The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England . With the introduction of the BWF 's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018. The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton (Great Britain, China, Malaysia and Indonesia) are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis.
6-577: Elizabeth Uber (2 June 1906 – 30 April 1983, born Elizabeth Corbin) was an English badminton and tennis player. Betty Uber won 13 titles at the All England Open Badminton Championships , 1 of them in women's singles, 4 in women's doubles and 8 in mixed doubles. She was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame as an Inaugural Member. In 1925, she married Herbert Uber . Her surname "Uber"
12-728: Is used for the Uber Cup , the world women's team badminton championship, because she had the idea of hosting the women's event similar to men in New Zealand back in 1950. She also made the draw for the 1956-1957 inaugural tournament, which took place at Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire , England . In addition to badminton Uber also competed in tennis and played at the Wimbledon Championships in singles and doubles between 1929 and 1946. Her best singles performance
18-409: The physical demands of the game. Some men's and women's doubles players are able to compete successfully in mixed doubles. The last player to win in both singles and a doubles discipline was Li Lingwei of China who won women's doubles in 1985 then in women's singles in 1989. Many female badminton players change their surname after marriage. Below are some of the former names or latest names as noted in
24-536: Was halted – from 1915 to 1919 (due to World War I ) and from 1940 to 1946 (due to World War II ). The tournament has been held at eight venues, and is now played at Arena Birmingham , Birmingham . Below is the list of the most successful players in the All England Open Badminton Championships: In the modern era players are less able to compete in multiple disciplines due to the differentiation of required skills and
30-539: Was held at London 's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format, the singles were introduced from the second edition onward. It was eventually considered – especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949 – the unofficial world championship of the sport until 1977, when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships . There were two instances when it
36-556: Was in 1930 when she reached the fourth round in which she lost to seventh-seeded Phyllis Mudford . This biographical article relating to English badminton is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . All England Open Badminton Championships The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which
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