1977 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
49th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Wembley
 1976 1978 

The 1977 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 25 February - 3 March 1977. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her sixteenth consecutive title defeating Barbara Wall in the final. The 1977 final saw the first ever all professional final and the first unseeded player (Wall) in a final. Sue Cogswell became the first woman to take a game from Heather McKay since Marion Jackman in 1972 and the first in the British Open since 1964. .[1][2]

Seeds

  1. Australia Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)
  2. Australia Miss Margaret Zachariah
  3. England Miss Angela Smith
  4. England Miss Sue Cogswell
  5. England Miss Karen Gardner
  6. England Miss Teresa Lawes
  7. Northern Ireland Mrs Irene Hewitt
  8. Australia Miss Rhonda Shapland

Draw & Results

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First Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Mrs Heather McKay Scotland Miss Pat Green 9-0 9-0 9-0
Australia Miss Margaret Zachariah
England Miss Angela Smith England Miss J Francis 9-0 9-3 9-1
England Miss Sue Cogswell England Mrs Sandra Wrench 9-1 9-0 9-1
England Miss Karen Gardner England Miss Felicity Hargreaves 9-1 9-2 9-0
England Miss Teresa Lawes England Mrs E Elgood 9-3 9-7 9-2
Northern Ireland Mrs Irene Hewitt
Australia Miss Rhonda Shapland England Mrs Ruth Turner 9-3 9-2 9-1
Northern Ireland Miss Dorothy Armstrong England Mrs M Robinson 9-4 9-0 9-2
England Mrs Theo Johnson England Mrs P H Campbell 9-1 7-9 9-3 3-9 9-2
England Mrs Soraya Haye
Australia Miss Barbara Wall
England Miss Carol Machin England Miss Joyce Tuomey 9-1 9-2 9-4
England Miss Lesley Moore
England Miss Vivian Grisogono England Miss F R Corbett 4-9 10-8 6-9 9-1 9-5
England Miss Jane Ashton England Miss Alison Cumings 9-3 9-2 9-1
England Miss Ruth Strauss England Miss J Griffith 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Miss A F Morris
England Mrs Patricia Millman
Republic of Ireland Dr Barbara Sanderson Pakistan Miss Rukshana Rashid 5-9 10-8 9-2 9-10 9-2
England Mrs C Shapman Australia Miss C O’Neill 9-7 9-5 9-3
Scotland Mrs Dorothy Sharp
England Miss J Jones
England Mrs L McLoughlin Canada Mrs E O’Gorman 9-1 9-0 9-1
England Miss S Findlay England Mrs J Flood 9-4 9-3 9-4
Republic of Ireland Dr Geraldine Barniville England Mrs H Simpson 9-3 6-9 9-4 9-4
England Mrs Fran Marshall England Mrs Ann Jee 9-4 9-4 3-9 9-2
Wales Mrs Deanna Murray England Mrs C Tricker 9-4 9-1 9-2
England Mrs Claire Chapman
England Miss Ann Price Sweden Miss Katerina Due-Boje 5-9 9-2 9-4 9-6
England Mrs B Bucknall England Miss J Tosier 5-9 9-2 4-9 9-5 9-2
England Mrs C Sullivan

Second Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay England Strauss 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Smith England Morris 9-0 9-0 9-5
England Cogswell England Millman 9-0 9-1 9-0
England Lawes Republic of Ireland Sanderson 9-2 9-0 10-8
Northern Ireland Hewitt England Shapman
Northern Ireland Armstrong Scotland Sharp 1-9 9-4 9-3 9-4
Australia Zachariah England Jones 9-0 9-2 9-2
England Johnson England McLoughlin 9-1 9-2 9-4
England Haye England Findlay 9-7 9-7 9-2
Australia Shapland Republic of Ireland Barniville 9-7 9-6 8-10 9-6
Australia Wall England Marshall 9-5 9-1 9-3
England Gardner Wales Murray 5-9 8-10 9-4 9-1 9-7
England Machin England Chapman 9-6 9-5 9-3
England Moore England Price 9-2 9-0 9-2
England Grisogono England Bucknall 9-5 9-6 10-8
England Ashton England Sullivan 9-5 9-0 9-1

Third Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay England Grisogono 9-1 9-1 9-0
England Smith England Hayes
England Cogswell England Ashton 9-6 10-8 9-1
Australia Wall Northern Ireland Hewitt 9-3 9-4 9-6
Australia Shapland Northern Ireland Armstrong 8-10 9-7 9-6 9-7
England Gardner England Johnson 9-2 9-1 9-4
England Lawes England Machin 9-3 9-2 9-2
Australia Zachariah England Moore 9-0 9-0 9-2

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay Australia Shapland 9-1 9-1 9-0
England Cogswell England Gardner 9-0 9-3 9-1
England Smith England Lawes 9-4 9-0 9-1
Australia Wall Australia Zachariah 3-9 5 10-8 9-7

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay England Cogswell 9-5 9-7 5-9 9-0
Australia Wall England Smith 9-4 6-9 4-9 9-3 9-6

Final

Player One Player Two Score
Australia McKay Australia Wall 9-3 9-1 9-2
Preceded by
1976
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1977
Succeeded by
1978

References

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