1962 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
34th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
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The 1962 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 18–24 February 1962. Heather Blundell won her first title defeating Fran Marshall in the final.^[1][2]

Seeds

1. Mrs Fran Marshall
2. Miss Heather Blundell
3. Miss Claire Hargreaves
4. Mrs Pauline White

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Miss G A Pears	Mrs M Cunneen	w/o
Third-Officer S J Hogg	Mrs M Ashmore	9-0 9-1 9-0
Miss Ann Price	Mrs Marjorie Townsend	2-9 9-3 8-10 9-5 9-1
Miss A Norval	Mrs R B Hawkey	5-9 9-1 9-5 9-0
Mrs D M Holman	Miss A M Backhouse	4-9 9-4 9-2 9-2
Miss B M Horton	Mrs S P Whitby	9-2 9-1 9-1
Mrs Ruth Turner	Mrs S G Young	9-1 9-3 9-3
Mrs Jennifer Crane	Miss Daphne Portway	9-2 9-0 9-2
Miss K J Dempsey	Mrs N A Watkins	9-6 9-4 9-1
Mrs R Cooper	Mrs Sheila Cooper	9-4 9-0 9-2

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Fran Marshall	Mrs J C Hodson	9-0 9-4 9-1
Miss Heather Blundell	Miss J E A Lanning	9-1 9-2 9-2
Miss Claire Hargreaves	Miss K C L Abbott	9-2 9-2 9-3
Mrs Pauline White	Mrs C E Harrison	9-4 9-1 9-4
Miss Mary Muncaster	Mrs J Arckedekne-Butler	9-0 9-1 9-5
Mrs Jennifer Crane	Miss K J Dempsey	9-2 10-8 9-7-9 9-3
Miss Ann Price	Third Officer S J Hogg	7-9 10-8 9-0 9-3
Mrs Bobs Whitehead	Miss W Courtney	9-2 9-1 9-6
Mrs Barbara Wheen	Miss B J Holt	9-1 9-5 9-2
Miss D Attwood	Miss D Escott	9-5 9-3 5-9 9-4
Miss Anna Craven-Smith	Miss G A Pears	9-7 9-4 9-4
Mrs Ruth Turner	Miss B M Horton	9-1 9-2 9-3
Mrs Jill Campion	Mrs J M Goodin	2-9 10-8 9-1 9-3
Mrs D M Holman	Miss A Norval	9-6 10-8 9-4
Miss Marion Lloyd	Miss B A Thomas	9-1 9-5 9-2
Mrs R Cooper	Mrs M Taylor	9-3 9-1 9-0

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Blundell	Lloyd	9-0 9-4 9-3
Marshall	Wheen	9-1 9-1 9-1
Price	Holman	1-9 10-9 9-5 9-0
Hargreaves	Cooper	9-4 9-3 9-0
Muncaster	Campion	9-4 9-3 9-3
Whitehead	Attwood	9-1 9-0 9-2
White	Craven-Smith	1-9 9-5 5-9 9-7 10-8
Crane	Turner	9-4 9-5 9-3

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Blundell	Muncaster	9-7 9-4 9-6
Marshall	Whitehead	9-1 9-5 9-3
Price	White	w/o
Hargreaves	Crane	9-3 9-2 10-8

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Blundell	Hargreaves	9-2 9-2 9-3
Marshall	Price	9-0 9-1 9-0

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Blundell	Marshall	9-6 9-5 9-4

References

1. "Times Archives 1962 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Miss Blundell wins squash". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.