1979 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1979 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England in March 1979.

1979 All England Championships

Tournament details
Dates	March 21 (21-03)– March 25 (25-03)
Edition	69th
Venue	Wembley Arena
Location	London
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Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Liem Swie King	Flemming Delfs	15–7, 15–8
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Saori Kondo	13–9, 1–11, 11–8
Men's doubles	Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi	Stefan Karlsson & Claes Nordin	17–16, 15–3
Women's doubles	Verawaty Wiharjo & Imelda Wiguna	Atsuko Tokuda & Mikiko Takada	15-3, 10-15, 15-5
Mixed doubles	Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguna	Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry	15-1, 18–17

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Liem Swie King
2. Prakash Padukone - withdrew injured
3. Flemming Delfs
4. Morten Frost
5. Kinji Zeniya
7. Svend Pri
8. Thomas Kihlström

Section 1

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
		Liem Swie King
									Swie King	15	15
		Mogens Neergaard							Neergaard	1	5
																Swie King	15	15
		Steen Fladberg														Fladberg	8	5
									Fladberg	15	2	17
		Thomas Kihlström							Kihlström	12	15	15
																							Swie King	15	18
		Morten Frost Hansen																					Frost	4	15
									Frost	15	15
		Brian Wallwork							Wallwork	2	1
																Frost	14	15	15
		Dhany Sartika														Sartika	17	13	12
									Sartika	15	18
		Kinji Zeniya							Zeniya	11	16

Section 2

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
		Flemming Delfs
									Delfs	15	15
		Philip Sutton							Sutton	5	0
																Delfs	15	12	15
		Sture Johnsson														Johnsson	8	15	5
									Johnsson	15	15
		Masao Tsuchida							Tsuchida	7	7
																							Delfs	17	17
		Svend Pri																					Pri	14	16
									Pri	12	15	15
		Kevin Jolly							Jolly	15	0	9
																Pri	15	15
		Lius Pongoh														Pongoh	4	6
									Pongoh	15	15
		Yoshitaka Iino							Iino	10	11

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Lene Køppen
2. Hiroe Yuki
3. Verawaty Wiharjo
4. Gillian Gilks
5. Wendy Carter
6. Nora Perry
7. Jane Webster
8. Atsuko Tokuda

Section 1

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
		Lene Køppen
									Køppen
																Køppen	11	11
		Atsuko Tokuda														Tokuda	2	4
									Tokuda
																							Køppen
		Gillian Gilks																					Gilks
									Gilks	11	11
		Yoshiko Yonekura							Yonekura	0	1
																Gilks	12	11
		Wendy Carter														Carter	11	8
									Carter	12	11
		Hitomi Isheda							Isheda	10	6

Section 2

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Saori Kondo

Kondo

11

11

Verawaty Wiharjo

Verawaty

6

3

Kondo

11

11

Mikiko Takada

Takada

3

4

Takada

w/o

Pia Nielsen

Nielsen

scr

Kondo

Jane Webster

Webster

Webster

Webster

8

12

11

Hiroe Yuki

Yuki

11

9

2

Yuki