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Super 1000

All England Open 1959

Wembley Arena · London, England · 18–21 Mar 1959

56
matches
83
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

  • ENG200
  • DEN120
  • INA110
  • MAS100
  • USA020

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

EventGoldSilverBronzeBronze
Men's singlesFrom the medal table
Tan Joe HokINA
Ferry SonnevilleINA
15-8, 10–15, 15-3
Women's singlesFrom the medal table
Heather WardENG
Judy DevlinUSA
11-7, 3–11, 11-4
Men's doublesFrom the medal table
Lim Say HupMAS
Henning BorchDEN
15-2, 15-10
Women's doublesFrom the medal table
Iris RogersENG
Judy DevlinUSA
11-15, 15–10, 15-11
Mixed doublesFrom the medal table
Poul-Erik NielsenDEN
Jørgen Hammergaard HansenDEN
14-17, 15–7, 15-3
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

1Tan Joe HokINA
Rune BrinkstedtSWE
15–11 15–5
Hugh FindlayENG
Harry ParmarMAS
15–6 15–9
Thanoo KhadjadbhyeTHA
Ingemaar EliassonSWE
Walkover
Henning BorchDEN
Lee Kin TatSIN
15–7 15–7
4Knud Aage NielsenDEN
C A DarnellENG
18–13 15–0
I P S GillIND
Lim Say HupMAS
15–6 16–18 15–11
Berndt DahlbergSWE
Roger MillsENG
15–5 15–8
Peter WaddellENG
P MulvaneyENG
15–8 15–7
2Ferry SonnevilleINA
Goran WahlqvistSWE
17–14 15–1
William HaversENG
F G WhiteENG
15–4 15–9
Teh Kew SanMAS
Anthony D. JordanENG
15–8 17–16
Poul-Erik NielsenDEN
S C WoodleyENG
15–10 15–7
3Charoen WattanasinTHA
Gordon RowlandsWAL
15–1 15–4
Bob McCoigSCO
R QuiddingtonENG
15–7 15–8
Oon brothersMAS
Bo NilssonSWE
15–12 15–12
Trevor CoatesENG
Kenneth DerrickENG
15–6 15–11

Round of 168 matches

1HokINA
FindlayENG
15–1 15–2
KhadjadbhyeTHA
Henning BorchDEN
15–6 12–15 15–9
4Knud Aage NielsenDEN
GillIND
15–6 15–10
DahlbergSWE
WaddellENG
15–6 15–8
2SonnevilleINA
HaversENG
15–1 15–3
Kew SanMAS
Nielsen P.EDEN
11–15 15–12Retired
3Charoen WattanasinTHA
McCoigSCO
15–2 15–2
Oon brothersMAS
CoatesENG
18–16 15–2

Quarter-finals4 matches

1HokINA
KhadjadbhyeTHA
15–9 12–15 15–8
4Knud Aage NielsenDEN
DahlbergSWE
15–12 15–13
2SonnevilleINA
Kew SanMAS
15–5 18–16
3Charoen WattanasinTHA
Oon brothersMAS
15–3 15–9

Semi-finals2 matches

1HokINA
4Knud Aage NielsenDEN
15–11 17–14
2SonnevilleINA
3Charoen WattanasinTHA
15–4 15–3

How the seeds went

  1. 1 Tan Joe HokINA Reached the round of 32
  2. 1 HokINA Reached the semi-finals
  3. 2 Ferry SonnevilleINA Reached the round of 32
  4. 2 SonnevilleINA Reached the semi-finals
  5. 3 Charoen WattanasinTHA Semi-finals, lost to Sonneville
  6. 4 Knud Aage NielsenDEN Semi-finals, lost to Hok