1959 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
31st Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club

The 1959 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1956.
Janet Morgan announced that she was to retire on medical advice after the 1959 Championship; she duly won an incredible tenth consecutive title defeating Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) for the fourth successive year in the final. Later in the year Morgan retired and married becoming Janet Bisley and the following year Macintosh would finally have the chance to compete without having to play Morgan.

Seeds

1. Janet Morgan
2. Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
3. Rosemary Deloford
4. D C Herman
5. M E Gowthorpe
6. Marjorie Townsend
7. Ruth Turner
8. R Cooper

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Rosemary Deloford (3)	Claire Hargreaves	9-3 9-1 9-5
Ruth Turner (7)	T Stevenson	9-1 9-1 9-5
R Cooper (8)	B M Horton	9-2 9-1 9-5
C Ashton	J M Gilley	9-0 9-0 9-5
H Bleasby	H F Newberry	9-4 9-4 9-2
Bobs Whitehead	P Drew	6-9 9-0 9-1 3-9 9-2
Annette Picton	P H Smallwood	9-1 9-0 9-4
R Nagle	Whitby	9-3 9-1 9-4
Fran Marshall	J M Goodin	9-6 9-2 9-2
J M Hall	J Lancaster	5-9 7-9 9-4 9-3 9-5
M M Hazell	H Jolly	9-7 9-0 9-1
C E Harrison	J M Mallen	9-3 7-9 9-5 3-9 9-5
Marion Lloyd	B E Simister	9-5 9-5 9-6
G Pears	Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	9-6 9-4 2-9 9-5
R B Hawkey	Major M U Walker	9-2 9-6 9-4
S McMullan	C J Taunton	2-9 6-9 9-7 9-2 9-3

denotes seed (*)

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Janet Morgan (1)	H E Bond	w/o
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) (2)	H J Bell	9-2 9-1 9-0
Rosemary Deloford (3)	Bobs Whitehead	9-5 6-9 9-6 9-2
D C Herman (4)	R Nagle	9-2 9-1 9-0
M E Gowthorpe (5)	N A Watkins	9-2 9-1 9-1
Marjorie Townsend (6)	J Covell	9-2 9-1 9-3
Ruth Turner (7)	M M Hazell	9-4 7-9 9-1 9-1
R Cooper (8)	C E Harrison	9-3 9-0 9-1
D M Holman	Ann Mitham	9-5 9-0 9-1
D Lange	K A Abbott	9-5 9-0 9-7
J M Hall	Marion Lloyd	9-4 9-2 1-9 9-3
R Waterhouse	G Pears	4-9 9-7 9-4 9-3
Fran Marshall	Annette Picton	9-2 9-0 9-0
C Ashton	R B Hawkey	9-2 9-3 9-6
H Bleasby	V J Foster	9-3 9-8 8-10 1-9 9-4
K Tomlin	S McMullan	5-9 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-1

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Holman	9-2 9-0 9-2
Macintosh	Lange	9-1 9-7 9-1
Marshall	Deloford	9-6 9-2 3-9 2-9 9-5
Herman	Hall	9-1 9-0 9-0
Gowthorpe	Waterhouse	9-2 9-0 9-0
Townsend	Ashton	9-3 9-1 9-1
Turner	Bleasby	9-4 9-2 9-6
Cooper	Tomlin	6-9 9-3 9-5 2-9 9-1

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Gowthorpe	9-7 9-7 9-2
Macintosh	Townsend	9-7 9-7 9-1
Marshall	Turner	10-9 9-10 2-5 ret
Herman	Cooper	9-2 9-3 9-1

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Marshall	4-9 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-0
Macintosh	Herman	9-5 9-6 9-4

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Speight	9-6 9-4 9-2