# 1998 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1998 Yonex All England Open was the 88th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 9 to 14 March 1998, in Birmingham, England.
It was a five-star tournament, and the prize money was US$200,000.

## Venue

* National Indoor Arena

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Sun Jun | Ong Ewe Hock | 15–1, 15–7 |
| Women's singles | Ye Zhaoying | Zhang Ning | 11–5, 11–8 |
| Men's doubles | Lee Dong-soo & Yoo Yong-sung | Tony Gunawan & Candra Wijaya | 15–10, 15–10 |
| Women's doubles | Ge Fei & Gu Jun | Jang Hye-ock & Ra Kyung-min | 15–7, 15–7 |
| Mixed doubles | Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min | Michael Søgaard & Rikke Olsen | 15–2, 11–15, 15–5 |

## Men's singles
### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dicky Palyama | 3 | 5 | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Wong Choong Hann | 15 | 15 | | Wong | 2 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Darren Hall | 11 | 1 | | | | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Yong Hock Kin | 15 | 15 | | | | | Hock Kin | 4 | 2 | | | |
| Konstantin Tatranov | 4 | 1 | | Hock Kin | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Pullela Gopichand | 15 | 15 | | Pullela | 8 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Kasper Fangel | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | Sun Jun | 15 | 15 |
| Luo Yigang | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | Yigang | 5 | 2 |
| Niels Christian Kaldau | 15 | 5 | 1 | Yigang | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Rashid Sidek | 15 | 15 | | Sidek | 3 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mark Constable | 7 | 3 | | | | | Yigang | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Chen Hong | 15 | 15 | | | | | Chen Hong | 2 | 5 | | | |
| Indra Wijaya | 7 | 13 | | Chen Hong | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | Høyer Larsen | 10 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Ruud Kuijten | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Ong Ewe Hock | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Abhinn Shyam Gupta | 4 | 4 | | Hock | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Peter Gade | 15 | 15 | | Gade | 15 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Fung Permadi | 5 | 13 | | | | | | Hock | 17 | 15 | | | | |
| Hariyanto Arbi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Arbi | 15 | 6 | | | | |
| Jason Wong | 3 | 2 | | Arbi | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Chen Gang | 8 | 15 | 15 | Chen Gang | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Anders Boesen | 15 | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | | Hock | 13 | 15 | 15 |
| Hendrawan | 15 | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | Hendrawan | 15 | 5 | 6 |
| Peter Janum | 17 | 5 | 15 | Hendrawan | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Saman Ismail | 15 | 15 | | Ismail | 15 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Søgaard | 5 | 7 | | | | | | Hendrawan | w/o | | | | | |
| Jeroen van Dijk | 15 | 18 | | | | | | Van Dijk | scr | | | | | |
| Shinji Ohta | 5 | 13 | | Van Dijk | 15 | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | |
| Ardy Wiranata | 11 | 15 | 15 | Wiranata | 10 | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Muhammad Roslin Hashim | 15 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles
### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ella Karachkova | 3 | 8 | | Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Lee Joo-hyun | 7 | 11 | 11 | Joo-hyun | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Saori Itoh | 11 | 6 | 2 | | | | Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Yasuko Mizui | 11 | 11 | | | | | Audina | 5 | 8 | | | | |
| Anne Sondergaard | 0 | 5 | | Mizui | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | | Audina | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Chihiro Ohsaka | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | Zhaoying | 4 | 11 | 11 |
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | Martin | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| Sandra Watt | 1 | 1 | | Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Meiluawati | 11 | 11 | | Meiluawati | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Miho Tanaka | 4 | 3 | | | | | Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | Wang Chen | 3 | 9 | | | | |
| Tine Rasmussen | 6 | 8 | | Wang Chen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Rhona Robertson | 11 | 11 | | Robertson | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Neelima Choudhary | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anu Weckström | 0 | 1 | | Zhang Ning | 5 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Susi Susanti | 8 | 11 | 11 | Susanti | 11 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Kanako Yonekura | 11 | 2 | 3 | | | | | Zhang Ning | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Dai Yun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Dai Jun | 12 | 6 | 7 | | | |
| Chiu-Yin Lin | 3 | 2 | | Dai Yun | 12 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Mette Pedersen | 11 | 12 | | Pedersen | 9 | 11 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Aparna Popat | 1 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | Zhang Ning | 12 | 11 |
| Gong Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Zhichao | 10 | 8 |
| Mette Sørensen | 6 | 4 | | Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Kelly Morgan | 11 | 11 | | Morgan | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Pei Pei Law | 0 | 4 | | | | | | Zhichao | 11 | 11 | | | | |
| Kim Ji-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Ji-hyun | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Lonneke Janssen | 7 | 4 | | Ji-hyun | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Takako Ida | 11 | 11 | | Ida | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Kara Solmundson | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |