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1972 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
44th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueBP Club, Lower Sydenham
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The 1972 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 4–9 March 1972.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her eleventh consecutive title defeating Kathy Malan in the final. This surpassed the previous record of ten wins set by Janet Morgan from 1950 through to 1959.[1][2]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell) England Mrs Ann Jee 9-0 9-0 9-0
South Africa Miss Kathy Malan England Miss Ann Price 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Mrs V Power Australia J O'Neill 9-1 9-1 9-1
New Zealand Miss Teresa Lawes England Mrs C R Bourdon 9-0 9-1 9-4
England Miss Jean Wilson England Miss Karen Gardner
England Miss M Brodie Netherlands Ada Bakker
England Mrs Fran Marshall
England Mrs Claire Chapman
Australia Mrs Margaret Claughton
England Miss Jane Barham
England Mrs Janice Wainwright (née Townsend)
England Miss Sue Cogswell
England Mrs Dianne Corbett
Scotland Miss Brenda Carmichael
England Mrs Alex Cowie
England Mrs Ruth Turner
England Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
Sweden Miss Heather Rhead
Republic of Ireland Mrs Barbara Sanderson
England Mrs Valerie Watson
England Miss Theo Veltman
Scotland Mrs Irene Rowe
England Mrs Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane)
England Mrs Marjorie Townsend
England Mrs Sue Pexman
England Miss Kathy Brabin
England Mrs Maureen Morgan
England Mrs Bobs Whitehead
England Mrs M James
England Miss Janet Ledger
England Mrs Di Fuller
England Miss B Dinsmore

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay New Zealand Lawes 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Marshall Sweden Rhead 9-10 9-1 9-4 9-7
Australia Claughton Republic of Ireland Sanderson 9-10 9-10 9-3 9-2 9-0
England Wainwright England Watson 9-6 10-8 9-10 1-9 9-4
England Wilson England Veltman 9-6 9-0 9-6
England Cogswell England Brodie 9-4 9-3 9-5
England Cowie England Reynolds 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-7
England Chapman England Townsend 9-1 9-1 9-1
England Corbett England Pexman 9-4 9-7 9-0
South Africa Malan England Brabin 9-0 9-0 9-2
Scotland Carmichael England Morgan 9-6 3-9 9-5 9-5
England Barham England Whitehead 9-3 9-3 9-5
England Turner England James 7-9 10-8 9-6 9-4
England Macintosh England Ledger 9-3 9-6 9-5
England Power England Fuller 10-8 9-6 9-7
Scotland Rowe England Dinsmore 9-1 9-4 9-5

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Scotland Rowe 9-0 9-0 9-1
England Marshall England Cogswell 9-1 9-1 9-2
South Africa Malan England Power 9-1 9-0 9-1
England Wilson England Cowie 9-0 9-3 10-9
England Chapman England Macintosh 9-3 9-2 9-0
England Barham England Turner 9-0 9-3 9-10 9-3
England Corbett Australia Claughton 7-9 9-7 9-3 9-1
England Wainwright Scotland Carmichael 9-10 9-2 9-1 3-9 9-0

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Chapman 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Wilson England Barham 4-9 9-6 9-7 9-4
South Africa Malan England Corbett 9-7 9-4 9-1
England Marshall England Wainwright 10-8 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Marshall 9-1 9-1 9-3
South Africa Malan England Wilson 8-10 9-6 9-6 9-6

Final

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay South Africa Malan 9-1 9-1 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1972
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1972 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Record 11th title to Heather McKay". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2015.