Location | Birmingham United Kingdom |
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Venue | Utilita Arena Birmingham |
Governing body | NEC Group |
Created | 1900 |
Editions | Total: 113 Open era (since 1980): 45 |
Prize money | $91,000 (2024) |
Trophy | Gentleman's Singles Trophy |
Website | allenglandbadminton.com |
Most titles | |
Amateur era | 8: Rudy Hartono |
Open era | 6: Lin Dan |
Most consecutive titles | |
Amateur era | 7: Rudy Hartono |
Open era | 2: Morten Frost 2: Hariyanto Arbi 2: Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 2: Lin Dan 2: Lee Chong Wei |
Current champion | |
Jonatan Christie – 2024 (1st title) |
The All England Open Badminton Championships is an annual British badminton tournament created in 1899. For four decades beginning 1954, the Championships was held at the Wembley Arena, London but since 1994, it has been played at the Arena Birmingham in the city of Birmingham, United Kingdom. [1] The Gentlemen's Singles was first contested in 1900. [2] Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in gentlemen's singles. The tournament was cancelled between 1915–1919 because of World War I, and between 1940–1946 because of World War II.
In the Amateur era, Rudy Hartono (1968–1974, 1976) holds the record for the most titles in the Gentlemen's Singles, winning All England eight times. Hartono also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1968 to 1974.
Since the Open era of badminton began in late 1979 [3] [4] with the inclusion of professional badminton players from around the world in 1980, Lin Dan (2004, 2006–2007, 2009, 2012, 2016) holds the record for the most Gentlemen's Singles titles with six. Morten Frost (1986–1987), Hariyanto Arbi (1993–1994), Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (1995–1996), Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei (2010–2011) share the record for most consecutive victories with just two.
This event was won without losing a single game in the entire tournament during the Open era as many as twelve times. The first to accomplish this was Prakash Padukone who won in the very first Open era edition in 1980, followed by Morten Frost in 1986 and 1987, Yang Yang in 1989, Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen in 1996, Sun Jun in 1998, Pullela Gopichand in 2001, Muhammad Hafiz Hashim in 2003, Chen Jin in 2008, Lin Dan in 2009 and 2012 and Lee Chong Wei in 2011.
Liem Swie King is the only player in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Gentlemen's Singles Final in both Amateur and Open era. He managed to do so seven times, winning on three occasions.
Bold indicates active players.
Rank | Country | Amateur era | Open era | All-time | First title | Last title | First champion | Last champion |
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1 | ![]() | 27 | 0 | 27 | 1900 | 1938 | Sydney Howard Smith | Ralph Cyril Fulford Nichols |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 10 | 22 | 1939 | 2022 | Tage Madsen | Viktor Axelsen |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 21 | 21 | 1983 | 2023 | Jin Luan | Shifeng Li |
4 | ![]() | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1959 | 2024 | Joe Hok Tan | Jonatan Christie |
5 | ![]() | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1950 | 2021 | Peng Soon Wong | Zii Jia Lee |
6 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1924 | 1931 | Gordon Sylvester Bradshaw Mack | Joseph Francis Devlin |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1980 | 2001 | Prakash Padukone | Pullela Gopichand |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1947 | Conny Jepsen | ||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1949 | David Guthrie Freeman | ||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2019 | Kento Momota |
Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.
Rank | Country | Player | Amateur era | Open era | All-time |
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1 | ![]() | Rudy Hartono | 10 | 0 | 10 |
![]() | Dan Lin | 0 | 10 | ||
3 | ![]() | Erland Kops | 8 | 0 | 8 |
![]() | Morten Frost | 0 | 8 | ||
5 | ![]() | Henry Norman Marrett | 7 | 0 | 7 |
![]() | Ralph Cyril Fulford Nichols | ||||
![]() | Swie King Liem | 4 | 3 | ||
![]() | Chong Wei Lee | 0 | 7 | ||
9 | ![]() | George Alan Thomas | 6 | 0 | 6 |
![]() | Frank Chesterton | ||||
![]() | Joseph Francis Devlin | ||||
![]() | Eddy Ewe Beng Choong | ||||
13 | ![]() | Ralph Watling | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | Guy A. Sautter | ||||
![]() | Raymond Maurice White | ||||
![]() | Peng Soon Wong | ||||
![]() | Aik Huang Tan | ||||
![]() | Hong Chen | 0 | 4 | ||
![]() | Viktor Axelsen | ||||
20 | ![]() | Frank Hodge | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | Albert Edward Harbot | ||||
![]() | Thomas Pattinson Dick | ||||
![]() | Donald Charles Hume | ||||
![]() | Finn Kobberø | ||||
![]() | Svend Pri | ||||
![]() | Jianhua Zhao | 0 | 3 | ||
![]() | Hariyanto Arbi | ||||
![]() | Long Chen | ||||
![]() | Yuqi Shi | ||||
30 | ![]() | Norman Wood | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | Charoen Wattanasin | ||||
![]() | Flemming Delfs | ||||
![]() | Prakash Padukone | 0 | 2 | ||
![]() | Jin Luan | ||||
![]() | Joko Suprianto | ||||
![]() | Ardy Bernardus Wiranata | ||||
![]() | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | ||||
![]() | Jun Sun | ||||
![]() | Peter Gade | ||||
![]() | Taufik Hidayat |
Bold indicates active players.
Rank | Country | Player | Back-to-back finals | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Rudy Hartono | 9 | 1968–1976 |
2 | ![]() | Morten Frost | 8 | 1982–1989 |
3 | ![]() | Ralph Cyril Fulford Nichols | 6 | 1934–1939 |
![]() | Eddy Ewe Beng Choong | 1952–1957 | ||
![]() | Swie King Liem | 1976–1981 | ||
![]() | Dan Lin | 2004–2009 | ||
![]() | Chong Wei Lee | 2009–2014 | ||
8 | ![]() | George Alan Thomas | 5 | 1920–1924 |
![]() | Joseph Francis Devlin | 1925–1929 | ||
10 | ![]() | Henry Norman Marrett | 4 | 1903–1906 |
![]() | Guy A. Sautter | 1911–1914 | ||
![]() | Erland Kops | 1960–1963 | ||
![]() | Aik Huang Tan | 1965–1968 | ||
![]() | Viktor Axelsen | 2019–2022 | ||
15 | ![]() | Ralph Watling | 3 | 1901–1903 |
![]() | Henry Norman Marrett | 1908–1910 | ||
![]() | Frank Chesterton | 1912–1914 | ||
![]() | Albert Edward Harbot | 1926–1928 | ||
![]() | Peng Soon Wong | 1950–1952 | ||
![]() | Hariyanto Arbi | 1993–1995 | ||
![]() | Hong Chen | 2001–2003 | ||
![]() | Long Chen | 2013–2015 |
Chen Long, is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is the 2016 Olympic champion, two-time World champion, and an Asian champion.
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