1964 All England Open Badminton Championships
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The 1964 All England Open was the 54th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships
. It was held in 1964, in Wembley
, London
.
All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
. It was held in 1964, in Wembley
Wembley
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, London
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.
Final results
Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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Men's singles | Knud Aage Nielsen Knud Aage Nielsen Knud Aage Nielsen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.Nielsen won the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1964... |
Henning Borch Henning Borch Henning Borch is a former world class badminton player from Denmark who won major tournaments from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. In the 1964 Borch reached the men's singles final at the prestigious All-England Championships, narrowly losing to fellow countryman Knud Aage Nielsen... |
8–15, 17–15, 15–4 |
Women's singles | Judy Hashman | Ursula Smith | 11–0, 11–3 |
Men's doubles | Finn Kobberø Finn Kobberø Finn Kobberø was a badminton player from Denmark, who won numerous international titles in all of badminton's three events from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.... & Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen |
Erland Kops Erland Kops Erland Kops is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Kops was the first Westerner to win major singles titles in the Far East. He combined abundant speed, power, and stamina with impressive... & Poul Erik Nielsen |
15-6, 15-3 |
Women's doubles | Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Rasmussen | Judy Hashman & Sue Devlin Peard | 15-11, 6-15, 15-10 |
Mixed doubles | Tony Jordan Anthony D. Jordan Anthony D. Jordan is a former English badminton player who won numerous international titles from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s. Known for his quick and deceptive racket work, he was primarily a doubles specialist with his greatest success coming in mixed doubles... & Jennifer Pritchard |
Finn Kobberø Finn Kobberø Finn Kobberø was a badminton player from Denmark, who won numerous international titles in all of badminton's three events from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.... & Ulla Strand Ulla Strand Ulla Strand was a retired female badminton player of Denmark who excelled from the early 1960s to the early 1970s... |