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1977 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
49th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley
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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

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
AustraliaHeather McKay ScotlandPat Green 9-0 9-0 9-0
AustraliaMargaret Zachariah
EnglandAngela Smith EnglandJ Francis 9-0 9-3 9-1
EnglandSue Cogswell EnglandSandra Wrench 9-1 9-0 9-1
EnglandKaren Gardner EnglandFelicity Hargreaves 9-1 9-2 9-0
EnglandTeresa Lawes EnglandE Elgood 9-3 9-7 9-2
Northern IrelandIrene Hewitt
AustraliaRhonda Shapland EnglandRuth Turner 9-3 9-2 9-1
Northern IrelandDorothy Armstrong EnglandM Robinson 9-4 9-0 9-2
EnglandTheo Johnson EnglandP H Campbell 9-1 7-9 9-3 3-9 9-2
EnglandSoraya Haye
AustraliaBarbara Wall
EnglandCarol Machin EnglandJoyce Tuomey 9-1 9-2 9-4
EnglandLesley Moore
EnglandVivian Grisogono EnglandF R Corbett 4-9 10-8 6-9 9-1 9-5
EnglandJane Ashton EnglandAlison Cumings 9-3 9-2 9-1
EnglandRuth Strauss EnglandJ Griffith 9-2 9-0 9-0
EnglandA F Morris
EnglandPatricia Millman
Republic of Ireland Dr Barbara Sanderson PakistanRukshana Rashid 5-9 10-8 9-2 9-10 9-2
EnglandC Shapman AustraliaC O'Neill 9-7 9-5 9-3
ScotlandDorothy Sharp
EnglandJ Jones
EnglandL McLoughlin CanadaE O'Gorman 9-1 9-0 9-1
EnglandS Findlay EnglandJ Flood 9-4 9-3 9-4
Republic of Ireland Dr Geraldine Barniville EnglandH Simpson 9-3 6-9 9-4 9-4
EnglandFran Marshall EnglandAnn Jee 9-4 9-4 3-9 9-2
WalesDeanna Murray EnglandC Tricker 9-4 9-1 9-2
EnglandClaire Chapman
EnglandAnn Price SwedenKaterina Due-Boje 5-9 9-2 9-4 9-6
EnglandB Bucknall EnglandJ Tosier 5-9 9-2 4-9 9-5 9-2
EnglandC Sullivan

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Strauss 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Smith England Morris 9-0 9-0 9-5
England Cogswell England Millman 9-0 9-1 9-0
England Lawes Republic of Ireland Sanderson 9-2 9-0 10-8
Northern Ireland Hewitt England Shapman
Northern Ireland Armstrong Scotland Sharp 1-9 9-4 9-3 9-4
Australia Zachariah England Jones 9-0 9-2 9-2
England Johnson England McLoughlin 9-1 9-2 9-4
England Haye England Findlay 9-7 9-7 9-2
Australia Shapland Republic of Ireland Barniville 9-7 9-6 8-10 9-6
Australia Wall England Marshall 9-5 9-1 9-3
England Gardner Wales Murray 5-9 8-10 9-4 9-1 9-7
England Machin England Chapman 9-6 9-5 9-3
England Moore England Price 9-2 9-0 9-2
England Grisogono England Bucknall 9-5 9-6 10-8
England Ashton England Sullivan 9-5 9-0 9-1

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Grisogono 9-1 9-1 9-0
England Smith England Hayes
England Cogswell England Ashton 9-6 10-8 9-1
Australia Wall Northern Ireland Hewitt 9-3 9-4 9-6
Australia Shapland Northern Ireland Armstrong 8-10 9-7 9-6 9-7
England Gardner England Johnson 9-2 9-1 9-4
England Lawes England Machin 9-3 9-2 9-2
Australia Zachariah England Moore 9-0 9-0 9-2

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Australia Shapland 9-1 9-1 9-0
England Cogswell England Gardner 9-0 9-3 9-1
England Smith England Lawes 9-4 9-0 9-1
Australia Wall Australia Zachariah 3-9 5 10-8 9-7

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Cogswell 9-5 9-7 5-9 9-0
Australia Wall England Smith 9-4 6-9 4-9 9-3 9-6

Final

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Australia Wall 9-3 9-1 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1977
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References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1977 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Mrs McKay wins 16th title". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.