lifelong passion. After Modi's death, a badminton tournament was constituted in his memory. The All India Syed Modi badminton championship was hosted each year at Lucknow, which turned into "Syed Modi International Challenge" in 2004, and starting December 2009 it would turn into "Syed Modi Grand Prix", organized by Badminton Association of India. The Railways of which he was an employee, opened the Syed Modi Railway Stadium and auditorium at his
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List of All England Women's Singles champions


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
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List of All England Men's Singles champions


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 Gentlemen's Singles was first contested in 1900. Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in gentlemen's singles. The tournament was cancelled between 1915–1919 because of World War I, and between 1940–1946 because of World
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2018 All England Open


The 2018 All England Open, officially YONEX All England Open 2018 was a BWF World Tour 1000 event, one of the most prestigious badminton tournaments of the world which took place at Arena Birmingham in England from 14 to 18 March 2018. It had a total purse of 1 million $. The 2018 All England Open was the seventh tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the All England Open championships, which has been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF.
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Prakash Padukone


Prakash Padukone (ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ in Kannada) (born 10 June 1955) is a former Indian badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982 by the Government of India . He is one of the co-founders of Olympic Gold Quest , a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Olympic sports in India. Padukone was born on 10 June 1955
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Philip Sutton (badminton)


Philip "Phil" Sutton (born 4 May 1960, Ebbw Vale, Wales) is a Welsh badminton player. Phil Sutton won the Welsh badminton nationals singles title 6 times in row between 1979–1985. During his career Sutton won the 1982 Peruvian Open men's singles and doubles titles in Lima. Sutton also reached the quarter finals of the men's singles 1983 All England Championships at Wembley and the last 16 of the 1983 World Championships in Denmark losing to Morten Frost in both events. In 1984 Phil Sutton partnered with Jane Webster
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Rajeev Bagga


, and won the national championships in 1997, partnering with Vinod Kumar. Like most Indian players, he had difficulties with sports officialdom. In 1993 his participation in the Deaflympics was not formalized by the Badminton Association of India and led to considerable controversy. He remains active in sports, and won the 2008 All-England veteran men's singles (over 40). He narrowly missed his sixth Deaflympics gold in 2009. 2003 and 2007 he won the gold medal in the men's singles at the World Deaf Badminton Championships.
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Queenie Allen


Queenie Mary Allen (December 1911 — August 2, 2007), later Queenie Webber, was an English badminton player from the 1930s into 1950s. She won the women's doubles title at the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1949 with Betty Uber. She also won international competitions in Denmark, Scotland, South Africa, Ireland, and France. Allen competed in the 1934 All England Badminton Championships. At the 1948 South African Badminton Championships, Allen won in the women's doubles category, with her partner Betty Uber. In
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Badminton


H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club drew up revised regulations. In 1890, Hart and Bagnel Wild again revised the rules. The Badminton Association of England (BAE) published these rules in 1893 and officially launched the sport at a house called "Dunbar" in Portsmouth on 13 September. The BAE started the first badminton competition, the All England Open Badminton Championships for gentlemen's doubles, ladies' doubles, and mixed doubles, in 1899. Singles competitions were added in 1900 and an England–Ireland championship match appeared
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Dai Yun


, 2002. However, in badminton's three most prestigious competitions for individual players; the All-England Championships, the World Championships, and the Olympic Games; victory eluded Dai. She was a runner-up to Chinese teammates at the 1999 and 2000 All-Englands. At the 1999 World Championships in Copenhagen she reached the final only to lose the closest of matches to Denmark's Camilla Martin. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney she was beaten by Martin, again, in the semifinals, and then lost a close
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Badminton in India


England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to ever win the prestigious title. Nehwal won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the first for the country in badminton, and in the next edition in Rio 2016. P.V.Sindhu won the 2nd medal in badminton for India, winning a silver in the Women's singles. India has won medals at the BWF World Championships as well, with Padukone winning in 1982. The doubles pairing of Gutta and Ponnappa became
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Donald C. Hume


Donald Charles Hume (1907 – 1986) was a male badminton player from England. Hume won the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1930. He also won the Men's Doubles with Raymond M. White for four consecutive years from 1932 to 1935 and the mixed doubles with Betty Uber from 1933-1936. He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2
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Nikhil Kanetkar


