1997 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1997 Leekes British Open Squash Championships was held at the Welsh Institute of Sport with the later stages being held at the Wales National Ice Rink in Cardiff from 31 March- 6 April 1997. The event was won by Michelle Martin for the fifth consecutive year defeating Sarah Fitzgerald in a repeat of the 1996 final.[1][2][3]

British Open Squash Championships
69th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	Cardiff, Wales
Venue	Wales National Ice Rink

Seeds

1. Sarah Fitzgerald
2. Michelle Martin
3. Cassie Jackman – withdrew
4. Sue Wright
5. Liz Irving
6. Suzanne Horner (née Burgess)
7. Carol Owens
8. Sabine Schoene
9. Claire Nitch
10. Fiona Geaves
11. Linda Charman
12. Jane Martin
13. Rebecca Macree
14. Robyn Cooper
15. Meeghan Bell
16. Philippa Beams

Draw and results

[4]

Qualifying Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Hugoline Van Hoorn	Melanie Jans	9–0 9–3 9–1
Tracey Shenton	Janie Thacker	9–5 9–5 6–9 9–6
Natalie Grainger	Maha Zein	9–4 9–1 9–0
Stephanie Brind	Senga Macfie	9–4 7–9 9–3 9–4
Kate Major	Tegwen Malik *	3–9 9–3 9–1 9–5

Lucky Loser* due to the withdrawal of Cassie Jackman.

First round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Sarah Fitzgerald	Salma Shabana	9–2 9–0 9–1
Michelle Martin	Jade Wilson	9–7 9–0 9–1
Sue Wright	Leilani Joyce (Marsh)	9–4 9–2 9–2
Liz Irving	Toni Weeks	4–9 9–2 9–4 9–5
Suzanne Horner (née Burgess)	Narelle Tippett	9–1 9–0 9–7
Carol Owens	Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman)	9–0 9–7 9–6
Sabine Schoene	Hugoline Van Hoorn	9–5 2–9 9–6 9–3
Claire Nitch	Tracey Shenton	9–4 9–6 9–0
Fiona Geaves	Natarsha Tippett	9–2 9–0 9–6
Linda Charman	Carla Venter	9–0 9–1 9–1
Jane Martin	Stephanie Brind	9–2 7–9 9–3 9–7
Rebecca Macree	Vanessa Atkinson	9–5 9–0 9–2
Robyn Cooper	Sarah Cook	9–6 9–5 5–9 9–2
Natalie Grainger	Meeghan Bell	9–5 9–7 10–8
Philippa Beams	Kate Major	9–10 9–1 9–1 9–3
Rachael Grinham	Tegwen Malik	9–7 9–2 9–10 3–9 9–3

Second round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Martin M	Cooper	9–3 9–7 9–5
Owens	Beams	9–2 9–4 9–1
Geaves	Schoene	9–6 10–8 4–9 9–4
Martin J	Grinham	9–6 9–2 9–2
Fitzgerald	Nitch	9–4 9–2 9–1
Irving	Grainger	9–4 7–9 9–3 9–4
Wright	Macree	7–9 3–9 9–4 9–6 9–4
Charman	Horner	9–3 9–3 8–10 5–9 9–1

Quarter-finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Martin M	Owens	9–3 9–3 9–4
Geaves	Martin J	9–2 9–10 9–4 9–2
Fitzgerald	Irving	9–1 9–3 9–2
Wright	Charman	9–7 9–5 9–4

Semi-finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Fitzgerald	Wright	9–2 7–9 9–2 9–1
Martin	Geaves	9–4 9–0 9–1

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Martin	Fitzgerald	9–5 9–10 9–5 9–5

References

1. "Times Archives 1997 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "1997 Cardiff". squashplayer.co.uk.
3. "British Open Draw". Google groups.
4. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.

Preceded by 1996	British Open Squash Championships Wales (Cardiff) 1997	Succeeded by 1998