| Location | Birmingham United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Venue | Utilita Arena Birmingham |
| Governing body | NEC Group |
| Created | 1899 |
| Editions | Total: 114 Amateur era: 69 Open era (since 1980): 45 |
| Prize money | $96,200 (2024) |
| Trophy | Silver Challenge Trophies |
| Website | allenglandbadminton.com |
| Most titles | |
| Amateur era | 9: George Alan Thomas |
| Open era | 4: Park Joo-bong |
| Most consecutive titles | |
| Amateur era | 5: Finn Kobberø |
| Open era | 2: Kim Moon-soo 2: Park Joo-bong (twice) 2: Li Yongbo 2: Tian Bingyi 2: Rexy Mainaky 2: Ricky Subagja 2: Marcus Fernaldi Gideon 2: Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 2: Hiroyuki Endo 2: Yuta Watanabe 2: Fajar Alfian 2: Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| Current champion | |
| Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto – 2024 (2nd title) | |
The champions and runners-up of the All England Open Badminton Championships Gentlemen's Doubles tournament, first introduced to the championship in 1899. From 1915 to 1919, and from 1940 to 1946, no competition was held due to the two World Wars.
In the Amateur era, George Alan Thomas (1906, 1908, 1910, 1912–1914, 1921, 1924, 1928) holds the record for the most titles in the Gentlemen's Doubles, winning All England nine times. Finn Kobberø holds the record for most consecutive titles with five from 1960 to 1964.
Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979 [1] [2] with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Kim Moon-soo and Park Joo-bong (1985–1986), Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi (1987–1988), Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja (1995–1996), Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (2017–2018), Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe (2020–2021), Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto (2023–2024) share the record for most consecutive victories with just two. In fact, Park managed the feat twice with the second of his double coming in 1989–1990, achieved with different partners.
Ray Stevens, Mike Tredgett, Tjun Tjun, Johan Wahjudi and Thomas Kihlström are the only players in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Gentlemen's Doubles Final in both the Amateur and Open era. Stevens managed to so twice while partnering Tredgett who managed the feat four times, without triumphing whereas Tjun and Wahjudi managed to do so a total of six times, Kihlström twice, with all three of them winning once in the Open era.
Bold indicates active players.
| Rank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champions | Last champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England (ENG) | 28.5 | 0 | 28.5 | 1899 | 1938 | Stewart Massey D. Oakes | Leslie Nichols Ralph C. F. Nichols |
| 2 |  Indonesia (INA) | 7 | 17 | 24 | 1972 | 2024 | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| 3 |  Denmark (DEN) | 15 | 6 | 21 | 1947 | 2015 | Poul Holm Tage Madsen | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
| 4 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 9.5 | 2 | 11.5 | 1949 | 2007 | Teik Hock Ooi Seng Khoon Teoh | Kien Keat Koo Boon Heong Tan |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1985 | 2012 | Moon-soo Kim Joo-bong Park | Jae-sung Jung Yong-dae Lee |
| 6 |  Ireland (IRL) | 7.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 1922 | 1939 | Frank Devlin Guy A. Sautter | Tom Boyle James Rankin |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1987 | 2013 | Yongbo Li Bingyi Tian | Xiaolong Liu Zihan Qiu |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1976 | 1983 | Bengt Froman Thomas Kihlström | Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2020 | 2021 | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe | |||
| 10 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2016 | Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov | ||
| 11 |  United States (USA) | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1957 | Joseph C. Alston Hock Aun Heah | ||
Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
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