The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011.
Gillian Gilks is an English former badminton player who won numerous major titles in all three events between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
Gu Jun is a Chinese former badminton player.
Gillian Margaret Clark, is a former English badminton player who specialized in doubles and is currently a badminton television commentator.
Thomas Kihlström is a former badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles.
Michael 'Mike' Graham Tredgett is a former English badminton player who specialized in doubles and played at the world level for more than a decade, winning numerous international men's doubles and mixed doubles titles.
Martin Dew is a former English male badminton player who specialized in doubles.
Nadieżda Zięba is a Polish retired badminton player of Belarusian origin. She won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2012 European Championships. Zięba was three times mixed doubles quarter finalists in the badminton at the Summer Olympics.
Susan Whetnall is a former English badminton player, noted for her anticipation and shot-making ability, who won numerous international titles in doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. She was married to another English former international player, Paul Whetnall, from 1968 until his death in May 2014.
Verawaty Fadjrin was an Indonesian badminton player who won international titles spanning from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Tall and powerful, at one time or another she played each of the three variations of the sport at the highest world level.
Imelda Wiguna is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.
Jane Webster married name Jane Sutton is a retired English badminton player noted for her strong and consistent shot-making. Though competitive at a world-class level in singles, her greatest success came in doubles competition.
Pia Nielsen is a retired female badminton player of Denmark.
Karen Beckman (Bridge) was a female badminton player of England.
Eliza Nathanael is an Indonesian retired badminton player who specialized in doubles events.
Nettie Nielsen is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.
Billy Gilliland is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.
Anne-Mette van Dijk is a former top Danish badminton player of mid '90s. Anne Mette Bille won her first title in 1980 at the Danish U13 Junior Individual Championships. In 1986, she won Nordic Junior Championships partnering Thomas Lund. In 1989 she won the senior nationaldoubles title for the first time with Lotte Olsen. In 1993 she reached the quarter-finals at the World Championships. 1994, she won silver at the European Championship in the mixed team event. Her husband Jeroen van Dijk was a former Olympian in Badminton. They met each other in 1994 in Taiwan & got married in 1999. She runs a shop for greeting cards for various occasions in Lyngby.
Lorraine Cole is a retired English badminton player.
