The 1988 Yonex All England Open Championships was the 78th edition held in 1988, at

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. In the men's singles

Ib Frederiksen Ib Frederiksen is a former Danish badminton player. Career Frederiksen competed at the 1987 IBF World Championships, and he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Yang Yang, of China. He won the 1988 All England Open Badminton Championships in me ...

became the first unseeded player to win an All England singles title since the seeding system was first introduced.

Final results

Men's singles

Seeds

Section 1

Section 2

Women's singles

Seeds

Section 1

Section 2

References

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