1939 All England Badminton Championships

1939 All England Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	7 March 1939 (1939-03-07)– 12 March 1939 (1939-03-12)
Edition	36th
Venue	Royal Horticultural Hall
Location	Westminster, England
Official website	All England Championships
← 1938 1947 →

The 1939 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 7–12 March 1939.

It was the last to be held before the Second World War and would not reoccur until 1947.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Tage Madsen	Ralph Nichols	10-15, 18–13, 15–7
Women's singles	Dorothy Walton	Diana Doveton	11–4, 11–5
Men's doubles	Thomas Boyle & James Rankin	Ralph Nichols & Leslie Nichols	15-4, 15-3
Women's doubles	Tonny Olsen & Ruth Dalsgaard	Marjorie Barrett & Diana Doveton	15-11, 2-15, 17–15
Mixed doubles	Ralph Nichols & Bessie Staples	James Rankin & Mavis Macnaughton	15-10, 6-15, 15-8

Results

Men's singles

	Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Tage Madsen	15	15
		F C Sharp	3	0
									Madsen	15	15
									Nichols L	2	2
		Leslie Nichols	15	15
		Børge Frederiksen	11	10
																Madsen	7	15	15
																Samuel	15	9	11
		A S Samuel	15	15
		Tom Wingfield	5	7
									Samuel	12	18	15
									Baldwin	15	16	13
		H E Baldwin	15	15
		B Persson	6	9
																							Madsen	10	18	15
																							Nichols	15	13	7
		Ralph Nichols	15	15
		Sven Stromann	8	6
									Nichols R	15	17
									Schmidt	12	15
		Jan Schmidt	9	15	15
		M P Yoong	15	11	5
																Nichols R	15	15
																Field	11	5
		Maurice Field	15	15
		R V M Messenger	8	9
									Field	15	15
									Frohlke	7	4	14
		Carl Frohlke	15	15
		Erik Friis	11	7

Women's singles

	Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Dorothy Walton	11	11
		C Field	1	2
									Walton	12	11
									Olsen	10	3
		Tonny Olsen	11	11
		A Simpson	4	2
																Walton	8	11	11
																Young	11	7	0
		Daphne Young	11	11
		A Y Richardson	6	7
									Young	11	12
									Macnaughton	7	10
		Mavis Macnaughton	11	11
		H Crichton	3	2
																							Walton	11	11
																							Doveton	4	5
		Diana Doveton	11	11
		A Holm	1	1
									Doveton	11
									Uber	1	ret
		Betty Uber	11	11
		J Ledwidge	0	0
																Doveton	11	11	11
																Allen	6	12	9
		Queenie Allen	11	11
		Elizabeth Pearson	3	0
									Allen	11	11
									Dalsgaard	5	7
		Ruth Dalsgaard	11	8	12
		Bessie Staples	6	11	11