# 1981 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1981 John Player All England Open Badminton Championships was the 71st edition of the event. It was held between March 25 and March 29, 1981, in London.

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Liem Swie King | Prakash Padukone | 11-15, 15–4, 15–6 |
| Women's singles | Hwang Sun-ai | Lene Køppen | 11–1, 11–2 |
| Men's doubles | Rudy Heryanto & Hariamanto Kartono | Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi | 15–9, 15–8 |
| Women's doubles | Jane Webster & Nora Perry | Gillian Gilks & Paula Kilvington | 15-8, 15-4 |
| Mixed doubles | Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry | Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguna | 15-10, 14–18, 15–10 |

### Men's singles
#### Seeds

* Liem Swie King
* Rudy Hartono
* Lius Pongoh
* Morten Frost
* Hadiyanto
* Prakash Padukone
* Ray Stevens
* Kevin Jolly

#### 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 |
| Liem Swie King | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Andy Goode | 5 | 9 | | Swie King | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Syed Modi | 15 | 18 | | Modi | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Michael Kjeldsen | 11 | 16 | | | | | Swie King | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Kevin Jolly | 15 | 15 | | | | | Jolly | 2 | 9 | | | | |
| Sanjay Sharma | 2 | 6 | | Jolly | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Kinji Zeniya | 15 | 15 | | Zeniya | 12 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Tjokaykie | 3 | 11 | | | | | | | | Swie King | 8 | 15 | 15 |
| Morten Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Frost | 15 | 8 | 5 |
| Roy Diaz Gonzalez | 6 | 6 | | Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Gary Scott | 15 | 5 | 15 | Scott | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Yoshitaka Iino | 12 | 15 | 12 | | | | Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Hadiyanto | 15 | 15 | | | | | Hadiyanto | 8 | 4 | | | | |
| John Czich | 4 | 3 | | Hadiyanto | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Gert Helsholt | 15 | 15 | | Helsholt | 5 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Dan Travers | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 |
| Prakash Padukone | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ulf Johansson | 7 | 5 | | Padukone | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 10 | 15 | Sugiarto | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Hiroyuki Hasegawa | 10 | 15 | 6 | | | | | Padukone | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Lius Pongoh | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Pongoh | 8 | 7 | | | | |
| Nick Yates | 9 | 4 | | Pongoh | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Udom Luangpetcharaporn | 15 | 15 | | Luangpetcharaporn | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Svend Pri | 12 | 9 | | | | | | | | | Padukone | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Dhany Sartika | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Hartono | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| Ray Stevens | 10 | 11 | | Sartika | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Kenneth Larsen | 15 | 15 | | Larsen | 15 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Philip Sutton | 10 | 7 | | | | | | Sartika | 11 | 15 | | | | |
| Rudy Hartono | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Hartono | 2 | 15 | | | | |
| Paul Whetnall | 8 | 6 | | Hartono | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Misbun Sidek | 15 | 15 | | Sidek | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Masao Tsuchida | 13 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Women's singles
#### Seeds

* Lene Køppen
* Hwang Sun-ai
* Ivana Lie
* Atsuko Tokuda
* Verawaty Wiharjo
* Yoshiko Yonekura
* Jane Webster
* Wendy Carter

#### Section 1

| 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 | Semi-finals |
| Lene Køppen | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saori Kondo | 12 | 9 | 3 | Køppen | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mary Leeves | 11 | 11 | 11 | Leeves | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Taty Sumirah | 13 | 7 | 3 | | | | | Køppen | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Karen Bridge | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Bridge | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| Wendy Carter | 3 | 6 | | Bridge | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kimiko Jinnai | 11 | 11 | | Jinnai | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tjan So Gwan | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Køppen | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Verawaty Wiharjo | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Verawaty | 8 | 12 | 9 |
| Fumiko Tohkairin | 2 | 2 | | Verawaty | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Sally Leadbeater | 6 | 11 | 11 | Leadbeater | 6 | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Nettie Nielsen | 11 | 4 | 7 | | | | | Verawaty | 11 | 6 | 11 | | | | |
| Kim Yun-ja | 11 | 12 | | | | | | Kim | 7 | 11 | 6 | | | | |
| Atsuko Tokuda | 6 | 10 | | Kim | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pia Nielsen | 11 | 11 | | Nielsen | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Liselotte Blumer | 5 | 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 |
| Ivana Lie | 11 | 3 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Diane Underwood | 4 | 11 | 8 | Ivana | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Ami Ghia | 11 | 5 | 12 | Ghia | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Kirsten Larsen | 6 | 11 | 10 | | | | | Ivana | 12 | 11 | | | | |
| Yoshiko Yonekura | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Yonekura | 11 | 7 | | | | |
| Dorte Kjær | 1 | 6 | | Yonekura | 11 | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Helen Troke | 11 | 11 | | Troke | 6 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Jane Youngberg | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | Ivana | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| Hwang Sun-ai | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Hwang Sun-ai | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| Paula Kilvington | 3 | 4 | | Hwang Sun-ai | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Sumiko Kitada | 11 | 11 | | Kitada | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| P Novianti | 7 | 4 | | | | | | Hwang Sun-ai | 11 | 12 | | | | |
| Jane Webster | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Webster | 6 | 10 | | | | |
| Lotte Hartwich | 4 | 8 | | Webster | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Svetlana Belyasova | 12 | 8 | 11 | Belyasova | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Rikke von Sørensen | 10 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Men's doubles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra | Christian Hadinata Ade Chandra | 12 | 15 | 12 | | | | |
| Hariamanto Kartono Rudy Heryanto | Hariamanto Kartono Rudy Heryanto | 15 | 5 | 15 | | | | |
| Hariamanto Kartono Rudy Heryanto | Hariamanto Kartono Rudy Heryanto | 15 | 5 | 15 | Hariamanto Kartono Rudy Heryanto | Hariamanto Kartono Rudy Heryanto | 15 | 15 |
| | | | | | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | 9 | 8 |
| Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson | Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson | 5 | 15 | | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | 9 | 8 |
| Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi | 15 | 17 | | | | | |

### Women's doubles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura | Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura | 18 | 12 | 15 | | | | |
| Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington | Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington | 17 | 15 | 18 | | | | |
| Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington | Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington | 17 | 15 | 18 | Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington | Gillian Gilks Paula Kilvington | 8 | 4 |
| | | | | | Nora Perry Jane Webster | Nora Perry Jane Webster | 15 | 15 |
| Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee | Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee | 5 | 0 | | Nora Perry Jane Webster | Nora Perry Jane Webster | 15 | 15 |
| Nora Perry Jane Webster | Nora Perry Jane Webster | 15 | 15 | | | | | |

### Mixed doubles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna | Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna | 15 | 15 | | | | | |
| Thomas Kihlström Gillian Gilks | Thomas Kihlström Gillian Gilks | 9 | 9 | | | | | |
| Thomas Kihlström Gillian Gilks | Thomas Kihlström Gillian Gilks | 9 | 9 | Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna | Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna | 10 | 18 | 10 |
| | | | | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| Steen Fladberg Pia Nielsen | Steen Fladberg Pia Nielsen | 3 | 7 | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | Mike Tredgett Nora Perry | 15 | 15 | | | | | |