List of All England Women's Singles champions

Singles
Men | Women
Doubles
Men | Women | Mixed

Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in women's singles.

Between 1915-1919 the All England cancelled because of the World War I.

Between 1940-1946 the All England cancelled because of the World War II.

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1900 Ethel B. Thomson E. Moseley
1901 Ethel B. Thomson E. Schrieber
1902 Meriel Lucas Ethel Warneford Thomson
1903 Ethel B. Thomson Dorothea Katharina Douglass
1904 Ethel B. Thomson Dorothea Katharina Douglass
1905 Ethel B. Thomson Mabel Hardy
1906 Ethel B. Thomson M. E. Brown
1907 Ethel B. Thomson Dorothea Katharina Douglass
1908 Ethel B. Thomson G. L. Murray
1909 Ethel B. Thomson Lavinia Clara Radeglia
1910 Ethel B. Thomson Margaret Larminie
1911 Margaret Larminie Alice Gowenlock
1912 Margaret Rivers Tragett Ethel Thomson Larcombe 11-14, 11-3, 13-14
1913 Lavinia Clara Radeglia
1914 Lavinia Clara Radeglia
1915
1919
No competition
1920 Kitty McKane
1921 Kitty McKane
1922 Kitty McKane Marjorie Barrett 2:1
1923 Lavinia Clara Radeglia
1924 Kitty McKane
1925 Margaret Stocks
1926 Freda G. Barrett
1927 Freda G. Barrett
1928 Margaret Rivers Tragett
1929 Freda G. Barrett
1930 Freda G. Barrett
1931 Freda G. Barrett Leoni Kingsbury 11-8, 4-11, 14–9
1932 Leoni Kingsbury Alice Woodroffe 11-4, 5-11, 11–2
1933 Alice Woodroffe
1934 Leoni Kingsbury
1935 Betty Uber
1936 Thelma Kingsbury Betty Uber 5–11, 11–3, 11–2
1937 Thelma Kingsbury
1938 Daphne Young
1939 Dorothy Walton Diana Doveton 11–4, 11–5
1940
1946
No competition
1947 Marie Ussing Kirsten Thorndahl
1948 Kirsten Thorndahl Tonny Ahm
1949 Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Aase Svendsen 8–11, 11–8, 11–4
1950 Tonny Ahm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen 11–4, 11–6
1951 Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Tonny Ahm 11–6, 11–2
1952 Tonny Ahm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen
1953 Marie Ussing Agnete Friis 11–2, 7–11, 11–2
1954 Judy Devlin Iris Cooley 11–7, 11–5
1955 Margaret Varner Judy Devlin 9–12, 11–5, 11–1
1956 Margaret Varner Judy Devlin 11–8, 12–5
1957 Judy Devlin Margaret Varner 11–2, 11–7
1958 Judy Devlin Margaret Varner 11–7, 12–10
1959 Heather M. Ward Judy Devlin 11–7, 3–11, 11–4
1960 Judy Devlin Margaret Varner 11–1, 11–9
1961 Judy Hashman Ursula Smith 11–2, 11–6
1962 Judy Hashman Ursula Smith 11–4, 11–0
1963 Judy Hashman Angela Bairstow 11–5, 11–9
1964 Judy Hashman Ursula Smith 11-0, 11-3
1965 Ursula Smith Ulla Strand 11-7, 11-7
1966 Judy Hashman Imre Rietveld 11–6, 11–7
1967 Judy Hashman Noriko Takagi 5–11, 11–8, 12–10
1968 Eva Twedberg Minarni 11–6, 11–2
1969 Hiroe Yuki Noriko Takagi 11–5, 11–5
1970 Etsuko Takenaka Heather Nielsen 11–3, 11–4
1971 Eva Twedberg Anni Berglund 11–3, 6–11, 11–2
1972 Noriko Nakayama Hiroe Yuki 11–5, 3–11, 11–7
1973 Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks 11–8, 11–0
1974 Hiroe Yuki Gillian Gilks 11–5, 11–9
1975 Hiroe Yuki Gillian Gilks 11–5, 11–9
1976 Gillian Gilks Margaret Lockwood 11–0, 11–3
1977 Hiroe Yuki Lene Køppen 7–11, 11–3, 11–7
1978 Gillian Gilks Saori Kondo 11–1, 11–9
1979 Lene Køppen Saori Kondo 13–9, 1–11, 11–8
1980 Lene Køppen Verawaty Fajrin
1981 Hwang Sun-ae Lene Køppen 11-1, 11-2
1982 Zhang Ailing Li Lingwei 11-4, 11-6
1983 Zhang Ailing Wu Jianqiu 11–5, 10–12, 12–9
1984 Li Lingwei Han Aiping 11–5, 11–8
1985 Han Aiping Li Lingwei 11-7, 12-10
1986 Kim Yun-ja Qian Ping 11–6, 12–11
1987 Kirsten Larsen Qian Ping 9–7 (retired)
1988 Gu Jiaming Lee Young-suk 11–2, 11–2
1989 Li Lingwei Susi Susanti 11–8, 11–4
1990 Susi Susanti Huang Hua 12-11, 11-1
1991 Susi Susanti Sarwendah Kusumawardhani 0-11, 11-2, 11-6
1992 Tang Jiuhong Bang Soo-hyun 9-12, 12-10, 11-1
1993 Susi Susanti Bang Soo-hyun 4-11, 11-4, 11-1
1994 Susi Susanti Ye Zhaoying 11-5, 11-9
1995 Lim Xiao Qing Camilla Martin 11-9, 10-12, 11-3
1996 Bang Soo-hyun Ye Zhaoying 11-1, 11-1
1997 Ye Zhaoying Gong Zhichao 11-3, 11-1
1998 Ye Zhaoying Zhang Ning 11-5, 11-8
1999 Ye Zhaoying Dai Yun 9-11, 11-5, 11-1
2000 Gong Zhichao Dai Yun 11-5, 8-11, 11-5
2001 Gong Zhichao Zhou Mi 11-7, 11-3
2002 Camilla Martin Gong Ruina 7-5, 8-6, 7-3
2003 Zhou Mi Xie Xingfang 11-6, 11-5
2004 Gong Ruina Zhou Mi 11-7, 11-7
2005 Xie Xingfang Zhang Ning 11-3, 11-9
2006 Xie Xingfang Zhang Ning 11-3, 9-11, 11-3
2007 Xie Xingfang Pi Hongyan 21-6, 21-13
2008 Tine Rasmussen Lu Lan 21-11, 18-21, 22-20
2009 Wang Yihan Tine Rasmussen 21-19, 21-23, 21-11
2010 Tine Rasmussen Wang Yihan 21-14, 18-21, 21-19
2011 Wang Shixian Eriko Hirose 24-22, 21-18

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