Nikhil Kanetkar (born 13 May 1979) is the only Olympic badminton player from Pune India. Born in a Maharashtrian family, Kanetkar played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Sergio Llopis of Spain in the first round. In the round of 16, Kanetkar was defeated by Peter Gade of Denmark. In addition to Olympics, Kanetkar has represented India in the Thomas Cup, All England Open, Asian Games, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, SAF Games, Swiss Open, French Open, Toulouse Open
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2009 BWF World Championships


The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from 10 August – 16 August 2009. It was the first ever World Championships event to take place in India. Badminton England withdrew before the first round due to a perceived threat of terror against the team. They were later joined by two Austrian doubles players. Lin Dan won the men's singles event, thus
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Gillian Clark (badminton)


Championships; three consecutively (1982, 1984, and 1986) in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles (1988). She reached the finals of the prestigious All-England Championships twice in mixed doubles and once in women's doubles. At the quadrennial Commonwealth Games she won women's doubles gold in 1986 and mixed doubles gold in 1994, along with women's doubles silver in 1990 and 1994. Clark competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Julie Bradbury. In the first round they
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U.S. National Badminton Championships


The U.S. National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by USA Badminton (originally the American Badminton Association) and held annually to crown the best badminton players in the United States. The tournament started in Chicago in 1937. Currently, all participants must be U.S. citizens or have resided in the United States in the preceding 12 months. There is also a separate U.S. Open Badminton Championships which is open to foreign competitors. The history of the two tournaments is rather complicated. Prior to 1954 all U.S. Badminton Championships had a "closed"
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List of All England Women's Singles champions


, 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. Bold indicates active players. Bold indicates active players.br"Italic" indicates players who never won the championship. Many female badminton
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Badminton


in 1904. England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand were the founding members of the International Badminton Federation in 1934, now known as the Badminton World Federation. India joined as an affiliate in 1936. The BWF now governs international badminton. Although initiated in England, competitive men's badminton has traditionally been dominated in Europe by Denmark. Worldwide, Asian nations have become dominant in international competition. China, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea
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Raymond M. White


Raymond Maurice "Bill" White (1909–1972) was an English international badminton player. White won the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles twice, in 1933 and in 1935. He also won the Men's Doubles with Donald C. Hume for four consecutive years from 1932 to 1935 and the 1938 mixed doubles with Betty Uber. He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7
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Chen Hong (badminton)


China (2005, 2006), and Thailand (2007) Opens. He twice captured the prestigious All-England Championships, 2002 and 2005, defeating his very formidable fellow countryman Lin Dan in the final on the second occasion. He played in the All England 6 consecutive times between 2001 and 2006, his first All England reached the final, losing out to Indian player Pullela Gopichand, 15-12 15-6. His performances at IBF World Championships and at the 2004 Olympic Games were not among his finest. He
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Roger Mills (badminton)


Roger J Mills (born 1942) is a former English international badminton player. Mills born in 1942 was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the 1969 All England Badminton Championships mixed doubles with Gillian Perrin. Mills competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica winning the gold medal, in the mixed doubles with Angela Bairstow and a bronze medal, in the men's doubles with David Horton. Four years later he won a silver medal, in the mixed doubles with Perrin at
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Sport in Birmingham


. The game never quite took off in the city, however the University of Birmingham, Birmingham Lacrosse Club and Aston University have lacrosse teams. The National Indoor Arena has hosted international badminton events such as the World Indoor Badminton Championships. The All England Open Badminton Championships are now held at the NIA as a result of the tournament outgrowing all previous venues. The first ever game of lawn tennis was played in Edgbaston in 1859 by Major Harry Gem and Augurio Perera, both residents of the city. Tennis is not nowadays regularly associated
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Culture of Bangalore


its first match in 1974 and was the venue for the India-Pakistan cricket quarter-final during World Cup 1996. International cricket was played at the Central College grounds before moving to the current venue. Other famous sportspersons from Bangalore include badminton player and former All England Badminton Championship winner Prakash Padukone, tennis player and 10-time Grand Slam winner Mahesh Bhupathi, cueist Pankaj Advani and athlete Ashwini Nachappa. Bangalore is home to some of the top colonial-era schools in India including Bishop Cottons Boys' and Girls' School, Baldwin
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Yonex


