United States Senior National Championships

Also known as US Veterans or US Masters Championships

Veteran's Doubles (men only) was added to the 2nd Annual Amateur Badminton Championships in 1938. This tradition continued for 2 decades until 1958 when the Ladies were allowed in and "Senior" became the designation. By 1975 all 5 Senior disciplines were part of the U.S. Nationals along with a new age group, Masters (50). The next decade saw the inclusion of Grand Masters (60) and Golden Masters (70). After 1985 the seniors broke away and formed the U.S. Senior Nationals with their own dates and venues.

Year Site Ken Davidson Award Age Class Winners

As with most Senior tournaments,
the Senior Nationals features age classes.
Players may enter any age class
less than or equal to their age.
1 1938 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
2 1939 New York, New York  
3 1940 Seattle, Washington  
4 1941 Cleveland, Ohio  
5 1942 Durham, North Carolina  
  1943    
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  1945    
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6 1947 Los Angeles, California  
6 1948 Waco, Texas  
8 1949 Chicago, Illinois  
9 1950 Baltimore, Maryland  
10 1951 Dallas, Texas  
11 1952 Seattle, Washington  
12 1953 Boston, Massachusetts  
13 1954 Niagara Falls, New York  
14 1955 Long Beach, California Janet Wright
15 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Helen Gibson
16 1957 Spokane, Washington Eddy Choong
17 1958 Boston, Massachusetts Susan Devlin Peard
18 1959 Detroit, Michigan Joseph Alston
19 1960 Hillside, Illinois Wayne Schell
20 1961 Long Beach, California Helen Tibbetts
21 1962 Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania Ethel Marshal
22 1963 Baltimore, Maryland Lois Alston
23 1964 San Diego, California Dick Mitchel
24 1965 New Orleans, Louisiana Taylor Caffery
25 1966 New Britain, Connecticut Judy Hashman
26 1967 Flint, Michigan Beatrice Massman
27 1968 Fullerton, California Waldo Lyon
28 1969 Natchitoches, Louisiana Wynn Rogers
29 1970 Boston, Massachusetts Ted Moehlmann Jr.
30 1971 Las Vegas, Nevada Charles Thomas
31 1972 Omaha, Nebraska R. Stanton Hales
32 1973 New Britain, Connecticut Rosemary McQuire
33 1974 Hayward, California Virginia Lyon
34 1975 Waukesha, Wisconsin Dorothy O'Neil
35 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Don Paup
36 1977 San Diego, California Tom Carmichael
37 1978 Austin, Texas Chris Kinard
38 1979 Omaha, Nebraska Jim Poole
39 1980 Omaha, Nebraska Ray Scott
40 1981 San Jose, California Vicki Toutz
41 1982 Countryside, Illinois Pam Brady
42 1983 Countryside, Illinois Cheryl Carton
43 1984 Atlanta, Georgia Dave Ogata
44 1985 Duluth, Georgia Wes Schoppe
45 1986 Sunnyvale, California Patricia McCarrick
46 1987 Sunnyvale, California Kevin Hussey
47 1988 Colorado Springs, Colorado Len Williams
48 1989 Midwest City, Oklahoma Traci Britton
49 1990 Midwest City, Oklahoma Ann French
50 1991 Portland, Oregon Charlotte Ackerman
51 1992 Portland, Oregon  
52 1993 Palos Heights, Illinois  
53 1994 Niagra Falls, New York  
54 1995 San Diego, California  
55 1996 College Park, Maryland  
56 1997 Portland, Oregon  
57 1998 Shreveport, Louisiana  
58 1999 Seattle, Washington  
59 2000 Shreveport, Louisiana  
60 2001 Spokane, Washington  
61 2002 Washington DC  
62 2003 San Diego, California  
63 2004 Miami Lakes, Florida  
64 2005 Manhattan Beach, California  
65 2006 Westborough, Massachusetts  
66 2007 Manhattan Beach, California  
67 2008 Shreveport, Louisiana  
68 2009 Manhattan Beach, California  
69 2010 Tucson, Arizona  
70 2011 Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina  
71 2012 Tucson, Arizona  
72 2013 Ft. Myers, Florida  
73 2014 Tucson, Arizona  
74 2015 Morrisville, North Carolina  
75 2016 Estero, Florida  
76 2017 Beaverton, Oregon  
77 2018 Westborough, Massachusetts  
78 2019 Pomona, California  
-- 2020 cancelled  
2021  

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