Kirsten Thorndahl

Kirsten Thorndahl
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1928-04-09)9 April 1928
Died	21 September 2007(2007-09-21) (aged 79)
Handedness	Left[1]
Medal record Representing  Denmark Women's badminton Uber Cup 1957 Lancashire Team 1960 Philadelphia Team

Kirsten Thorndahl (also known as 'Kirsten Granlund; 9 April 1928 – 21 September 2007) was a Danish badminton player.^[2] She reached the All England final 17 times and represented Denmark at the Uber Cup. Thorndahl had won eleven All England titles.^[3] She became the first player to become an All England Open champion in all three categories: women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles in the same year.^[4] Despite sweeping the boards in 1948, Thorndahl did not gained so much success in the singles department despite winning 2 more national championships in 1947 and 1951 which led her to abandon the discipline altogether. She claimed she was too nervous playing alone in the court during singles and it was more physically demanded.^[4]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1947	All England Open	Marie Ussing	6–11, 11–6, 10–12	Runner-up
1947	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	walkover	Runner-up
1948	All England Open	Tonny Ahm	11–7, 11–0	Winner
1948	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	12–11, 5–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1949	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	4–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1950	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	8–11, 0–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1946	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	Agnete Friis Marie Ussing	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1947	All England Open	Tonny Ahm	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Marie Ussing	15–8, 15–7	Winner
1947	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen Marie Ussing	7–15, 15–5, 4–15	Runner-up
1948	All England Open	Tonny Ahm	Queenie Allen Betty Uber	15–6, 12–15, 15–2	Winner
1948	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	Queenie Allen Betty Uber	15–4, 15–11	Winner
1949	All England Open	Tonny Ahm	Queenie Allen Betty Uber	8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1949	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	Inge Birgit Hansen Aase Svendsen	15–8, 15–1	Winner
1950	All England Open	Tonny Ahm	Queenie Allen Betty Uber	16–17, 15–5, 15–8	Winner
1950	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	Queenie Allen Elisabeth O'Beirne	15–2, 15–6	Winner
1951	All England Open	Tonny Ahm	Mavis Henderson Queenie Webber	17–15, 15–7	Winner
1951	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	Inge Sørensen Aase Svendsen	16–17, 18–13, 15–4	Winner
1952	Denmark Open	Tonny Ahm	Agnete Friis Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	15–7, 15–3	Winner
1956	Denmark Open	Anni Jørgensen	Tonny Ahm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	15–2, 15–6	Winner
1956	Swedish Open	Anni Jørgensen	Bodil Sterner Tora Pihl	15–0, 15–1	Winner
1957	All England Open	Anni Hammergaard Hansen	Iris Rogers June Timperley	7–15, 15–11, 15–10	Winner
1958	Swedish Open	Anni Hammergaard Hansen	Hanne Andersen Inger Kjærgaard	18–13, 15–2	Winner
1960	All England Open	Inge Birgit Hansen	Judy Devlin Susan Devlin	3–15, 6–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1946	Denmark Open	Tage Madsen	Poul Holm Marie Ussing	15–9, 15–7	Winner
1947	All England Open	Tage Madsen	Poul Holm Tonny Ahm	13–15, 15–13, 12–15	Runner-up
1947	Denmark Open	Tage Madsen	Poul Holm Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen	6–15, 15–4, 15–9	Winner
1948	All England Open	Jørn Skaarup	Conny Jepsen Aase Svendsen	15–10, 15–2	Winner
1948	Denmark Open	Tage Madsen	Jørn Skaarup Tonny Ahm	18–13, 8–15, 15–7	Winner
1949	Denmark Open	Tage Madsen	Chan Kon Leong Tonny Ahm	15–9, 12–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1950	Denmark Open	Arve Lossmann	Børge Frederiksen Tonny Ahm	15–9, 14–18, 4–15	Runner-up
1951	All England Open	Arve Lossmann	Poul Holm Tonny Ahm	15–8, 2–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1951	Denmark Open	Arve Lossmann	Ib Olesen Aase Svendsen	10–15, 17–15, 15–2	Winner
1955	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	David Choong June White	15–7, 15–13	Winner
1956	Swedish Open	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Anni Hammergaard Hansen	15–4, 11–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1957	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Anni Hammergaard Hansen	15–3, 15–6	Winner
1958	Swedish Open	Palle Granlund	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen Anni Hammergaard Hansen	18–14, 14–17, 11–15	Runner-up
1959	All England Open	Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	Poul-Erik Nielsen Inge Birgit Hansen	17–14, 7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1960	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Poul-Erik Nielsen Inge Birgit Hansen	15–7, 15–2	Winner
1961	All England Open	Finn Kobberø	Tony Jordan June Timperley	15–12, 15–5	Winner
1963	German Open	Poul-Erik Nielsen	Ferry Sonneville Yvonne Theresia Sonneville	15–4, 17–14	Winner