1994 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1994 All England Open was the 84th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships

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 from March 16 to March 20, 1994, in Birmingham

Birmingham

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, for the first time since it was established, previously it had been held always in London

London

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It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Hariyanto Arbi Hariyanto Arbi Hariyanto Arbi is a former male badminton player from Indonesia who rated among the world's top few singles players in the 1990s.-Career:...	Ardy Wiranata Ardy Wiranata Ardy Bernardus Wiranata was an Indonesian badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world during most of the 1990s...	15–12, 17–14
Women's singles	Susi Susanti	Ye Zhaoying Ye Zhaoying Ye Zhaoying is a retired women's singles badminton player from Zhejiang, the People's Republic of China who rates as one of the finest that China or any nation has produced. Officially ranked as the number one player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost but regained that...	11–5, 11–9
Men's doubles	Rudy Gunawan Rudy Gunawan Rudy Gunawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. Tall, and powerfully built, he won numerous major international titles, mainly in men's doubles but also in mixed doubles, from the late 1980s through the mid 1990s.-Career:Rudy Gunawan... & Bambang Suprianto Bambang Suprianto Bambang Suprianto is a retired male badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:A durable all around player who won singles at the Singapore Open in 1991, Suprianto's greatest success came in doubles events. In the mid 1990s he and fellow countryman Rudy Gunawan formed one of the world's leading men's...	Ricky Subagja Ricky Subagja Ricky Ahmad Subagja is a Bandung, Indonesia born former world-class badminton player. He rates among the greatest doubles specialists in the sport's history.-Career:... & Rexy Mainaky Rexy Mainaky Rexy Ronald Mainaky is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja.- Career :...	15–12, 15–12
Women's doubles	Chung So-young Chung So-young Chung So-young is a former female badminton player from South Korea.At the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 she won the gold medal in the women's doubles together with Hwang Hye-young.-Career:... & Gil Young-ah Gil Young-ah Gil Young-ah is a former female badminton player from South Korea.At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won the bronze medal in the women's doubles together with Shim Eun-jung....	Jang Hye-ock Jang Hye-ock Jang Hye-ock was a female badminton player from South Korea.Jang won the gold medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships in women's doubles, playing with Gil Young-ah... & Shim Eun-jung Shim Eun-jung Shim Eun-jung is a former female badminton player from South Korea.She won the bronze medal in women's doubles with Gil Young-ah at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.-External links:*...	7–15, 15–8, 15–4
Mixed doubles	Nick Ponting Nick Ponting -Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Gillian Clark.He won the gold medal at the 1994 All England Championships with Jo Wright .... & Joanne Wright Joanne Wright Joanne Nicholas is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom.Joanne attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College , all in Southport, Merseyside....	Chris Hunt Chris Hunt (badminton) -Career:Hunt won the gold medal at the European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Simon Archer in 1994 and 1998. In 1996 they won the bronze medal.... & Gillian Clark Gillian Clark (badminton) Gillian Margaret Clark, MBE is a former English badminton player who specialized in doubles and currently a badminton television commentator.-Career:...	15–10, 15–11

External links

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