1976 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Women's World Open 1976
Women's World Open 1976
1st Women's World Squash Championship
Location	Brisbane, Australia
Date(s)	August 18–23, 1976
Category	World Open
Results
Champion	Heather McKay
Runner-up	Marion Jackman
Semi-finalists	Margaret Zachariah; Sue Newman
	1979 →

The 1976 Women's World Open Squash Championship was the inaugural women's edition of the 1976 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players.

The event took place at the Stafford Courts in Brisbane in Australia from 18–23 August 1976.^[1] Heather McKay won the World Open title, defeating Marion Jackman in the final in just 22 minutes. McKay picked up $2,000 (the biggest winning cheque of her career) for winning the competition.^[2]

Results[]

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First Round[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Heather McKay		9-2 9-0 9-0
Margaret Zachariah	Barbara Savage	9-1 9-0 9-0
Sue Newman		9-2 9-3 9-6
Marion Jackman		9-4 9-3 9-5
		9-5 9-3 9-3
		9-2 9-1 9-4
Sue Cogswell		9-5 9-3 9-5
	Dorothy Armstrong	10-8 9-2 9-2
		9-6 9-0 9-2
Rhonda Shapland		9-2 2-9 9-3 2-9 9-5
		9-1 9-0 9-2
		9-0 9-7 9-4
	Jane Wood	9-2 10-9 9-5
	Angela Smith	9-4 2-9 4-9 10-9 9-1
		10-8 9-2 5-9 8-10 9-1
		9-0 9-2 9-3

Second Round[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Heather McKay		9-0 9-0 9-1
Margaret Zachariah	Rhonda Shapland	9-4 9-2 9-3
Sue Newman		9-4 9-0 9-5
Marion Jackman		9-1 9-6 6-9 9-3
		5-9 9-3 9-7 9-7
		6-9 9-7 9-0 4-9 9-0
Sue Cogswell		9-6 9-4 9-2
		9-3 9-0 9-4

Quarter Finals[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Heather McKay		9-1 9-1 9-1
Margaret Zachariah		9-3 9-6 9-0
Sue Newman	Sue Cogswell	9-5 9-5 9-4
Marion Jackman		9-5 9-5 10-8

Semi Finals[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Heather McKay	Margaret Zachariah	9-1 9-4 9-1
Marion Jackman	Sue Newman	9-1 9-5 9-3

Final[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Heather McKay	Marion Jackman	9-2 9-2 9-0

References[]

^ "International players from UK". Trove.
^ "Women's Squash World Open 1976". Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
^ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
^ "Mrs McKay wins world title". Trove.
^ "Results". Trove.
^ "Results". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

External links[]

Women's World Open

Preceded by None First edition	World Open Brisbane (Australia) 1976	Succeeded by Sheffield (England) 1979

[1] "International players from UK". Trove.

[Squash_Info-2] "Women's Squash World Open 1976". Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[3] Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.

[4] "Mrs McKay wins world title". Trove.

[5] "Results". Trove.

[6] "Results". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

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