2002 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
74th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London & Manchester, England
Venue	Lambs SC & National Squash Centre
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The 2002 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at the Lambs Squash Club, London (qualifying) and the National Squash Centre in Manchester from 8–15 April 2002. The event was won by Sarah Fitzgerald who defeated Tania Bailey in the final.^[1][2]

Seeds

1. Sarah Fitzgerald
2. Carol Owens
3. Cassie Campion (née Jackman)
4. Fiona Geaves
5. Linda Charman-Smith
6. Stephanie Brind
7. Rachael Grinham
8. Suzanne Horner (née Burgess)
9. Vanessa Atkinson
10. Natalie Pohrer (née Grainger)
11. Rebecca Macree
12. Natalie Grinham
13. Shelley Kitchen
14. Vicky Botwright
15. Tania Bailey
16. Nicol David

Draw & Results

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Qualifying Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Farrah Sterne	Caroline Heal	4-9 9-0 9-6 9-0
Wendy Maitland	Carla Khan	6-9 9-5 9-7 9-3
Jenny Duncalf	Lara Petara	10-8 9-1 10-9
Engy Kheirallah	Elin Blikra	9-2 9-4 9-1
Louise Crome	Cheryl Beaumont	9-6 9-3 9-2
Sharon Wee	Kim Hannes	7-9 2-9 10-9 9-4 9-0
Kate Allison	Dominique Lloyd-Walter	3-9 9-7 9-4 9-4
Laura Lengthorn	Becky Botwright	4-9 9-2 5-9 9-5 9-1

First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Sarah Fitzgerald	Wendy Maitland	9-1 9-2 9-0
Carol Owens	Madeline Perry	9-1 9-1 9-0
Cassie Campion (née Jackman)	Engy Kheirallah	9-0 9-0 9-1
Fiona Geaves	Rebecca Chiu	9-5 9-0 9-5
Linda Charman-Smith	Jenny Duncalf	9-2 9-0 9-0
Sharon Wee	Stephanie Brind	w/o
Rachael Grinham	Kate Allison	9-3 9-2 9-4
Vanessa Atkinson	Liz Irving	9-1 9-0 9-4
Natalie Pohrer (née Grainger)	Ellen Petersen	9-1 9-0 9-1
Rebecca Macree	Omneya Abdel Kawy	9-7 6-9 9-2 9-7
Natalie Grinham	Farrah Sterne	7-9 2-9 9-1 9-1 9-4
Shelley Kitchen	Maha Zein	9-3 9-5 9-4
Vicky Botwright	Laura Lengthorn	9-0 9-5 9-2
Tania Bailey	Senga Macfie	9-4 9-6 9-6
Nicol David	Pamela Nimmo	9-7 9-5 9-4
Jenny Tranfield	Louise Crome	9-7 9-7 9-3

Suzanne Horner (née Burgess) withdrew.

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Fitzgerald	Macree	9-3 9-0 9-2
Tranfield	Wee	9-0 9-4 5-9 9-2
Atkinson	Pohrer	9-6 2-9 9-3 4-9 9-5
Geaves	Kitchen	9-0 9-6 9-4
Campion	Botwright	9-2 9-7 10-8
Grinham R	Grinham N	9-7 9-2 10-8
Bailey	Charman-Smith	6-9 8-10 9-3 3-0 ret
Owens	David	9-4 9-0 9-10 9-1

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Fitzgerald	Tranfield	9-5 9-1 9-1
Atkinson	Geaves	9-2 4-9 3-9 9-7 1-9
Campion	Grinham R	9-4 10-8 9-4
Bailey	Owens	2-9 7-9 2-9

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Fitzgerald	Atkinson	9-2 9-4 9-5
Campion	Bailey	2-9 9-3 4-9 9-3 7-9

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Fitzgerald	Bailey	9-3 9-0 9-0

References

1. "Times Archives 2002 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Manchester British Open". squashplayer.co.uk.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.