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Super 1000

All England Open 1956

Empress Hall, Earls Court · London, England · 14–17 Mar 1956

56
matches
85
players
2
events
Men's singles The final is not in the archive. Women's singles The final is not in the archive.
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

  • USA210
  • DEN130
  • ENG110
  • MAS100

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

EventGoldSilverBronzeBronze
Men's singlesFrom the medal table
Eddy ChoongMAS
Finn KobberøDEN
11-15, 15–3, 15-11
Women's singlesFrom the medal table
Margaret VarnerUSA
Judy DevlinUSA
11-8, 11-6
Men's doublesFrom the medal table
Finn KobberøDEN
John NygaardDEN
18-14, 15-5
Women's doublesFrom the medal table
Judy DevlinUSA
Iris RogersENG
17-18, 15–12, 15-12
Mixed doublesFrom the medal table
Tony JordanENG
Jørgen Hammergaard HansenDEN
18-15, 6-15, 15-8
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 3216 matches

Finn KobberøDEN
M RobinsonENG
15–6 15–0
John TimperleyENG
Peter WaddellENG
15–3 15–7
Hugh FindlayENG
Ong Poh LimSIN
15–6 15–10
Berndt DahlbergSWE
John NygaardDEN
15–2 15–4
Erland OlsenDEN
Ferry SonnevilleINA
15–4 15–4
Ole MertzDEN
R QuiddingtonENG
15–9 15–1
Bertil GlansSWE
Jack McCollENG
15–10 15–17 17–14
B WestcottCAN
C DarnellENG
15–5 15–4
Jørgen Hammergaard HansenDEN
Niels BuchholstDEN
15–6 3–15 15–11
Rune BrinkestedtSWE
David McTaggartCAN
18–15 17–14
K C CarpenterENG
J A BroadhurstENG
16–17 15–4 15–2
Joseph Cameron AlstonUSA
Anthony D. JordanENG
15–5 15–6
H R HoldsworthENG
B T BrownleeRSA
Walkover
Palle GranlundDEN
Leif EkedahlSWE
15–11 15–10
G H KingENG
John BestENG
15–18 17–16 15–12
Eddy ChoongMAS
Michael RawlingsENG
15–3 15–1

Round of 168 matches

KobberoDEN
TimperleyENG
15–4 15–6
FindlayENG
DahlbergSWE
15–10 15–4
OlsenDEN
MertzDEN
18–14 15–17 18–14
GlansSWE
WestcottCAN
14–17 15–12 15–8
H-HansenDEN
BrinkestedtSWE
15–5 15–9
CarpenterENG
AlstonUSA
Walkover
HoldsworthENG
GranlundDEN
15–2 15–12
KingENG
ChoongMAS
15–1 15–0

Quarter-finals4 matches

KobberoDEN
DahlbergSWE
15–10 15–10
OlsenDEN
GlansSWE
18–13 15–9
H-HansenDEN
AlstonUSA
11–15 18–16 15–12
GranlundDEN
ChoongMAS
15–1 15–7

Semi-finals2 matches

KobberoDEN
GlansSWE
15–3 15–5
H-HansenDEN
ChoongMAS
15–3 15–12