1979 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1979 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England in March 1979. [1][2]

1979 All England Championships
Tournament details
DatesMarch 21 (21-03)–
March 25 (25-03)
Edition69th
VenueWembley Arena
LocationLondon
← < 1978 1980 > →

Final results
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Liem Swie King Flemming Delfs 15–7, 15–8
Women's singles Lene Køppen Saori Kondo 13–9, 1–11, 11–8
Men's doubles Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi Stefan Karlsson & Claes Nordin 17–16, 15–3
Women's doubles Verawaty Wiharjo & Imelda Wiguno Atsuko Tokuda & Mikiko Takada 15-3, 10-15, 15-5
Mixed doubles Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguno Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry 15-1, 18–17

Men's singles

Seeds
  1. Liem Swie King
  2. Prakash Padukone - withdrew injured
  3. Flemming Delfs
  4. Morten Frost
  5. Kinji Zeniya
  7. Svend Pri
  8. Thomas Kihlström

Section 1
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Liem Swie King
Swie King 15 15
Mogens Neergaard Neergaard 1 5
Swie King 15 15
Steen Fladberg Fladberg 8 5
Fladberg 15 2 17
Thomas Kihlström Kihlström 12 15 15
Swie King 15 18
Morten Frost Hansen Frost 4 15
Frost 15 15
Brian Wallwork Wallwork 2 1
Frost 14 15 15
Dhany Sartika Sartika 17 13 12
Sartika 15 18
Kinji Zeniya Zeniya 11 16

Section 2
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Flemming Delfs
Delfs 15 15
Philip Sutton Sutton 5 0
Delfs 15 12 15
Sture Johnsson Johnsson 8 15 5
Johnsson 15 15
Masao Tsuchida Tsuchida 7 7
Delfs 17 17
Svend Pri Pri 14 16
Pri 12 15 15
Kevin Jolly Jolly 15 0 9
Pri 15 15
Lius Pongoh Pongoh 4 6
Pongoh 15 15
Yoshitaka Iino Iino 10 11

Women's singles

Seeds
  1. Lene Køppen
  2. Hiroe Yuki
  3. Verawaty Wiharjo
  4. Gillian Gilks
  5. Wendy Carter
  6. Nora Perry
  7. Jane Webster
  8. Atsuko Tokuda

Section 1
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Lene Køppen
Køppen
Køppen 11 11
Atsuko Tokuda Tokuda 2 4
Tokuda
Køppen
Gillian Gilks Gilks
Gilks 11 11
Yoshiko Yonekura Yonekura 0 1
Gilks 12 11
Wendy Carter Carter 11 8
Carter 12 11
Hitomi Isheda Isheda 10 6

Section 2
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter Finals Semi Finals
Saori Kondo
Kondo 11 11
Verawaty Wiharjo Verawaty 6 3
Kondo 11 11
Mikiko Takada Takada 3 4
Takada w/o
Pia Nielsen Nielsen scr
Kondo
Jane Webster Webster
Webster
Webster 8 12 11
Hiroe Yuki Yuki 11 9 2
Yuki

References
  1. The Times (London)
  2. The Straits Times (Singapore)
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