1960 All England Badminton Championships

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1960 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates16 March 1960 (1960-03-16)
20 March 1960 (1960-03-20)
Edition50th
VenueWembley
LocationLondon
← < 1959 1961 > →

The 1960 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 16–20 March 1960.[1]

The ladies champion Heather Ward moved to South Africa and did not defend her title.

Final results[]

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Denmark Erland Kops Thailand Charoen Wattanasin 15-1, 11-15, 15-6
Women's singles United States Judy Devlin United States Margaret Varner 11-1, 11-9
Men's doubles Denmark Finn Kobberø & Poul-Erik Nielsen Malaysia Lim Say Hup & Teh Kew San 14-17, 15-3, 15-11
Women's doubles United States Sue Devlin & Judy Devlin Denmark Kirsten Thorndahl & Inge Birgit Hansen 15-3, 15-6
Mixed doubles Denmark Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl Denmark Poul-Erik Nielsen & Inge Birgit Hansen 15-7, 15-2

Results[]

Men's Singles[]

Section 1[]

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
1 Denmark Erland Kops 15 15
Republic of Ireland James 'Chick' Doyle 3 5 1 Denmark Kops 15 15
India 18 15 India Gill 1 10
Malaysia 16 5 1 Denmark Kops 15 15
Malaysia Teh Kew San + 7 15 15 Malaysia Kew San 13 9
Sweden 15 2 11 Malaysia Kew San 15 15
England 15 15 England Waddell 5 8
England Bill Havers 6 12 1 Denmark Kops 15 15
Thailand + 15 15 Thailand Khadjadbhye 5 3
England Roger Mills 4 12 Thailand Khadjadbhye 15 15
Denmark Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen 18 15 Denmark H-Hansen 10 12
England 16 11 Thailand Khadjadbhye 10 15 18
Indonesia Ferry Sonneville + 9 15 15 Indonesia Sonneville 15 19 17
England Trevor Coates 15 4 7 Indonesia Sonneville 15 15
Denmark Knud Aage Nielsen 15 8 Denmark Nielsen 9 6
Denmark 11 3 ret

Section 2[]

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
2 Thailand Charoen Wattanasin w/o
India 2 Thailand Wattanasin 15 15
Malaysia 15 15 Malaysia Chong Jin 9 6
England 4 10 2 Thailand Wattanasin 9 15 15
Denmark Henning Borch + 15 15 Denmark Borch 15 1 11
England Tony Jordan 1 8 Denmark Borch 15 15
Malaysia 15 15 Malaysia Wong 5 2
Malaysia 5 12 2 Thailand Wattanasin 15 15
Denmark Finn Kobberø + 15 15 Denmark Kobbero 11 8
India 4 8 Denmark Kobbero 15 15
Malaysia Lee Kin Tat 15 15 Malaysia Kin Tat 2 0
Wales 3 6 Denmark Kobbero 15 15
Sweden + 15 15 Sweden Dahlberg 6 10
England 4 8 Sweden Dahlberg 15 15
England Colin Beacom 15 15 England Beacon 7 6
England 10 9

Women's Singles[]

Section 1[]

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
United States Judy Devlin + 11 11
Denmark 4 2 United States Devlin J 11 11
England 11 12 England Frost 2 1
India 5 9 United States Devlin J 11 11
Republic of Ireland Mary O'Sullivan + 11 11 Republic of Ireland O'Sullivan 1 4
New Zealand 3 0 Republic of Ireland O'Sullivan 11 11
England 0 11 11 England Holborn 1 3
England 11 6 9 United States Devlin J 11 11
Scotland + 11 11 Scotland Tyre 0 1
New Zealand 6 4 Scotland Tyre 11 12
India Meena Shah 11 11 India Shah 6 11
England 6 0 Scotland Tyre 11 11
England Ursula Smith 7 11 12 England Smith 6 8
England 11 2 10 England Smith 14 11 11
United States Sue Devlin + 11 11 United States Devlin S 11 2 2
Denmark 0 1

Section 2[]

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
United States Margaret Varner + 11 11
England 6 0 United States Varner 11 11
England 11 3 11 England Ryder 7 5
Republic of Ireland Lena Rea 5 11 7 United States Varner 11 11
Denmark 11 11 Denmark Jensen 2 7
Scotland 4 8 Denmark Jensen 11 10 11
New Zealand + 11 11 New Zealand Cox 8 12 5
India 1 7 United States Varner 11 11
Thailand + 11 11 Thailand Pattabongse 2 9
England Angela Bairstow 9 3 Thailand Pattabongse 12 11
New Zealand Heather Robson 12 11 New Zealand Robson 10 2
England Jenny Pritchard 9 1 Thailand Pattabongse 11 4 11
Denmark Tonny Holst-Christensen + 6 11 11 Denmark Holst-C 5 11 6
Republic of Ireland Yvonne Kelly 11 4 6 Denmark Holst-C 12 11
England Margaret Barrand 12 11 England Barrand 11 7
England 10 4

+ seeded player

References[]

  1. ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
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