. Yonex has become the dominant corporate player in badminton. Yonex sponsors the All England Open Badminton Championships and is a partner of the Badminton World Federation which organizes the World Championships. Upwards of 80% of competitive players use their racquets, as it is the preferred choice amongst professionals. Yonex is significant in the tennis and golf industries as well and is a major sponsor of professional athletes in all three sports. Yonex supplies official materials for the following leagues, athletes, teams, or associations: Yonex signed a contract with Chinese
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Ashok Rajgopal


an All England title in return. Gopichand went on to win the All England Badminton Championships in 2001 and, years later, said that Rajgopal was one of the first persons he thought of after winning the championship point against Chen Hong. Rajgopal has been a speaker at several international and national conferences and has been an invited speaker at the Harvard Knee Course in 2013.He has also chaired several orthopaedics conferences both in India and abroad. He has been involved in the teaching and training of young Orthopaedic surgeons from all over the world.
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Sture Johnsson


Sture Johnsson (born 1945) is a retired badminton player from Sweden who won numerous Swedish national and international men's singles titles. His game was characterized by impressive stamina and mobility, and a powerful overhead smash. Johnsson won men's singles at the first European Badminton Championships in 1968. He eventually won three singles titles at this biennial event (1968, 1970 and 1974), a total bested only by Peter Gade in the early 2000s. He reached the semifinals of men's singles at the All-England Championships on
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Christian Hadinata


Christian Hadinata (, born 11 December 1949) is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player. Though early in his career he was a fine singles player who reached the final of the prestigious All-England Championship in 1973, Christian's success in doubles earned him recognition as one of the great doubles players in badminton history. He won two gold medals at the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, in men's doubles with Ade Chandra, and in mixed doubles with Imelda Wiguna. He played for Indonesia for 15 years, beginning
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Ulla Strand


Ulla Strand (21 March 1943 - 7 August 2007) (born as Ulla Rasmussen) was badminton player of Denmark who excelled from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Though she won three Danish national singles titles and reached the women's singles final at the All-England Championships in 1965, most of her major championship victories were in doubles (often with her sister Karin Jorgensen) and mixed doubles. Attractive and charismatic, she was a crowd favorite throughout her career. She was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame
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Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet


Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet (14 June 1881 – 23 July 1972) was a British badminton, tennis and chess player. He was twice British Chess Champion and a 21-time All-England Badminton champion. He also reached the quarterfinals of the singles and the semifinals of the men's tennis doubles at Wimbledon in 1911. Badminton's world men's team championships cup, equivalent to tennis' Davis Cup, is named Thomas Cup after him. Thomas lived most of his life in London and Godalming. He never married
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Irish Open (badminton)


. The recent exception was in 2012 when the tournament was downgraded to International Series due to funding. Recent editions have been held in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre except for 2007 and 2011 tournaments which were held in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The Irish Open was the first senior international title won by Spain's Carolina Marin at the age of 16 in 2009. Marin went on to win the European & World Championship in 2014 in Copenhagen as well as the coveted All England in 2015 in Birmingham, England before adding another world title in
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Tri Kusharjanto


Olympics, the All England Championships, and the World Championships, eluded Kusharjanto, he and Timur came close in all three with a runner-up finish at the 1997 All Englands, a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Glasgow, and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though only occasionally chosen by the Indonesian Badminton Association to play international events in men's doubles, Kusharjanto has won some, most notably the Badminton Asia Championships with Bambang Suprianto in 2001 and with Sigit Budiarto in 2004. As a
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Prannoy Kumar


stop there and followed it up with another silver, this time at the Bahrain International Challenge, 2011. Struggling for form and injuries a bit of a barren spell followed Prannoy following these achievements. In 2013, he managed to reach the final of the Tata Open International Challenge in Mumbai, eventually losing to fellow GoSports Foundation athlete Sourabh Verma in the final. In 2014, he claimed two All India Senior National Ranking Championships: Manorama Indian Open All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament, Kerala and the V.V.Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking
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Gurusai Dutt


