1981 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 1981 John Player All England Open Badminton Championships was the 71st edition of the event. It was held between March 25 and March 29, 1981, in London.

Seeds
• # Liem Swie King

• # Rudy Hartono

• # Lius Pongoh

• # Morten Frost

• # Hadiyanto

• #🇮🇳 Prakash Padukone

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Stevens

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Jolly

Seeds
• # Lene Køppen

• #🇰🇷 Hwang Sun-ai

• # Ivana Lie

• #🇯🇵 Atsuko Tokuda

• # Verawaty Wiharjo

• #🇯🇵 Yoshiko Yonekura

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jane Webster

• #🇨🇦 Wendy Carter