1977 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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]

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

Seeds
  1. Heather McKay (née Blundell)
  2. Margaret Zachariah
  3. Angela Smith
  4. Sue Cogswell
  5. Karen Gardner
  6. Teresa Lawes
  7. Irene Hewitt
  8. Rhonda Shapland

Draw and results

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First round
Player one Player two Score
Heather McKayPat Green9-0 9-0 9-0
Margaret Zachariah
Angela SmithJ Francis9-0 9-3 9-1
Sue CogswellSandra Wrench9-1 9-0 9-1
Karen GardnerFelicity Hargreaves9-1 9-2 9-0
Teresa LawesE Elgood9-3 9-7 9-2
Irene Hewitt
Rhonda ShaplandRuth Turner9-3 9-2 9-1
Dorothy ArmstrongM Robinson9-4 9-0 9-2
Theo JohnsonP H Campbell9-1 7-9 9-3 3-9 9-2
Soraya Haye
Barbara Wall
Carol MachinJoyce Tuomey9-1 9-2 9-4
Lesley Moore
Vivian GrisogonoF R Corbett4-9 10-8 6-9 9-1 9-5
Jane AshtonAlison Cumings9-3 9-2 9-1
Ruth StraussJ Griffith9-2 9-0 9-0
A F Morris
Patricia Millman
Dr Barbara SandersonRukshana Rashid5-9 10-8 9-2 9-10 9-2
C ShapmanC O'Neill9-7 9-5 9-3
Dorothy Sharp
J Jones
L McLoughlinE O'Gorman9-1 9-0 9-1
S FindlayJ Flood9-4 9-3 9-4
Dr Geraldine BarnivilleH Simpson9-3 6-9 9-4 9-4
Fran MarshallAnn Jee9-4 9-4 3-9 9-2
Deanna MurrayC Tricker9-4 9-1 9-2
Claire Chapman
Ann PriceKaterina Due-Boje5-9 9-2 9-4 9-6
B BucknallJ Tosier5-9 9-2 4-9 9-5 9-2
C Sullivan

Second round
Player one Player two Score
McKay Strauss9-0 9-0 9-0
Smith Morris9-0 9-0 9-5
Cogswell Millman9-0 9-1 9-0
Lawes Sanderson9-2 9-0 10-8
Hewitt Shapman
Armstrong Sharp1-9 9-4 9-3 9-4
Zachariah Jones9-0 9-2 9-2
Johnson McLoughlin9-1 9-2 9-4
Haye Findlay9-7 9-7 9-2
Shapland Barniville9-7 9-6 8-10 9-6
Wall Marshall9-5 9-1 9-3
Gardner Murray5-9 8-10 9-4 9-1 9-7
Machin Chapman9-6 9-5 9-3
Moore Price9-2 9-0 9-2
Grisogono Bucknall9-5 9-6 10-8
Ashton Sullivan9-5 9-0 9-1

Third round
Player one Player two Score
McKay Grisogono9-1 9-1 9-0
Smith Hayes
Cogswell Ashton9-6 10-8 9-1
Wall Hewitt9-3 9-4 9-6
Shapland Armstrong8-10 9-7 9-6 9-7
Gardner Johnson9-2 9-1 9-4
Lawes Machin9-3 9-2 9-2
Zachariah Moore9-0 9-0 9-2

Quarter-finals
Player one Player two Score
McKay Shapland9-1 9-1 9-0
Cogswell Gardner9-0 9-3 9-1
Smith Lawes9-4 9-0 9-1
Wall Zachariah3-9 5 10-8 9-7

Semi-finals
Player one Player two Score
McKay Cogswell9-5 9-7 5-9 9-0
Wall Smith9-4 6-9 4-9 9-3 9-6

Final
Player one Player two Score
McKay Wall9-3 9-1 9-2
Preceded by
1976		 British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1977		 Succeeded by
1978
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References
  1. "Times Archives 1977 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Mrs McKay wins 16th title". Trove.
  3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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