won the 2008 Dutch Junior International that was held in Haarlem. He became the first Indian to win this title. This win was seen as a good sign for India's chances at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. Carrying his form into the upcoming tournaments, Gurusai Dutt won the singles title at the Commonwealth Youth Games and Bahrain International Challenge badminton championship by the end of 2008. In 2009, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Denmark Super Series. At the 2010 Yonex Sunrise India Open Badminton Championships, Gurusai Dutt created an
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Hwang Sun-ai


program. From there she was selected by the Korea Badminton Association for the Asian Games in 1978. In January 1981 she won two events, the Chinese Taipei Open in Taiwan and the Japan Open, therefor receiving an invitation for the All England Open that year. Hwang gained international attention in 1981 when she swept four championships including the All England Open. In the final of the women's singles at the 1981 All England Open Badminton Championships, she defeated two-time All England defending champion Lene Køppen of Denmark, allowing only
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India at the 2011 Sudirman Cup


The Indian national badminton team competed in the 2011 Sudirman Cup held in Qingdao, China from 22 to 29 May 2011. It was the twelfth edition of the Sudirman Cup, the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every two years. In this edition, 32 national badminton teams participated, and for the first time twelve teams competed in the elite group to battle for the title. The Indian team qualified for the elite group of the first time since the tournament started in 1989 and reached the quarterfinals, where it lost
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Agnete Friis (badminton)


Agnete Friis (married name Varn) is a former Danish badminton player. She became Danish Champion in the women's singles in 1941 and 1944 and nine times in women's doubles from 1941-1958. She played for the national team until the end of the 50’s. She also reached three All England Championship Finals in all three categories in 1953. In the singles final she lost to Marie Ussing; the two of them lost the doubles final to Iris Cooley and June White of Great Britain and in the mixed doubles
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Lim Say Hup


Lim Say Hup (1935-2005), was a male badminton player from Malaysia. Say Hup won the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered as the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's doubles with Teh Kew San in 1959. He featured in the final of the 1958 Thomas Cup in addition to representing Malaysia in the Thomas Cup during 1961 and 1964. Say Hup also won the Glasgow World Invitational, All-Canadian Championships, All-American Championships and Malaysian Open before retiring in 1964. The same year that
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Lin Dan


Lin Dan (born October 14, 1983) is a Chinese professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 28 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all nine major titles in the badminton world: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Super Series Masters Finals, All
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Parupalli Kashyap


Badminton Championships. In the same year, he was the runners-up at the Thailand International, Spanish Open and Toulouse Open. At the 2009 Singapore Super Series, Kashyap was the semifinalist. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he reached the semifinals stage but lost to Rajiv Ouseph of England. He won the bronze medal against chetan Anand. He also played a crucial role in India winning a Silver Medal in the Team Event of 2010 Commonwealth Games He also reached the semi-finals at the 2010 Indian Open Grand Prix Gold
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Elliot Stuart


Elliot C Stuart is a former English international badminton player. Stuart was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the 1975 All England Badminton Championships mixed doubles with Nora Gardner. Stuart competed in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch winning the gold medal, in the men's doubles with Derek Talbot and a bronze medal, in the mixed doubles with Susan Whetnall. He also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 1972 Summer Olympics when the sport was a demonstration sport. Stuart studied metallurgy
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Tan Aik Huang


Tan Aik Huang (, born 14 February 1946) is a retired Malaysian Chinese badminton player noted for his superb footwork and patience. He is the elder brother of Tan Aik Mong. In 1966 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, defeating Japan's Masao Akiyama in the finals. This came during a run of four straight appearances in the All England finals from 1965 through 1968. He lost hard-fought matches to Erland Kops in '65 and '
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All England Open Badminton Championships


list of the most successful players in the All England Open Badminton Championships: In the modern era players are less able to compete in multiple disciplines due to the differentiation of required skills and the physical demands of the game. Some men's and women's doubles players are able to compete successfully in mixed doubles. The last player to win in both singles and a doubles discipline was Li Lingwei of China who won women's doubles in 1985 then in women's singles in 1989. Many female badminton players change their surname after marriage
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Saina Nehwal


the World Badminton Championships held in Jakarta, settling for the silver. Defending champion Nehwal fought hard before going down to Li Xuerei in the final of the China open. Nehwal dealt with injuries in early 2016 but she eventually recovered. The defending champion lost to the reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui in a hard-fought match at the India Open in the semifinals. She registered semifinal finishes at the India Open and Malaysia Open. She reached the semifinals of the Badminton Asia Championships after defeating the third seed Wang Shixian (21–16,
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Frank Devlin


