1961 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
33rd Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Lansdowne Club
 1960 1962 

The 1961 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1961.
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) the number one seed was unable to defend her title due to contracting mumps. Fran Marshall defeated Ruth Turner in the final.[1]

Seeds

  1. England Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
  2. England Mrs Fran Marshall
  3. England Mrs Ruth Turner
  4. England Mrs Rosemary Deloford
  5. England Miss M E Gowthorpe
  6. England Mrs Pauline White
  7. England Mrs Jill Campion
  8. Wales Mrs Diane Corbett

Draw & Results

[2]

First Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) bye
England Mrs R Nagle bye
England Miss K A Abbott bye
England Mrs E N Fraser bye
England Miss M E Gowthorpe bye
England Mrs R Cooper England Miss A Norval 9-4 9-6 9-0
England Mrs J Hawson England Mrs N A Watkins 10-9 9-7 9-2
Australia Miss Aline Smith England Miss Sally Gildon 9-1 9-2 10-9
England Mrs Ruth Turner United States Miss G Holleran 9-1 9-0 9-1
Scotland Miss R Waterhouse England Miss D Attwood 9-1 9-1 9-2
England Miss B M Horton England Miss Daphne Portway 9-1 5-9 9-0 9-0
England Mrs K Tomlin United States Mrs R Lincoln 9-2 9-3 9-2
England Mrs Bobs Whitehead England Miss K J Dempsey 9-1 9-2 9-0
Wales Mrs Jill Campion United States Mrs K S Magoon 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Miss Mary Muncaster England Miss B E Simister 10-8 9-1 9-0
United States Miss Joyce Davenport England Miss G T Brooks 9-0 9-1 9-1
United States Mrs Peggy Carrott England Miss A Brice 9-4 9-6 9-1
England Mrs Marjorie Townsend England Mrs J F Leslie 9-6 9-7 10-9
England Miss C J Taunton England Mrs J C Hodson 9-0 9-2 9-3
England Mrs Rosemary Deloford England Miss P D Gimson 9-2 9-0 9-3
England Mrs J M Goodin England Miss J E A Lanning 9-6 9-4 9-1
United States Mrs B Lewis England Miss H F Newberry 9-4 9-1 9-6
England Miss G A Pears Scotland Miss H J Bell 5-9 9-2 9-2 9-0
England Mrs Diane Corbett United States Mrs H Knapp 9-1 9-5 9-0
Australia Miss Jan Shearer England Miss Sally Cave 9-1 9-1 9-1
England Mrs Barbara Wheen England Miss Annette Picton w/o
Wales Miss Marion Lloyd England Miss A M Backhouse 9-2 9-0 9-1
England Mrs Pauilne White bye
England Mrs R B Hawkey bye
England Miss Ann Price bye
Australia Miss Yvonne West bye
England Mrs Fran Marshall (2) bye

Second Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Nagle England Macintosh w/o
England Marshall Australia West
England Gowthorpe England Cooper
Australia Smith England Hawson
England Turner Scotland Waterhouse
England Tomlin England Horton
England Whitehead Wales Campion
England Muncaster United States Davenport
England Abbott England Fraser
England Townsend United States Carrott
England Deloford England Taunton
England Goodin United States Lewis
England Corbett England Pears
Australia Shearer England Wheen
England White Wales Lloyd
England Price England Hawkey

Third Round

Player One Player Two Score
England Marshall England Price 9-3 9-4 9-0
England White Australia Shearer 5-9 9-4 10-8 9-6
England Corbett England Goodin 10-8 9-5 9-7
England Deloford England Townsend 9-1 8-10 8-10 9-2 9-7
England Whitehead England Muncaster 8-10 6 5 3
England Turner England Tomlin 9-1 9-6 9-2
England Gowthorpe Australia Smith 9-1 9-3 9-6
England Nagle England Abbott 9-7 9-3 9-7

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Marshall England White 9-3 9-0 9-4
England Turner England Whitehead 10-8 9-6 9-7
England Corbett England Deloford 9-4 10-9 9-3
England Gowthorpe England Nagle 9-0 9-6 9-3

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
England Marshall England Corbett 9-5 9-4 9-4
England Turner England Gowthorpe 7-9 9-5 9-2 9-2

Final

Player One Player Two Score
England Marshall England Turner 9-3 9-5 9-1
Preceded by
1960
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1961
Succeeded by
1962

References

  1. "Times Archives 1961 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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