List of All England women's doubles champions explained

The champions and runners-up of the All England Open Badminton Championships Ladies' 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.

History

In the Amateur era, Meriel Lucas (1899-1900, 1902, 1904-1910) holds the record for the most titles in the Ladies' Doubles, winning All England ten times. Lucas also holds the record for most consecutive titles with seven from 1904 to 1910.

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, Gao Ling and Huang Sui (2001-2006) holds the record for most and also consecutive victories with six.

Gillian Perrin, Nora Gardner, Atsuko Tokuda, Yoshiko Yonekura and Verawaty Fadjrin are the only players in history to reach the All England Open Badminton Ladies' Doubles Final in both the Amateur and Open Era. Perrin managed to do so a total of seven times, winning twice in the Amateur Era and once in the Open Era, Gardner four, winning twice in the Open Era, Tokuda thrice, with a sole victory in the Amateur Era and both Yonekura and Fadjrin twice, with Fadjrin registering a victory in the Amateur Era.

Finalists

Amateur era

Year	Champions	Runners–up	Score
	Meriel Lucas / Mary Graeme		18–17, 15–5
	Meriel Lucas / Mary Graeme		15–9, 5–15, 15–2
	Daisy St. John / E. Moseley		15–0, 15–5
	Ethel Thomson / Meriel Lucas		18–17, 9–15, 15–9
	Mabel Hardy / Dorothea Douglass		15–4, 15–9
	Ethel Thomson / Meriel Lucas		15–2, 15–5
	Ethel Thomson / Meriel Lucas		15–3, 15–6
	Ethel Thomson / Meriel Lucas		15–10, 15–5
	G. L. Murray / Meriel Lucas		15–9, 15–9
	G. L. Murray / Meriel Lucas		15–4, 15–5
	G. L. Murray / Meriel Lucas		15–3, 9–15, 15–6
	Muriel Bateman / Meriel Lucas		15–8, 15–8
	Alice Gowenlock / Dorothy Cundall		15–12, 11–15, 15–12
	Alice Gowenlock / Dorothy Cundall		15–2, 15–5
	Hazel Hogarth / Muriel Bateman		18–15, 15–4
	Margaret Tragett / Eveline Peterson		15–4, 16–18, 17–15
1915–1919	no competition
	Lavinia Radeglia / Violet Elton	D Harvey / Mrs Reynolds	17–15, 5–15, 15–10
	Margaret McKane / Kitty McKane		15–8, 15–11
	Margaret Tragett / Hazel Hogarth		15–11, 15–9
	Margaret Tragett / Hazel Hogarth		15–3, 18–15
	Margaret Stocks / Kitty McKane		15–3, 15–13
	Margaret Tragett / Hazel Hogarth		15–11, 15–9
	A. M. Head / Violet Elton		15–9, 15–10
	Margaret Tragett / Hazel Hogarth		5–15, 18–16, 15–8
	Marjorie Barrett / Violet Elton		5–15, 18–16, 15–8
	Marjorie Barrett / Violet Elton		15–13, 15–3
	Marjorie Barrett / Violet Elton		15–1, 15–11
	Marian Horsley / Betty Uber		12–15, 15–10, 15–5
	Marjorie Barrett / Leoni Kingsbury		9–15, 18–16, 15–8
	Marje Bell / Thelma Kingsbury		10–15, 15–11, 15–9
	Marje Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury		15–8, 15–5
	Marje Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury		15–5, 9–15, 15–8
	Marje Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury		15–10, 5–15, 15–7
	Betty Uber / Diana Doveton		17–18, 15–1, 15–2
	Betty Uber / Diana Doveton		15–6, 15–1
	Ruth Dalsgaard / Tonny Olsen		15–11, 2–15, 17–15
1940–1946	no competition
	Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl		15–8, 15–7
	Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl		15–6, 12–15, 15–2
	Betty Uber / Queenie Allen		16–17, 15–5, 15–8
	Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl		16–17, 15–5, 15–8
	Tonny Ahm / Kirsten Thorndahl		17–15, 15–7
	Tonny Ahm / Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen		18–15, 15–4
	Iris Cooley / June White		11–15, 15–2, 15–9
	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin		15–7, 12–15, 15–8
	Iris Cooley / June White		18–15, 10–15, 15–9
	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin		17–18, 15–12, 15–12
	Anni Hammergaard Hansen / Kirsten Thorndahl		7–15, 15–11, 15–10
	Margaret Varner / Heather Ward		15–12, 15–2
	Iris Rogers / June Timperley		11–15, 15–10, 15–11
	Sue Devlin / Judy Devlin		15–13, 15–6
	Judy Hashman / Sue Peard		15–5, 15–4
	Judy Hashman / Tonny Holst-Christensen		15–5, 15–3
	Judy Hashman / Sue Peard		15–6, 15–9
	Karin Jørgensen / Ulla Rasmussen		15–11, 6–15, 15–10
	Karin Jørgensen / Ulla Rasmussen		15–5, 15–0
	Judy Hashman / Sue Peard		15–5, 14–17, 15–12
	Imre Rietveld / Ulla Strand		11–15, 15–8, 15–4
	Minarni Sudaryanto / Retno Koestijah		15–5, 15–6
	Margaret Boxall / Susan Whetnall		15–11, 15–11
	Margaret Boxall / Susan Whetnall		15–6, 8–15, 15–9
	Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Yuki		15–10, 18–13
	Machiko Aizawa / Etsuko Takenaka		9–15, 15–8, 15–12
	Machiko Aizawa / Etsuko Takenaka		15–10, 10–15, 15–11
	Margaret Beck / Gillian Gilks		15–5, 18–14
	Machiko Aizawa / Etsuko Takenaka		12–15, 15–12, 15–9
	Gillian Gilks / Susan Whetnall		15–10, 15–10
	Etsuko Toganoo / Emiko Ueno		7–15, 15–3, 15–7
	Atsuko Tokuda / Mikiko Takada		18–16, 15–6
	Verawaty Fadjrin / Imelda Wiguna		15–3, 10–15, 15–5

