The 1959 Singapore Open, also known as the 1959 Singapore Open Badminton Championships, took place from 26 – 28 September 1959 at the Singapore Badminton Hall in Singapore.[1] The championships were scheduled to be held in June[2] but was postponed to late August due to the lack of entries.[3] It was then delayed again to late September.[4]

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Colony of Singapore Omar Ibrahim Federation of Malaya Lam Say Chow 15–1, 15–1
Women's singles Colony of Singapore Long Soo Chin Colony of Singapore Nancy Lim 11–7, 12–11
Men's doubles Colony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim & Federation of Malaya Omar Yahya Colony of Singapore Johnny Kok & Bob Lee 15–10, 15–10
Women's doubles Colony of Singapore Nancy Ang & Jessie Ong Colony of Singapore Luanne Lim & Nancy Lim 17–14, 15–12
Mixed doubles Federation of Malaya Lim Say Hup & Colony of Singapore Jessie Ong Colony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim & Nancy Lim 15–11, 18–14

References

  1. ^ "Late Sport". The Straits Times. 29 September 1959.
  2. ^ "Omar expected to retain title". The Straits Times. 11 June 1959.
  3. ^ "SBA championships — ties for first day". The Straits Times. 19 August 1959.
  4. ^ "Johore bid for S'pore titles". The Singapore Free Press. 25 September 1959.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Singapore_Open
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