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1955 Singapore Open

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1955 Singapore Open
Tournament details
Dates4 October 1955–
22 November 1955
Edition22nd
VenueSingapore Badminton Hall
LocationGeylang, Singapore
Champions
Men's singlesColony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim
Women's singlesColony of Singapore Helen Heng
Men's doublesColony of Singapore Ismail Marjan
Colony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim
Women's doublesColony of Singapore Helen Heng
Colony of Singapore Baby Low
Mixed doublesColony of Singapore Teoh Peng Hooi
Colony of Singapore Lau Hui Huang
1954 1956

The 1955 Singapore Open, also known as the 1955 Singapore Badminton Championships, took place from 4 October – 22 November 1955 at the Singapore Badminton Hall in Singapore. The ties were played over a few months with the first round ties being played on the 4th of October[1] and the last (mixed doubles final) was played on the 22nd of November.[2][3][4][5]

In the same year, Wee Kim Wee was elected as the president of SBA and he promised to look into the opening of existing annual championships to overseas players, i.e., that of All-England and U.S. championships after a proposal raised by an association member was turned down by the previous committee.[6]

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Colony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim Colony of Singapore Omar Ibrahim 15–8, 15–5
Women's singles Colony of Singapore Helen Heng Colony of Singapore Baby Low 11–3, 11–5
Men's doubles Colony of Singapore Ismail Marjan & Ong Poh Lim Colony of Singapore Robert Lim & Lim Wei Lon 15–7, 15–7
Women's doubles Colony of Singapore Helen Heng & Baby Low Colony of Singapore Eunice de Souza & Jessie Ong 13–15, 15–7, 15–4
Mixed doubles Colony of Singapore Teoh Peng Hooi & Lau Hui Huang Colony of Singapore Ong Poh Lim & Vivienne Puckridge 15–8, 7–15, 18–13

References

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  1. ^ "Shuttle Tourney Begins". The Singapore Free Press. 4 October 1955.
  2. ^ "Poh Lim Foiled in Bid for 'triple'". The Straits Times. 23 November 1955.
  3. ^ "Poh Lim retains 2 titles". The Straits Times. 20 November 1955.
  4. ^ "Poh Lim Survives a Shock: This Robert is Good". Singapore Standard. 16 November 1955.
  5. ^ "Helen Still Rules". Singapore Standard. 3 November 1955.
  6. ^ "Wee Kim Wee elected SBA president on 31-27 vote". The Straits Times. 17 April 1955.