Open era

Year	Country	Champions	Country	Runners–up	Score
					11–15, 15–7, 15–6
					15–8, 15–4
					15–8, 15–5
					15–9, 15–11
					15–8, 8–15, 17–14
					15–7, 15–9
					15–5, 6–15, 15–8
					15–6, 8–15, 15–11
					15–8, 9–15 (retired)
					15–7, 15–4
					6–15, 15–4, 15–4
					15–5, 15–3
					18–14, 18–17
					5–15, 15–4, 15–7
					7–15, 15–8, 15–4
					15–6, 15–3
					15–7, 15–3
					15–6, 15–9
1998					15–7, 15–7
					15–6, 15–8
					15–5, 15–3
					10–15, 15–8, 15–9
					7–3, 7–5, 8–7
2003					15–10, 15–13
					Walkover
					15–10, 15–13
					6–15, 15–11, 15–2
2007					21–16, 8–21, 24–22
					12–21, 21–18, 21–14
					21–13, 21–15
					20–22, 21–16, 21–13
					21–2, 21–9
					21–17, 21–12
					21–18, 21–10
					21–17, 18–21, 23–21
					21–14, 21–14
					21–10, 21–12
					21–18, 21–13
					21–19, 21–18
					18–21, 22–20, 21–11
					21–13, 21–15
					21–18, 21–16
2022	Japan Japan		China China		21–13, 21–9
2023	Korea, Republic of Korea, Republic of		Korea, Republic of Korea, Republic of		21–5, 21–12
2024	Korea, Republic of Korea, Republic of		Japan Japan		21–19, 11–21, 21–17

Statistics

Multiple titles

Bold indicates active players.

Rank	Country	Player	Amateur era	Open era	All-time	Years
1			10	0	10	1899, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910
2			7	0	7	1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
3			6	0	6	1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952
		6	0	1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966
		0	6	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
		0	6	2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
7			5	0	5	1913, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927
		5	0	1914, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927
		5	0	1920, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930
		5	0	1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957
		0	5	1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994
12			4	0	4	1902, 1904, 1905, 1906
		4	0	1928, 1929, 1930, 1932
		4	0	1931, 1937, 1938, 1949
		4	0	1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
		4	0	1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
		4	0	1972, 1973, 1975, 1977
		0	4	1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
		0	4	1986, 1987, 1990, 1991
		0	4	1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
		0	4	1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
		0	4	2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
23			3	0	3	1907, 1908, 1909
		3	0	1953, 1955, 1959
		3	0	1953, 1955, 1959
		3	0	1964, 1965, 1967
		3	0	1969, 1970, 1976
		3	0	1972, 1973, 1975
		2	1	1974, 1976, 1980
		0	3	1993, 1994, 1995
		0	3	2011, 2013, 2014
32			2	0	2	1899, 1900
		2	0	1907, 1909
		2	0	1907, 1909
		2	0	1910, 1913
		2	0	1921, 1924
		2	0	1921, 1924
		2	0	1937, 1938
		2	0	1964, 1965
		2	0	1969, 1970
		0	2	1980, 1981
		0	2	1982, 1984
		0	2	1982, 1984
		0	2	2007, 2009
		0	2	2017, 2024

Champions by country

Rank	Country	Amateur era	Open era	All-time	First title	Last title	First champions	Last champions
1		44.5	2	47
2		0	24	24
3		0	14	14
4		10	1	11
5		6	3	9
6		3.5	0	4.5
7		2	0	2
	2	0
9		0.5	0	0.5

Multiple finalists

Bold indicates active players.
Italic indicates players who never won the championship.

Rank	Country	Player	Amateur era	Open era	All-time
1			12	0	12
2			11	0	11
3			10	0	10
4			9	0	9
		9	0
6			8	0	8
		8	0
		0	8
9			7	0	7
		7	0
		7	0
		7	0
		7	0
		7	0
		7	0
		5	2
		0	7
18			6	0	6
		6	0
		0	6
		0	6
22			5	0	5
		5	0
		5	0
		5	0
		5	0
		5	0
		5	0
		5	0
		0	5
		0	5
		0	5
		0	5
34			4	0	4
		4	0
		4	0
		4	0
		2	2
		0	4
		0	4
		0	4
		0	4
		0	4
		0	4
45			3	0	3
		3	0
		3	0
		3	0
		3	0
		3	0
		2	1
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
63			2	0	2
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		2	0
		1	1
		1	1
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2
		0	2

See also

• List of All England men's singles champions
• List of All England women's singles champions
• List of All England men's doubles champions
• List of All England mixed doubles champions

External links

• All England Champions 1899-2007
• BadmintonEngland.co.uk
• badmintoneurope.com
• Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987,

Notes and References

1. Web site: All England Open History: long trousers to Lin Dan. 25 February 2015. 11 March 2019. www.allenglandbadminton.com.
2. Book: Badminton Handbook. 1972. Bernd-Volker Brahms. 17 January 2014. 9781782553540. 11 March 2019. Brahms. Bernd-Volker. Meyer & Meyer Sport .