1961 All England Badminton Championships

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

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	&	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
			9	5				1	Kops	15	15
		Trevor Coates	15	15					Coates	2	10
			6	6											1	Kops	15	15
		Bob McCoig +	13	15	15											McCoig	2	8
			15	3	7				McCoig	15	15
			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
			15	8	15											Glans	14	7
			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
			14	2					Kobberø	15	15
			15	15					Mertz	5	5
			3	10												Kobberø	15	15
			15	17												Findlay	7	7
			12	15					Findlay	15	15
			15	15					Holst-C	8	4
			3	4																			Kobberø	15	15
	2	Ferry Sonneville	15	15																		2	Sonneville	11	3
		David Horton	1	6				2	Sonneville	15	15
			15	10	18				Rowe	2	2
			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
			4	2

Women's Singles[]

Section 1[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals
		Judy Hashman +
									Hashman	11	11
									Horne	0	3
																Hashman	11	11
		Angela Bairstow														Bairstow	1	1
									Bairstow	10	11	11
									Dahl	12	2	4
																							Hashman	11	11
			11	11																			Cox	2	5
			4	2					Cox	11	1	11
		Tonny Holst-Christensen+	11	11					Holst-C	3	11	4
			1	2												Cox	11	11
		Mary O'Sullivan	w/o													O'Sullivan	6	1
									O'Sullivan	11	11
			4	11	11				Govett	1	3
			11	6	1

Section 2[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals
		Ursula Smith
									Smith	11	11
									Holborn	4	1
																Smith	11	11
		Sue Peard-Devlin														Peard	3	1
									Peard	7	12
		+							Jensen	11	11
																							Smith	11	11
			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
		+	11	11												Hasselsteen	7	11	3
			4	7					Hasselsteen	6	11	11
			8	11	11				Pattison	11	5	0
			11	2	9

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