List of All England Women's Singles champions

Below is the list of the winners at the All England Open Badminton Championships in women's singles.

Between 1915-1919 the All England cancelled because of the World War I.

Between 1940-1946 the All England cancelled because of the World War II.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1900	Ethel B. Thomson	E. Moseley
1901	Ethel B. Thomson	E. Schrieber
1902	Murial Lucas	Ethel Warneford Thomson
1903	Ethel B. Thomson	Dorothea Katharina Douglass
1904	Ethel B. Thomson	Dorothea Katharina Douglass
1905	Murial Lucas	Mabel Hardy	9-15, 15-6, 15-9
1906	Ethel B. Thomson	M. E. Brown	walkover
1907	Murial Lucas	Dorothea Katharina Douglass
1908	Murial Lucas	G. L. Murray	11-2, 11-3
1909	Murial Lucas	Lavinia Clara Radeglia	11-3, 11-5
1910	Murial Lucas	Margaret Larminie	11-5, 3-11, 11-5
1911	Margaret Larminie	Alice Gowenlock	11-9, 4-11, 11-4
1912	Margaret (Larminie) Rivers Tragett	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	11-14, 11-2, 14-13
1913	Lavinia Clara Radeglia	Margaret Rivers Tragett	11–5, 11–8
1914	Lavinia Clara Radeglia	Bottomley	11–3, 11–5
1915 1919	No competition
1920	Kitty McKane	Margaret Rivers Tragett	11-6, 11-5
1921	Kitty McKane	Margaret Rivers Tragett	11-5, 11-6
1922	Kitty McKane	Margaret Rivers Tragett	11-7, 11-7
1923	Lavinia Clara Radeglia	Marion Horsley	11-8, 11-6
1924	Kitty McKane	Margaret Rivers Tragett	11-4, 11-2
1925	Margaret Stocks	Marjorie Barrett	11-2, 11-7
1926	Marjorie Barrett	Margaret Rivers Tragett	11-7, 11-3
1927	Marjorie Barrett	Margaret Rivers Tragett	11-8, 11-3
1928	Margaret Rivers Tragett	Coop	11-3, 5-11, 11-5
1929	Marjorie Barrett	F Waterhouse	11-8, 14-13
1930	Marjorie Barrett	Betty Uber	11-2, 5-11, 11-9
1931	Marjorie Barrett	Leoni Kingsbury	11-8, 4-11, 14–9
1932	Leoni Kingsbury	Alice Woodroffe	11-4, 5-11, 11–2
1933	Alice Woodroffe	Leoni Kingsbury
1934	Leoni Kingsbury	Thelma Kingsbury	11-4, 11–6
1935	Betty Uber	Alice Teague-Woodroffe	11-1 11-6
1936	Thelma Kingsbury	Betty Uber	5–11, 11–3, 11–2
1937	Thelma Kingsbury	Diana Doveton	11–0, 11–0
1938	Daphne Young	Betty Uber	10-12, 12-11, 11–3
1939	Dorothy Walton	Diana Doveton	11–4, 11–5
1940 1946	No competition
1947	Marie Ussing	Kirsten Thorndahl	11-6. 6-11, 12-10
1948	Kirsten Thorndahl	Tonny Ahm	15-3, 15-13
1949	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Aase Svendsen	8–11, 11–8, 11–4
1950	Tonny Ahm	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	11–4, 11–6
1951	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	Tonny Ahm	11–6, 11–2
1952	Tonny Ahm	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	11-4, 11-2
1953	Marie Ussing	Agnete Friis	11–2, 7–11, 11–2
1954	Judy Devlin	Iris Cooley	11–7, 11–5
1955	Margaret Varner	Judy Devlin	9–12, 11–5, 11–1
1956	Margaret Varner	Judy Devlin	11–8, 12–5
1957	Judy Devlin	Margaret Varner	11–2, 11–7
1958	Judy Devlin	Margaret Varner	11–7, 12–10
