1957 All England Badminton Championships

The 1957 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 20–25 March 1957.^[1]

This was the first year in which the competition switched to Wembley from Earls Court. Kirsten Thorndahl married and played under the name Kirsten Granlund.

Final results[]

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Eddy Choong	Erland Kops	15-9, 15-3
Women's singles	Judy Devlin	Margaret Varner	11-2, 11-7
Men's doubles	Joe Alston & Johnny Heah	Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong	15-10, 16-17, 15-5
Women's doubles	Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Granlund	Iris Rogers & June Timperley	7-15, 15-11, 15-10
Mixed doubles	Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Granlund	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Anni Hammergaard Hansen	15-3, 15-6

Results[]

Men's Singles[]

Section 1[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals
	1	Eddy Choong	15	15
			2	5				1	Choong	15	15
			12	15	15				Carpenter	3	2
			15	8	13										1	Choong	15	15
		Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	15	12	18											H-Hansen	12	4
		Tony Jordan	11	15	13				H-Hansen	15	16	15
			15	15					Mulvaney	2	18	11
			12	9																		1	Choong	15	9	18
		Joe Alston	15	15																			Alston	11	15	16
			6	4					Alston	15	15
			15	15					Ferguson	11	3
			7	3												Alston	18	14	15
			6	15	15											Granlund	16	17	4
			15	8	6				Granlund	15	15
		John Timperley	2	15	15				Timperley	10	13
			15	1	5

Section 2[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals
		Erland Kops	5	15	15
		Ferry Sonneville	15	11	11				Kops	15	15
			15						Hashman	4	5
			3	ret												Kops	15	15
		Oon Chong Teik	15	15												Teik	12	12
		Knud Aage Nielsen	12	5					Teik	15	15
			15	9	15				Parmar	7	5
			9	15	7																		Kops	11	15	15
	2	Finn Kobberø	15	18																		2	Kobberø	15	10	13
			12	16				2	Kobberø	15	15
			15	0	15				Ciniglio	0	7
			9	15	9										2	Kobberø	15	15
			15	15												McTaggart	13	8
			1	3					McTaggart	15	15
			15	15					Mertz	4	10
			2	8

Women's Singles[]

Section 1[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals
		Judy Devlin
									Devlin	11	11
									Ripley	3	7
																Devlin	11	11
		Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen														Jacobsen	0	0
									Jacobsen	11	11
									Prasher	2	1
																							Devlin
																							Alston
									Alston	8	11	12
		Heather Ward							Ward	11	9	10
																Alston	11	12	11
																Petersen	12	11	8
									Petersen	11	11
									Pattison	5	7

Section 2[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals
		Margaret Varner
									Varner	11	11
									Wheating	2	0
																Varner	5	11	11
		Iris Rogers														Rogers	11	3	2
									Rogers	11	11
									Kapadia	1	7
																							Varner
		Marjory Shedd																					Shedd
									Shedd	9	11	11
									Ryder	11	6	3
																Shedd	11	11
		Tonny Ahm														Ahm	1	6
									Ahm	12	11
		June Timperley							Timperley	10	8

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