1977 Women's British Open Squash Championship
British Open Squash Championships | |
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49th Women's British Open Championships | |
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Location | London, England |
Venue | Wembley |
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[]
- Heather McKay (née Blundell)
- Margaret Zachariah
- Angela Smith
- Sue Cogswell
- Rhonda Shapland
Draw and results[]
First round[]
Second round[]
Third round[]
Quarter-finals[]
Player one | Player two | Score |
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McKay | Shapland | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
Cogswell | Gardner | 9-0 9-3 9-1 |
Smith | Lawes | 9-4 9-0 9-1 |
Wall | Zachariah | 3-9 5 10-8 9-7 |
Semi-finals[]
Player one | Player two | Score |
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McKay | Cogswell | 9-5 9-7 5-9 9-0 |
Wall | Smith | 9-4 6-9 4-9 9-3 9-6 |
Final[]
Player one | Player two | Score |
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McKay | Wall | 9-3 9-1 9-2 |
References[]
- ^ "Times Archives 1977 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ^ "Mrs McKay wins 16th title". Trove.
- ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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