1957 All England Badminton Championships

The 1957 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 20–25 March 1957.^[1]

1957 All England Championships

Tournament details
Dates	20 March 1957 (1957-03-20)– 25 March 1957 (1957-03-25)
Edition	47th
Venue	Wembley
Location	London
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This was the first year in which the competition switched to Wembley from Earls Court. Kirsten Thorndahl married and played under the name Kirsten Granlund.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Eddy Choong	Erland Kops	15-9, 15-3
Women's singles	Judy Devlin	Margaret Varner	11-2, 11-7
Men's doubles	Joe Alston & Johnny Heah	Eddy Choong & David Ewe Choong	15-10, 16-17, 15-5
Women's doubles	Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Granlund	Iris Rogers & June Timperley	7-15, 15-11, 15-10
Mixed doubles	Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Granlund	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen & Anni Hammergaard Hansen	15-3, 15-6

Results

Men's singles

Section 1

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Eddy Choong	15	15
		A Leagas	2	5				1	Choong	15	15
		K C Carpenter	12	15	15				Carpenter	3	2
		F C Jones	15	8	13										1	Choong	15	15
		Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	15	12	18											H-Hansen	12	4
		Tony Jordan	11	15	13				H-Hansen	15	16	15
		R Mulvaney	15	15					Mulvaney	2	18	11
		J A Broadhurst	12	9																		1	Choong	15	9	18
		Joe Alston	15	15																			Alston	11	15	16
		R Quiddington	6	4					Alston	15	15
		Peter Ferguson	15	15					Ferguson	11	3
		C E Lawrence	7	3												Alston	18	14	15
		Palle Granlund	6	15	15											Granlund	16	17	4
		Bjorn Holst-Christensen	15	8	6				Granlund	15	15
		John Timperley	2	15	15				Timperley	10	13
		W Goode	15	1	5

Section 2

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Erland Kops	5	15	15
		Ferry Sonneville	15	11	11				Kops	15	15
		Dick Hashman	15						Hashman	4	5
		Noel Radford	3	ret												Kops	15	15
		Oon Chong Teik	15	15												Teik	12	12
		Knud Aage Nielsen	12	5					Teik	15	15
		Harry Parmar	15	9	15				Parmar	7	5
		J H King	9	15	7																		Kops	11	15	15
	2	Finn Kobberø	15	18																		2	Kobberø	15	10	13
		Jack McColl	12	16				2	Kobberø	15	15
		Ciro Ciniglio	15	0	15				Ciniglio	0	7
		R J Southwell	9	15	9										2	Kobberø	15	15
		Dave McTaggart	15	15												McTaggart	13	8
		M Tranter	1	3					McTaggart	15	15
		Ole Mertz	15	15					Mertz	4	10
		Ken Stott	2	8

Women's singles

Section 1

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Judy Devlin
									Devlin	11	11
		Sylvia Ripley							Ripley	3	7
																Devlin	11	11
		Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen														Jacobsen	0	0
									Jacobsen	11	11
		Prem Prasher							Prasher	2	1
																							Devlin
		Lois Alston																					Alston
									Alston	8	11	12
		Heather Ward							Ward	11	9	10
																Alston	11	12	11
		Tonny Petersen														Petersen	12	11	8
									Petersen	11	11
		Eileen Pattison							Pattison	5	7

Section 2

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		Margaret Varner
									Varner	11	11
		June Wheating							Wheating	2	0
																Varner	5	11	11
		Iris Rogers														Rogers	11	3	2
									Rogers	11	11
		Sushila Kapadia							Kapadia	1	7
																							Varner
		Marjory Shedd																					Shedd
									Shedd	9	11	11
		Sheila Ryder							Ryder	11	6	3
																Shedd	11	11
		Tonny Ahm														Ahm	1	6
									Ahm	12	11
		June Timperley							Timperley	10	8