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1978 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
50th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley
← 1977
1979 →

The 1978 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 24 February - 2 March 1978. Heather McKay (née Blundell) announced that she was semi-retired and would not compete in the British Open again after a remarkable run of sixteen consecutive title wins. The 1978 event was won by Sue Newman who defeated Vicky Hoffman in the final.[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
England Sue Cogswell
Australia Sue Newman England Eve Methven 9-3 9-4 9-7
Australia Margaret Zachariah England Vivian Grisogono 9-1 9-5 9-5
Australia Vicki Hoffman England J Jester 9-0 9-0 9-0
Australia Anne Smith England Theo Johnson 9-4 9-3 9-4
Australia Barbara Wall Sweden Tina Dahl 9-0 9-0 9-4
England Angela Smith
Australia Lyle Hubinger England E Bowles 9-0 9-3 9-2
England Barbara Diggens Australia Janet Honeycombe 9-0 10-8 9-1
Australia Rhonda Shapland England Fran Marshall 10-8 3-9 9-6 0-3
New Zealand Jenny Webster
New Zealand Pam Buckingham
England Lesley Moore
Northern Ireland Irene Hewitt
England J Sutton
Sweden Katerina Due-Boje
New Zealand Robyn Davis
New Zealand Jane Wood
Wales Deanna Murray
England A F Morris
England J Malan
England J Griffiths
England S Dunford
England Jayne Ashton
England Teresa Lawes
England Joyce Maycock

Second round

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Player One Player Two Score
Australia Cogswell
Australia Newman England Wood 9-4 9-5 9-6
Australia Zachariah Wales Murray 9-4 9-7 9-2
Australia Hoffman England Dunford 9-4 9-2 9-0
Australia Smith Anne England Malan 9-0 9-1 9-0
Australia Wall England Griffiths 9-3 9-0 9-3
England Smith Angela
Australia Hubinger England Morris 9-1 9-2 9-2
New Zealand Webster England Hewitt 7-9 9-5 9-0 9-3
New Zealand Buckingham England Sutton 9-2 9-1 9-2
Australia Shapland Sweden Due-Boje 9-4 9-0 9-5
England Moore New Zealand Davis 9-6 5-9 9-5 9-1
England Maycock
England Ashton
England Diggens
England Lawes

Third round

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Player One Player Two Score
England Cogswell England Moore 9-1 9-5 9-0
Australia Newman England Maycock 9-0 9-5 9-1
Australia Zachariah Australia Shapland 7-9 0-9 2-9
Australia Hoffman New Zealand Webster 9-0 9-4 9-3
Australia Smith Anne England Ashton 7-9 10-8 8-10 6-9
Australia Wall England Diggens 1-9 9-6 10-9 9-5
England Smith Angela England Lawes 9-3 9-4 9-1
Australia Hubinger New Zealand Buckingham 9-2 5-9 9-5 9-4

Quarter finals

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Player One Player Two Score
England Cogswell Australia Hubinger 9-6 9-5 9-3
Australia Newman England Smith Angela 9-2 9-1 9-7
Australia Hoffman England Ashton 9-1 9-0 9-4
Australia Wall Australia Shapland 3-9 4-9 8-10

Semi finals

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Player One Player Two Score
Australia Newman Australia Shapland 9-5 6-9 10-9 9-4
Australia Hoffman England Cogswell 9-6 9-5 9-3

Final

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Player One Player Two Score
Australia Newman Australia Hoffman 9-4 9-7 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1978
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1978 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "1978 british Open". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.