Joseph Francis Devlin known as Frank Devlin (19 January 1900 – 27 October 1988) was an Irish male badminton player. Devlin is the second most successful player ever in the All England Open Badminton Championships with 18 titles between 1925 and 1931, including three triple championships in 1926, 1927 and 1929. He also won four Irish Championships. Despite being Irish he was part of the English team that toured Canada in 1925 to promote the sport on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in 1921. He was
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2011 BWF World Championships


The 2011 BWF World Championships was the 19th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at Wembley Arena in London, England, from August 8 to August 14, 2011. China clean swept all the titles for a record third time and became the first nation to successfully defend all the titles won from the previous edition. Scotland won their first medal from mixed pair and India won their medal in women's doubles and their seconds worlds medal after 28 years. The draw
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Kim Moon-soo (badminton)


Kim Moon-Soo (born December 29, 1963) is a former badminton player from South Korea. He has won 2 titles in the World Badminton Championships in men's doubles. He also won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics and 3 All England Open Badminton Championships in men's doubles. All of these were gained with fellow countryman Park Joo-bong, his regular partner during most his badminton career. In 1988, Kim married fellow 1985 World Champion Yoo Sang Hee after Yoo retired from international badminton. Kim himself
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Saina Nehwal


the finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships, but lost to Carolina in the final. On 29 March 2015, Nehwal won her maiden women's singles title at the India Open BWF Super Series beating Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand. This assured her of becoming World number 1 when the latest BWF rankings were released on April 2. Thus, she became the first Indian women's player to be World No. 1 in badminton. On 16 August 2015, Nehwal went down fighting to Carolina Marin again, in the final of
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Tang Jinhua


to compatriots Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni (13-21, 18-21). The couple also won both the 2009 Asian Junior Badminton Championships and the 2010 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. In October 2010, the young couple reached the final of the Vietnam Open Grand Prix and in December they won their first Grand Prix title at the India Grand Prix. In 2011, Tang Jinhua and Xia Huan won their first major title winning the Li-Ning China Masters Super Series 2011. They also reached the semi-finals at
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David Eddy (badminton)


David Eddy is a retired badminton player from England who won national and international titles from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Though a highly competent singles player, the crisp hitting Eddy's greatest success came in doubles. He won the gold medal at the 1968 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Robert Powell. Two years later he also won the gold medal at the 1970 European Badminton Championships in mixed doubles partnered by Susan Whetnall with whom he shared the All-England mixed doubles title in 1974. Eddy and Powell
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Lee–Lin rivalry


, who is now a commentator, once remarked that he thought Lee was the best player in London 2012 but simply lost his focus at the end. Lee went on to contest a third consecutive final after defeating Lin in their colossal 2016 Summer Olympics semi-final. They have also contested two BWF World Championships finals, one Asian Games final and semi-final, similarly in the Badminton Asia Championships and four All England Open Badminton Championships finals where almost all matches were very close hard-fought three-setters. Their 2011
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2018 Syed Modi International


The 2018 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament that took place at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in India 20 to 25 November 2018 and had a total prize of $150,000. The 2018 Syed Modi International was the twenty-fifth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships, which had been held since 1991. This tournament was organized by Badminton Association of India and sanctioned by the BWF. This international tournament was held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in
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2018 India Open (badminton)


The 2018 India Open, officially the Yonex-Sunrise Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta India Open 2018 was a badminton tournament which took place at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium in India from 30 January to 4 February 2018 and had a total purse of $350,000. The 2018 India Open was the fourth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the India Open championships which has been held since 2008. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of India and sanctioned by the BWF. This international tournament was held at Siri Fort
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2019 India Open (badminton)