1959	Heather M. Ward	Judy Devlin	11–7, 3–11, 11–4
1960	Judy Devlin	Margaret Varner	11–1, 11–9
1961	Judy Hashman	Ursula Smith	11–2, 11–6
1962	Judy Hashman	Ursula Smith	11–4, 11–0
1963	Judy Hashman	Angela Bairstow	11–5, 11–9
1964	Judy Hashman	Ursula Smith	11-0, 11-3
1965	Ursula Smith	Ulla Strand	11-7, 11-7
1966	Judy Hashman	Imre Rietveld	11–6, 11–7
1967	Judy Hashman	Noriko Takagi	5–11, 11–8, 12–10
1968	Eva Twedberg	Minarni	11–6, 11–2
1969	Hiroe Yuki	Noriko Takagi	11–5, 11–5
1970	Etsuko Takenaka	Heather Nielsen	11–3, 11–4
1971	Eva Twedberg	Anni Berglund	11–3, 6–11, 11–2
1972	Noriko Nakayama	Hiroe Yuki	11–5, 3–11, 11–7
1973	Margaret Beck	Gillian Gilks	11–8, 11–0
1974	Hiroe Yuki	Gillian Gilks	11–5, 11–9
1975	Hiroe Yuki	Gillian Gilks	11–5, 11–9
1976	Gillian Gilks	Margaret Lockwood	11–0, 11–3
1977	Hiroe Yuki	Lene Køppen	7–11, 11–3, 11–7
1978	Gillian Gilks	Saori Kondo	11–1, 11–9
1979	Lene Køppen	Saori Kondo	13–9, 1–11, 11–8
1980	Lene Køppen	Verawaty Fajrin	11-2, 11-6
1981	Hwang Sun-ae	Lene Køppen	11-1, 11-2
1982	Zhang Ailing	Li Lingwei	11-4, 11-6
1983	Zhang Ailing	Wu Jianqiu	11–5, 10–12, 12–9
1984	Li Lingwei	Han Aiping	11–5, 11–8
1985	Han Aiping	Li Lingwei	11-7, 12-10
1986	Kim Yun-ja	Qian Ping	11–6, 12–11
1987	Kirsten Larsen	Qian Ping	9–7 (retired)
1988	Gu Jiaming	Lee Young-suk	11–2, 11–2
1989	Li Lingwei	Susi Susanti	11–8, 11–4
1990	Susi Susanti	Huang Hua	12-11, 11-1
1991	Susi Susanti	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	0-11, 11-2, 11-6
1992	Tang Jiuhong	Bang Soo-hyun	9-12, 12-10, 11-1
1993	Susi Susanti	Bang Soo-hyun	4-11, 11-4, 11-1
1994	Susi Susanti	Ye Zhaoying	11-5, 11-9
1995	Lim Xiaoqing	Camilla Martin	11-9, 10-12, 11-3
1996	Bang Soo-hyun	Ye Zhaoying	11-1, 11-1
1997	Ye Zhaoying	Gong Zhichao	11-3, 11-1
1998	Ye Zhaoying	Zhang Ning	11-5, 11-8
1999	Ye Zhaoying	Dai Yun	9-11, 11-5, 11-1
2000	Gong Zhichao	Dai Yun	11-5, 8-11, 11-5
2001	Gong Zhichao	Zhou Mi	11-7, 11-3
2002	Camilla Martin	Gong Ruina	7-5, 8-6, 7-3
2003	Zhou Mi	Xie Xingfang	11-6, 11-5
2004	Gong Ruina	Zhou Mi	11-7, 11-7
2005	Xie Xingfang	Zhang Ning	11-3, 11-9
2006	Xie Xingfang	Zhang Ning	11-3, 9-11, 11-3
2007	Xie Xingfang	Pi Hongyan	21-6, 21-13
2008	Tine Rasmussen	Lu Lan	21-11, 18-21, 22-20
2009	Wang Yihan	Tine Rasmussen	21-19, 21-23, 21-11
2010	Tine Rasmussen	Wang Yihan	21-14, 18-21, 21-19
2011	Wang Shixian	Eriko Hirose	24-22, 21-18
2012	Li Xuerui	Wang Yihan	21-13, 21-19
2013	Tine Baun	Ratchanok Inthanon	21-14, 16-21, 21-10
2014	Wang Shixian	Li Xuerui	21-19, 21-18
2015	Carolina Marín	Saina Nehwal	16-21,21-14,21-7
2016	Nozomi Okuhara	Wang Shixian	21-11,16-21,21-19

Number of titles by country

Rank	Country	No. of Titles
1	England	39
2	China	21
3	Denmark	14
4	United States	12
5	Japan	7
6	Indonesia	4
7	Sweden	3
7	South Korea	3
8	Canada	1
9	Spain	1

References

• All England Champions 1899-2007
• BadmintonEngland.co.uk
• badmintoneurope.com
• Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6