1957 All England Badminton Championships

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

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