The 2019 India Open, officially the YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2019, was a badminton tournament which took place at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in India from 26 to 31 March 2019 and had a total purse of $350,000. The 2019 India Open was the eighth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the India Open championships, which had been held since 2008. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of India with sanction from the BWF. This international tournament was held at K. D. Jadhav Indoor
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Rikke Olsen


Championships bronze medals, three times runner-up in All England Open, and reached in to the bronze medal match at the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004. During her career, she was ranked as world No. 1 in the mixed doubles and No. 2 in the women's doubles. After retired from the tournament, she became the national junior coach. Her sister Lotte Olsen also played badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She married to German badminton player Björn Siegemund and settled in Solrød Strand. Olsen
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Zhang Yi (badminton)


Zhang Yi (, born 16 May 1980) is a former Chinese badminton player. In 1997, he reached the final at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Cai Yun, beating their compatriots Xia Xuanze and Chen Hong in the semifinals with the straight games, but they lost to Malaysian paired in the final. In 2005, he compete in the men's singles main draw at the All England Open after won three match in the qualification round. Borned in Guangdong, Zhang had won the mixed
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Guntur


in India The city has hosted sporting events such as, "All India Senior Tennis Association", "All India Sub Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament", "All India Invitation Volleyball Tournament", "Ganta Sanjeeva Reddy Memorial Trophy", "Inter-district Master Aquatic Championship" etc. The city was also a host for "Khelo India programme" for junior level national sports. International sports personalities from the city include: cricketer Ambati Rayudu; badminton player Srikanth Kidambi, who won the "Super Series" title in China
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Arthur Kenneth Jones


Arthur Kenneth Jones known as A. K. Jones (1887 in Southampton – 1975 in Salisbury) was an English international Badminton player. Arthur Kenneth Jones won the 1925 All England Badminton Championships in the men's doubles event. Until 1977 the tournament was the unofficial world championships. Jones was a pioneer of the sport. In 1925–26 he belonged to an English touring team, who travelled to Canada and the United States for two months to develop the sport in those countries on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in
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Zhang Ailing (badminton)


Zhang Ailing (; born 1957) is a retired badminton player of China. In 1978 Zhang won the rival "world championship" that was run by the short-lived World Badminton Federation prior to China's entry into the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation). She was also the dominant international singles player right after China joined the IBF in 1981, winning the multi-sport World Games in 1981, the Asian Games in 1982, and the prestigious All-England Championships in both 1982 and 1983, as well
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Nozomi Okuhara


She became the 2017 world champion in Glasgow, Scotland after defeating India's P. V. Sindhu in the finals. Nozomi started playing badminton since 2002. Eight years later, precisely in 2010 she joined the Japanese national team. Osaka International Challenge 2010 became her international debut. In 2011, the 16-year-old Nozomi Okuhara became the youngest women's singles champion ever at the All Japan Badminton Championships, which are the Japanese National Badminton Championships. She won a BWF World junior title in the girls' singles event at the 2012 BWF
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Wong Mew Choo


singles final. In the 2006 World Badminton Championships, she reached the third round before losing to Zhang Ning. Her best achievement of the year was in the Korea Open semifinals, losing to eventual winner Zhu Lin. She also reached the China Open quarterfinals. Proton Malaysia Super Series BWF World Badminton Championships French Super Series China Open Super Series Proton Malaysia Super Series Getting injured at the beginning of this season, Wong returned in Swiss Open Super Series and India Open. But her achievements were not yet satisfactory. She was also chosen
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Imelda Wiguno


Imelda Wiguna (also known as "Imelda Wigoena", , born 12 October 1951) is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. A doubles specialist, Wiguna's two most impressive years in badminton were 1979 and 1980. In 1979 she won both doubles events, women's doubles with Verawaty Wiharjo and mixed doubles with Christian Hadinata, at the prestigious All-England Championships. The following year she reached the final of both events at the then triennial IBF World
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Herbert Uber


