John Best (badminton)

John Best
Personal information
Country	England
Born	1929 (age 95–96)

Johnny R. Best is an English badminton player. ^[1]

Badminton career

Best won the mixed doubles during the 1954 All England Badminton Championships with Iris Cooley. ^[2] Besides All England, he also won several high profile tournaments such as Scottish, Irish and Dutch Open. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Achievements

International tournaments (7 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1955	Irish Open	Warwick Shute	John D. McColl Tony Jordan	15–6, 15–10	Winner
1956	Scottish Open	Warwick Shute	John D. McColl Tony Jordan	13–18, 15–10, 15–10	Winner
1957	Irish Open	Tony Jordan	Eddy Choong Oon Chong Teik	7–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1960	Dutch Open	Peter Waddell	Jørgen Hageman Arne Rasmussen	15–11, 15–1	Winner
1961	Scottish Open	Charoen Wattanasin	Robert McCoig W. Frank Shannon	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1954	Scottish Open	Iris Cooley	Tony Jordan June White	18–14, 2–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1954	All England Open	Iris Cooley	Finn Kobberø Inge Birgit Hansen	15–12, 15–0	Winner
1955	Scottish Open	Iris Cooley	Tony Jordan June White	15–7, 3–15, 15–10	Winner
1956	Scottish Open	Iris Rogers	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–12, 10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1957	Irish Open	Iris Rogers	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–11, 17–18, 6–15	Runner-up
1957	Scottish Open	Iris Rogers	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–9, 15–8	Winner
1957	Swedish Open	Iris Rogers	Tony Jordan June Timperley	14–17, 3–15	Runner-up
1960	Dutch Open	Audrey Marshall	Hugh Findlay P. Warner	15–6, 15–4	Winner

References

1. "History". All England Badminton.
2. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results . Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp.  74-78. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
3. "Irishmen Dominate Scots Final" . Sunday Independent (Dublin Ed.). The British Newspapers Archive. 16 January 2025. p. 12. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
4. "Irish Badminton Titles" . Londonderry Standard. The British Newspapers Archive. 21 February 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
5. "Sonneville Opnieuw Badmintonkampioen". Utrechts Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Archieven.nl. 15 February 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2025.