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| Official website | |
| Founded | 1899; 126 years ago (1899) |
|---|---|
| Editions | 115 (2025) |
| Location | Birmingham (2025) England |
| Venue | Arena Birmingham (2025) |
| Prize money | USD1,450,000 (2025) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Shi Yuqi(singles) Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae(doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 8,Rudy Hartono |
| Most doubles titles | 9,George Alan Thomas |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | An Se-young(singles) Chiharu Shida Nami Matsuyama(doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 10,Judy Devlin |
| Most doubles titles | 10,Meriel Lucas |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui |
| Most titles (male) | 8 George Alan Thomas Finn Kobberø |
| Most titles (female) | 8,Betty Uber |
| Super 1000 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2025 All England Open | |
TheAll England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldestbadminton tournament, held annually inEngland. With the introduction of theBWF's latest grading system, it was givenSuper Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018.[1] The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton (Great Britain, China, Malaysia and Indonesia) are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to theGrand Slam tournaments in tennis.[2]
The world's firstopen tournament was held in the English town ofGuildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held atLondon's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format, the singles were introduced from the second edition onward.[3] It was eventually considered – especially after the firstThomas Cup series in 1949 – the unofficial world championship of the sport until 1977, when theInternational Badminton Federation launched itsofficial championships.[4]
There were two instances when it was halted – from 1915 to 1919, due toWorld War I, and from 1940 to 1946, due toWorld War II.[5]
The tournament has been held at eight venues, and is now played atArena Birmingham,Birmingham.[6]
| Years active | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1899–1901 | HQ of the London Scottish Rifles | Buckingham Gate |
| 1902 | Crystal Palace Central Transept | Sydenham Hill |
| 1903–1909 | London Rifles Brigade's City Headquarters | Bunhill Row,Islington |
| 1910–1939 | Lindley Hall,Vincent Square | Westminster,London |
| 1947–1949 | Harringay Arena, North London Stadium | North London |
| 1950–1956 | Empress Hall | Earls Court |
| 1957–1993 | Wembley Arena | Wembley,London |
| 1994–present | Arena Birmingham | Birmingham |
Below is the list of the most successful players in the All England Open Badminton Championships:
In the modern era players are less able to compete in multiple disciplines due to the differentiation of required skills and the physical demands of the game. Some men's and women's doubles players are able to compete successfully in mixed doubles. The last player to win in both singles and a doubles discipline was Li Lingwei of China who won women's doubles in 1985 then in women's singles in 1989.
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England | 27 | 39 | 28.5 | 46.5 | 53 | 194 |
| 2 |  China | 22 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 90 |
| 3 |  Denmark | 22 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 89 |
| 4 |  Indonesia | 16 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 |  South Korea | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 40 | |
| 6 |  Malaysia | 15 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 27 | ||
| 7 |  Japan | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 |  Ireland | 7 | 7.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 20 | |
| 9 |  United States | 1 | 12 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 18.5 |
| 10 |  Sweden | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 6.5 | |
| 11 |  Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 12 |  India | 2 | 2 | ||||
 Spain | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 14 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | ||||
 Russia | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 16 |  Netherlands | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
 Scotland | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||
| Total | 114 | 114 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 573 |