Herbert Septimus Uber (1885-1969), was a male badminton player from England. Uber born in Lambeth was a four times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the men's doubles in 1925 and then won three more titles in the mixed doubles. He gained his England caps while playing for Surrey. He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2. His mixed doubles title were won
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Minarti Timur


, 1999), Singapore (1995, 1998), Malaysia (1996, 1998, 2000), and Japan (2001) Opens; the Southeast Asian Games (1995); the World Badminton Grand Prix (1995); the Badminton World Cup (1996); and the Asian Championships (2000). Minarti and Kusharjanto did not quite capture titles at any of badminton's three most prestigious tournaments for individual players: the Olympics, the World Championships, and the All-England Championships. They were runners-up
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Fu Haifeng


Fu Haifeng (born January 2, 1984 in Huilai, Guangdong) is a former professional badminton player representing China. He is considered to be one of the greatest men's doubles players in badminton history. Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the world circuit including the venerable All England Open Championships in 2005 and 2009 and the BWF World Championships
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Billy Gilliland


Billy Gilliland (born 1957) is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979, the tall, angular Gilliland was a doubles specialist at the international level with his greatest success coming in mixed doubles. Gilliland won mixed doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships with England's Nora Perry in 1985. He had previously reached the All-England final in both men's doubles and mixed doubles in 1982. He was a mixed doubles bronze
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National Badminton League


The National Badminton League (NBL) was a professional team badminton league in England. Organised by Badminton England, it was launched in October 2014 as the first ever national badminton league in the UK. Reaching seven franchise teams in its third and final season (16-17), the inaugural season launched with six teams. Team matches were played with an abbreviated scoring system across all five disciplines (best-of-five games, first four games played to nine points) and tie–break format (fifth game to
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Luan Jin


Luan Jin (; born 1958) is a retired male badminton player from China who rated among the world's best singles players in the early to mid-1980s after China gained entry into the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation). Luan won the All England Open Badminton Championships in men's singles in 1983, reversing a loss to Morten Frost in the 1982 final. He was a key member of China's Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1982 and 1984, the first of which narrowly won and the second
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Yang Yang (badminton)


winning key matches. In the late 80s he dominated international singles play, winning the World Championships over Morten Frost in 1987 and over young Ardy Wiranata in 1989. In 1988 he also won the Olympic exhibition event in Seoul (badminton became an official Olympic sport at the next games in Barcelona). In 1989 he added the venerable All-England Championships to his tally; thus, by twenty-five, he captured all the titles by which "greatness" in the sport is generally measured. As a member of China
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Ray Stevens (badminton)


Ray Stevens (born 23 June 1951) is a former English badminton player. A winner of numerous English national championships and international titles in both singles and doubles, his strengths were his power, tenacity, and concentration. In 1977 Stevens won a bronze medal in the World Championships in men's doubles. He is also won nine medals in the European Badminton Championships, including two gold medals in men's doubles. He was also twice a runnerup in men's doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships with longtime partner Mike
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Queenie Allen


, she won the mixed doubles title with Malaysian player Eddy Choong in 1951 and 1952, and the ladies doubles title with Audrey Stone in 1951. At the 1949 All England Badminton Championships, Allen won in the women's doubles category, with her partner Betty Uber, and finished as a runnerup in the mixed doubles category, with her partner T. Wynn Rogers. At the 1951 All England Badminton Championships, Queenie Webber (using her married name) finished as a runnerup in the women's doubles category, with her partner Mavis
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Syed Modi International Badminton Championships


The Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India. In 2009, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event. Since then the tournament is being annually held in Lucknow at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, although it was temporarily shifted to Hyderabad in 2010. In 2011, it was upgraded to the BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament. The tournament was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA) in 1991 as the 'Syed Modi Memorial Badminton Tournament' in memory of
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Betty Uber


Elizabeth "Betty" Uber (2 June 1906 – 30 April 1983, born Elizabeth Corbin) was an English badminton and tennis player. In 1925 she married Herbert Uber. Betty Uber won 13 titles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, 1 of them in women's singles, 4 in women's doubles and 8 in mixed doubles. She was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame as an Inaugural Member. Her surname "Uber" is used for the Uber Cup, the world women's team badminton championship,
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