The 1939 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 7–12 March 1939.^[1]

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

References