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Poul Holm

Denmark · Men's singles and men's doubles · 1947 to 1954

Born 1 January 1920

14: matches
64%: won
0: senior titles
0: finals

World ranking

Not on a world ranking list we hold: the full lists are kept from September 2026 and the weekly top lists from 2013, so a player outside them has none.

Our ratingHow it works

1,550Men's singles
last rated 1954

Highest 1,556. Men's doubles: 1,505.

Form

7/10won of the last
10 matches

Latest: beat Trilok Nath Seth, All England Open 1954, round of 32. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

Played
Won
A title that year

'47

'49

'51

'53

'54

Show the numbers

Year	Played	Won
1954	1	1
1953	1	1
1952	5	3
1951	1	1
1950	1	1
1949	3	0
1948	1	1
1947	1	1

Recent matches

The last 14 matches.

Scores read from Poul Holm's side.

All England Open 1954Men's singles Round of 32 Trilok Nath Seth 15–11 6–15 15–0 Won

All England Open 1953Men's singles Round of 16 John Best 15–9 15–8 Won

Thomas Cup 1952Men's doubles, with Ole Jensen First round Devinder Mohan / Henry Ferreira 15–5 15–7 Won

Thomas Cup 1952Men's singles First round Trilok Nath Seth 1–15 17–18 Lost

Thomas Cup 1952Men's doubles, with Ole Jensen First round Manoj Guha / Trilok Nath Seth 15–7 15–10 Won

Thomas Cup 1952Men's singles First round Devinder Mohan 3–15 10–15 Lost

All England Open 1952Men's singles Round of 32 S H Lim 15–4 15–4 Won

All England Open 1951Men's singles Round of 32 Ismail Marjan 14–17 15–7 15–10 Won

All England Open 1950Men's singles Round of 32 A L Salway 15–3 15–1 Won

Thomas Cup 1949Men's doubles, with Ib Olesen Final Ooi Teik Hock / Teoh Seng Khoon 6–15 7–15 Lost

Thomas Cup 1949Men's singles Final Ong Poh Lim 14–17 8–15 Lost

Thomas Cup 1949Men's doubles, with Ib Olesen Final Chan Kon Leong / Yeoh Teck Chye 4–15 6–15 Lost

All England Open 1948Men's singles Round of 16 Peter Birtwhistle 15–4 15–7 Won

All England Open 1947Men's singles Round of 16 G N Roberts 15–2 15–9 Won

Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Partners

Ole JensenMen's doubles · 19522–0
Ib OlesenMen's doubles · 19490–2

Rivals

Trilok Nath SethIndia · last met 19542–1
Devinder MohanIndia · last met 19521–1
John BestEngland · last met 19531–0
Henry FerreiraIndia · last met 19521–0
Manoj GuhaIndia · last met 19521–0
S H LimMalaysia · last met 19521–0
Ismail MarjanMalaysia · last met 19511–0
A L SalwayEngland · last met 19501–0