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Commonwealth Games 1974

Cowles Stadium · Christchurch, New Zealand · 24–31 Jan 1974

88
matches
97
players
5
events
Men's singles Punch Gunalan beat Jamie Paulson 15–1 15–6 Women's singles Gilks beat Beck 11–8 11–8 Men's doubles Stuart / Talbot beat Stevens / Tredgett 15–6 6–15 15–11 Women's doubles Beck / Gilks beat Boxall / Whetnall 15–7 15–5 Mixed doubles 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

  • ENG440
  • MAS100
  • CAN010

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

EventGoldSilverBronzeBronze
Men's singlesFinal 15–1 15–6
Punch GunalanMAS
Jamie PaulsonCAN
Derek Talbot
15–1, 15–6
Women's singlesFinal 11–8 11–8
Gillian GilksENG
Margaret BeckENG
Sylvia Ng
11–8, 11–8
Men's doublesFinal 15–6 6–15 15–11
Elliot StuartENG
Ray StevensENG
Punch GunalanDominic Soong
15-6, 6-15, 15–11
Women's doublesFinal 15–7 15–5
Margaret BeckENG
Margaret BoxallENG
Rosalind Singha AngSylvia Ng
15–7, 15–5
Mixed doublesFrom the medal table
Derek TalbotENG
Paul WhetnallENG
Elliot StuartSusan Whetnall
w/o (Whetnall injured)
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 648 matches

Davinder AhujaIND
R Livingston
15–10 14–17 18–15
A Jobanputra
J Clancy
Colin BellIRL
S Singh
15–2 15–2
J McKee
Elliot StuartENG
17–14 9–15 15–12
Tan Aik MongMAS
Wayne MacdonnellCAN
15–10 15–3
A Parpia
David DohertyIRL
15–8 15–2
R Chiplunkar
G Louzado
15–8 15–8
Bryan PurserNZL
Jim AnsariSCO
15–4 15–6

Round of 3216 matches

Punch GunalanMAS
H Dulloo
15–2 15–3
Nicol McCloySCO
S Hassanali
15–5 15–5
R Livingston
A Jobanputra
15–3 15–3
Colin BellIRL
Elliot StuartENG
15–5 15–8
Derek TalbotENG
Fraser GowSCO
15–4 15–3
P Cooper
W Johns
5–15 15–7 15–7
Prakash PadukoneIND
S Ghulam
15–1 15–4
Dominic SoongMAS
G Harris
15–7 9–15 15–4
Jamie PaulsonCAN
Bob McCoigSCO
15–2 15–7
P Tyrrell
P Modi
15–4 15–7
Mike TredgettENG
Richard PurserNZL
15–12 12–15 15–5
J Mbelwa
Moo F L
15–0 15–2
Tan Aik MongMAS
A Parpia
15–6 0–0Retired
R Chiplunkar
5Bryan PurserNZL
15–0 15–3
C Hardwick
Howard JenningsWAL
18–14 15–9
V Maini
Paul WhetnallENG
15–1 15–4

Round of 168 matches

Punch GunalanMAS
Nicol McCloySCO
15–6 15–2
R Livingston
Elliot StuartENG
15–9 15–3
Derek TalbotENG
W Johns
15–1 15–12
Prakash PadukoneIND
Dominic SoongMAS
15–8 15–8
Jamie PaulsonCAN
P Tyrrell
15–8 15–3
Richard PurserNZL
Moo F L
15–6 15–10
Tan Aik MongMAS
Bryan PurserNZL
15–4 15–3
Howard JenningsWAL
Paul WhetnallENG
15–1 15–0

Quarter-finals8 matches

GunalanMAS
LivingstonNZL
15–7 15–8
TalbotENG
Prakash PadukoneIND
15–9 15–6
PaulsonCAN
PurserNZL
6–15 15–10 15–9
WhetnallENG
MongMAS
18–13 8–15 18–16
Punch GunalanMAS
R Livingston
15–7 15–8
Derek TalbotENG
Prakash PadukoneIND
15–9 15–6
Jamie PaulsonCAN
Richard PurserNZL
6–15 15–10 15–9
Tan Aik MongMAS
Paul WhetnallENG
18–13 8–15 18–16

Semi-finals4 matches

 Punch GunalanMAS
 Derek TalbotENG
15–13 2–15 15–11
GunalanMAS
TalbotENG
15–13 2–15 15–11
 Jamie PaulsonCAN
 Paul WhetnallENG
15–4 15–0
PaulsonCAN
WhetnallENG
15–4 15–0

Bronze medal match2 matches

 Derek TalbotENG
 Paul WhetnallENG
TalbotENG
WhetnallENG
Walkover

Final2 matches

 Punch GunalanMAS
 Jamie PaulsonCAN
15–1 15–6
GunalanMAS
PaulsonCAN
15–1 15–6

How the seeds went

  1. 5 Bryan PurserNZL Reached the round of 32