1987 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Women's World Open 1987
Women's World Open 1987
6th WISPA World Squash Championship
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Date(s)	September 29 - October 6, 1987
WISPA World Tour
Category	World Open
Prize money	$30,000
Results
Champion	Susan Devoy
Runner-up	Lisa Opie
Semi-finalists	Liz Irving; Vicki Cardwell
← 1985	1989 →

The 1987 Women's Honda World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1987 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the Henderson Squash Club and YMCA Stadium in Auckland in New Zealand between September 29 and October 6, 1987. Susan Devoy won her second World Open title, defeating Lisa Opie in a repeat of the 1985 final.^[1]

Seeds[]

Susan Devoy (Champion)
Lisa Opie (Final)
Vicki Cardwell nee Hoffman (Semifinals)
Lucy Soutter (Quarterfinals)
Martine Le Moignan (Quarterfinals)
Liz Irving (Semifinals)
Alison Cumings (Quarterfinals)
Robyn Friday (Quarterfinals)
Suzanne Burgess (Third Round)
Heather Wallace (Fourth Round)
Sarah Fitzgerald (Fourth Round)
Michelle Martin (Fourth Round)
(Fourth Round)
Angela Smith (Fourth Round)
Danielle Drady (Fourth Round)
(Third Round)

Results[]

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First Round (29 Sep)[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
		3-0
		3-0
		3-0
		3-2
		3-0
		3-0
		3-0
		3-0
		3-0
		3-1
		3-0
		3-2
Eva Svenby		3-1
		3-0
		w/o
		3-0
	Debbie Turnbull	3-0
		3-0
		3-1
		3-0
		3-1
		3-2
		3-0
		3-0
		3-1
Jaclyn Hawkes		3-0
	(née Adachi)	3-0
		3-0
		3-0
		3-2
		3-0
Alex Cowie		3-0

Second Round (30 Sep)[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Susan Devoy		9-0 9-0 9-0
		9-1 9-1 9-3
		9-7 9-2 9-0
		9-2 10-8 9-4
Alison Cumings		9-1 9-1 9-1
Flavia Roberts		9-2 9-4 5-9 5-9 1-9
		10-9 9-0 9-3
Fiona Geaves		9-1 9-2 9-4
Lucy Soutter		9-0 9-0 9-0
		4-9 8-10 0-9
Suzanne Burgess		9-4 9-0 9-0
Rebecca Best		9-1 9-1 9-2
Liz Irving	Eva Svenby	9-1 9-2 9-4
		9-0 9-3 9-1
Sarah Fitzgerald		9-1 9-4 9-1
		9-6 9-0 9-2
		9-0 9-4 9-3
Angela Smith		9-3 9-4 9-0
		7-9 9-3 9-2 9-3
Martine Le Moignan		9-1 9-1 9-0
		9-0 9-4 9-0
Heather Wallace		9-5 9-1 9-1
Carin Clonda		5-9 2-9 8-10
Vicki Cardwell		9-0 9-1 9-0
		9-2 9-2 9-6
Danielle Drady	Jaclyn Hawkes	9-0 9-1 9-6
		9-5 9-9 9-0
Robyn Friday		9-2 9-4 9-1
		9-6 9- 7 9-6
Michelle Martin		9-1 9-4 9-5
		10-8 9-5 9-3
Lisa Opie	Alex Cowie	9-1 9-6 9-1

Third Round to Final[]

Third round						Fourth round						Quarter finals							Semi finals

1	Devoy	9	9	9
	Brown	0	0	0		1	Devoy	9	6	9	9
13	Williams	9	9	9		13	Williams	0	5	4
	Muller	0	3	1								1	Devoy	9	9	9
7	Cumings	9	9	9								7	Cumings	4	4	1
	Pimm	3	1	1		7	Cumings	9	9	9
16	Byrne	9	0	7	2		Geaves	1	3	1
	Geaves	3	9	9	9														1	Devoy	9	9	9
6	Irving	9	9	9	9														6	Irving	3	4	2
	McConnell	10	5	4	2	6	Irving	9	7	9	9
11	Fitzgerald	8	9	9	9	11	Fitzgerald	6	9	5	6
	Gurran	10	2	1	3							6	Irving	9	9	6	9
4	Soutter	9	9	9								4	Soutter	3	3	9	7
	Stevenson	0	0	1		4	Soutter	9	9	9									Final
9	Burgess	9	4	4	6		Best	1	3	1
	Best	3	9	9	9														1	Devoy	9	10	9
2	Opie	9	9	9															2	Opie	3	8	2
	Pearson	0	0	2		2	Opie	9	9	9
12	Martin	10	9	9		12	Martin	5	4	3
	Nyberg	8	0	0								2	Opie	3	9	9
8	Friday	9	9	9								8	Friday	3	6	3
	Bradey	3	4	4		8	Friday	9	9	9
15	Drady	9	9	9		15	Drady	4	0	0
	Te Kani	7	0	3															2	Opie	10	9	8	4	9
3	Cardwell	9	9	9															3	Cardwell	8	5	10	9	3
	Abyholm	0	0	0		3	Cardwell	9	9	9
10	Wallace	9	9	9		10	Wallace	2	1	0
	Warren-Hawkes	3	1	4								3	Cardwell	2	10	1	10	9
5	Le Moignan	9	9	9								5	Le Moignan	9	9	9	8	3
	Burke	0	0	1		5	Le Moignan	9	9	9
14	Smith	9	10	10		14	Smith	5	1	7
	Hoogendoorn	5	9	2	8

Notes[]

Susan Devoy won her second World Open and would go on to win four in total.

References[]

^ "Womens Squash World Open 1987".
^ "Draw and Results" (PDF). Squash New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2015-09-12.

External links[]

Womens World Open

Preceded by Dublin (Ireland) 1985	World Open New Zealand (Auckland) 1987	Succeeded by Warmond (Netherlands) 1989

[Squash_Info-1] "Womens Squash World Open 1987".

[2] "Draw and Results" (PDF). Squash New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2015-09-12.

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