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Super 1000

All England Open 1955

Empress Hall, Earls Court · London, England · 23–26 Mar 1955

45
matches
71
players
2
events
Men's singles The final is not in the archive. Women's singles Varner beat Devlin 9–11 11–5 11–1
Podium

Gold, silver and both bronzes.

Both losing semi-finalists take bronze. Where no draw is published, the podium comes from the edition's medal table.

Medals by nation

  • DEN200
  • MAS130
  • USA120
  • ENG100

Gold, silver, bronze. Ordered by golds, then silvers, then bronzes.

EventGoldSilverBronzeBronze
Men's singlesFrom the medal table
Wong Peng SoonMAS
Eddy ChoongMAS
15–7, 14–17, 15–10
Women's singlesFinal 9–11 11–5 11–1
Margaret VarnerUSA
Judy DevlinUSA
9-11, 11–5, 11–1
Men's doublesFrom the medal table
Finn KobberøDEN
Eddy ChoongMAS
15-9, 15–17, 15–11
Women's doublesFrom the medal table
Iris CooleyENG
Judy DevlinUSA
18–15, 10–15, 15–9
Mixed doublesFrom the medal table
Finn KobberøDEN
David Ewe ChoongMAS
15–7, 15–13
The draw

Every round, every score.

Seeds are to the left of each name, and the winner of each match is in bold. Every name opens that player's record.

Round of 16

Margaret Varner BlossUSA
Audrey StoneENG
11–0 11–1
Tonny AhmDEN
H C ParfittENG
11–0 11–0
Iris RogersENG
Heather WardENG
12–10 11–12 11–6
J WaringENG
P WarnerENG
9–12 12–10 11–5
Judy DevlinENG
Nancy HornerSCO
11–0 11–1
June TimperleyENG
S M SpreadboroughENG
11–2 11–4
Marjory SheddCAN
Ruth PageENG
11–4 11–3
Susan DevlinIRL
A N J MarshallENG
11–6 9–11 11–1

Quarter-finals

VarnerUSA
AhmDEN
12–10 11–4
CooleyENG
WaringENG
7–11 11–4 11–4
Devlin JUSA
WhiteENG
11–4 11–1
Marjory SheddCAN
Devlin SUSA
11–8 11–4

Semi-finals

VarnerUSA
CooleyENG
11–7 11–8
DevlinUSA
Marjory SheddCAN
11–1 11–0

Final

VarnerUSA
DevlinUSA
9–11 11–5 11–1

ChampionVarner