1996 All England Open Badminton Championships
# 1996 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1996 Yonex All England Open was the 86th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 11 to 16 March 1996, in Birmingham, England.

It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$125,000.

## Venue

* National Indoor Arena

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | Rashid Sidek | 15–7, 15–6 |
| Women's singles | Bang Soo-hyun | Ye Zhaoying | 11–1, 11–1 |
| Men's doubles | Ricky Subagja & Rexy Mainaky | Cheah Soon Kit & Yap Kim Hock | 15–6, 15–5 |
| Women's doubles | Ge Fei & Gu Jun | Helene Kirkegaard & Rikke Olsen | 15–7, 15–3 |
| Mixed doubles | Park Joo-bong & Ra Kyung-min | Simon Archer & Julie Bradbury | 15–10, 15–10 |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anders Nielsen | 7 | 9 | | Høyer Larsen | 18 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Hendrawan | 15 | 13 | 15 | Hendrawan | 17 | 12 | | | | | | |
| Ge Cheng | 4 | 15 | 6 | | | | Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Ardy B. Wiranata | 15 | 15 | | | | | Wiranata | 10 | 5 | | | |
| Jeroen van Dijk | 8 | 2 | | Wiranata | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Kim Hak-kyun | 15 | 2 | 15 | Hak-kyun | 7 | 12 | | | | | | |
| Jim Laugesen | 7 | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 |
| Park Sung-woo | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Sung-woo | 3 | 6 |
| Seiichi Watanabe | 6 | 3 | | Sung-woo | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Ong Ewe Hock | 7 | 15 | 15 | Hock | 8 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Soren B Nielsen | 15 | 10 | 8 | | | | Sung-woo | 18 | 15 | | | |
| Hariyanto Arbi | 15 | 15 | | | | | Arbi | 16 | 11 | | | |
| Robert Liljequist | 0 | 5 | | Arbi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Darren Hall | 15 | 15 | | Hall | 10 | 10 | | | | | | |
| Martin Lundgaard Hansen | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rashid Sidek | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fumihiko Machida | 3 | 1 | | Sidek | 15 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen | 15 | 15 | | Stuer-Lauridsen | 3 | 15 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Vijay Raghavan | 5 | 4 | | | | | | Sidek | 15 | 5 | 15 | | | |
| Fung Permadi | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Permadi | 7 | 15 | 6 | | | |
| Kenneth Jonassen | 10 | 4 | | Permadi | 8 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Alan Budikusuma | 11 | 15 | 15 | Kusuma | 15 | 17 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Yu Lizhi | 15 | 5 | 13 | | | | | | | | | Sidek | 15 | 15 |
| Lee Kwang-jin | 6 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Kwang-jin | 6 | 5 |
| Imay Hendra | 15 | 8 | 9 | Kwang-jin | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Gade | 15 | 15 | | Gade | 13 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Hermawan Susanto | 11 | 7 | | | | | | Kwang-jin | 17 | 15 | | | | |
| Lin Liwen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Lin Liwen | 16 | 7 | | | | |
| Joko Suprianto | 11 | 2 | | Lin Liwen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Dipankar Bhattacharjee | 15 | 15 | | Bhattacharjee | 1 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Lasse Lindelof | 5 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## 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 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bang Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kennie Asuncion | 1 | 3 | | Soo-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Takako Ida | 11 | 11 | | Ida | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Heather Poole | 6 | 1 | | | | | Soo-hyun | 7 | 11 | 12 | | | | |
| Camilla Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | Martin | 11 | 6 | 10 | | | | |
| Lee Soon-deuk | 2 | 2 | | Martin | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Zhang Ning | 11 | 8 | 11 | Zhang Ning | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Lidya Djaelawijaya | 1 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | Soo-hyun | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| Susi Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Susanti | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| Lee Joo-hyun | 3 | 6 | | Susanti | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Mette Sorensen | 11 | 4 | 11 | Sorensen | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Satomi Igawa | 7 | 11 | 5 | | | | Susanti | 12 | 11 | | | | | |
| Han Jingna | 11 | 11 | | | | | Jingna | 10 | 0 | | | | | |
| Noriko Hori | 1 | 3 | | Jingna | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Mette Pedersen | 11 | 3 | 11 | Pedersena | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Yasuko Mizui | 7 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ye Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Elena Sukhareva | 4 | 4 | Zhaoying | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Lotte Thomsen | w/o | | Thomsen | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alison Humby | scr | | | | | | Zhaoying | 11 | 11 | | | | | |
| Dai Yun | 11 | 11 | | | | | Dai Yun | 2 | 8 | | | | | |
| Ra Kyung-min | 7 | 1 | Dai Yun | 11 | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Mia Audina | 11 | 11 | Audina | 0 | 12 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Chia Fong Chan | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Zhaoying | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Kim Ji-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | Ji-Hyun | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Zeng Yaqiong | 9 | 2 | Ji-hyun | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sandra Dimbour | 11 | 12 | Dimbour | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Gillian Martin | 5 | 10 | | | | | Ji-hyun | 12 | 5 | 11 | | | | |
| Yao Yan | 11 | 11 | | | | | Yao Yan | 11 | 11 | 8 | | | | |
| Charmaine Reid | 4 | 4 | Yao Yan | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| Misako Mizui | 11 | 11 | Mizui | 2 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Neli Boteva | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
