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. AustraliaHeather McKay (née Blundell)
  2. AustraliaMargaret Zachariah
  3. EnglandAngela Smith
  4. EnglandSue Cogswell
  5. EnglandKaren Gardner
  6. EnglandTeresa Lawes
  7. Northern IrelandIrene Hewitt
  8. AustraliaRhonda Shapland

Draw and results

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First round
Player one Player two Score
AustraliaHeather McKayScotlandPat Green9-0 9-0 9-0
AustraliaMargaret Zachariah
EnglandAngela SmithEnglandJ Francis9-0 9-3 9-1
EnglandSue CogswellEnglandSandra Wrench9-1 9-0 9-1
EnglandKaren GardnerEnglandFelicity Hargreaves9-1 9-2 9-0
EnglandTeresa LawesEnglandE Elgood9-3 9-7 9-2
Northern IrelandIrene Hewitt
AustraliaRhonda ShaplandEnglandRuth Turner9-3 9-2 9-1
Northern IrelandDorothy ArmstrongEnglandM Robinson9-4 9-0 9-2
EnglandTheo JohnsonEnglandP H Campbell9-1 7-9 9-3 3-9 9-2
EnglandSoraya Haye
AustraliaBarbara Wall
EnglandCarol MachinEnglandJoyce Tuomey9-1 9-2 9-4
EnglandLesley Moore
EnglandVivian GrisogonoEnglandF R Corbett4-9 10-8 6-9 9-1 9-5
EnglandJane AshtonEnglandAlison Cumings9-3 9-2 9-1
EnglandRuth StraussEnglandJ Griffith9-2 9-0 9-0
EnglandA F Morris
EnglandPatricia Millman
Republic of Ireland Dr Barbara SandersonPakistanRukshana Rashid5-9 10-8 9-2 9-10 9-2
EnglandC ShapmanAustraliaC O'Neill9-7 9-5 9-3
ScotlandDorothy Sharp
EnglandJ Jones
EnglandL McLoughlinCanadaE O'Gorman9-1 9-0 9-1
EnglandS FindlayEnglandJ Flood9-4 9-3 9-4
Republic of Ireland Dr Geraldine BarnivilleEnglandH Simpson9-3 6-9 9-4 9-4
EnglandFran MarshallEnglandAnn Jee9-4 9-4 3-9 9-2
WalesDeanna MurrayEnglandC Tricker9-4 9-1 9-2
EnglandClaire Chapman
EnglandAnn PriceSwedenKaterina Due-Boje5-9 9-2 9-4 9-6
EnglandB BucknallEnglandJ Tosier5-9 9-2 4-9 9-5 9-2
EnglandC Sullivan

Second round
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayEngland Strauss9-0 9-0 9-0
England SmithEngland Morris9-0 9-0 9-5
England CogswellEngland Millman9-0 9-1 9-0
England LawesRepublic of Ireland Sanderson9-2 9-0 10-8
Northern Ireland HewittEngland Shapman
Northern Ireland ArmstrongScotland Sharp1-9 9-4 9-3 9-4
Australia ZachariahEngland Jones9-0 9-2 9-2
England JohnsonEngland McLoughlin9-1 9-2 9-4
England HayeEngland Findlay9-7 9-7 9-2
Australia ShaplandRepublic of Ireland Barniville9-7 9-6 8-10 9-6
Australia WallEngland Marshall9-5 9-1 9-3
England GardnerWales Murray5-9 8-10 9-4 9-1 9-7
England MachinEngland Chapman9-6 9-5 9-3
England MooreEngland Price9-2 9-0 9-2
England GrisogonoEngland Bucknall9-5 9-6 10-8
England AshtonEngland Sullivan9-5 9-0 9-1

Third round
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayEngland Grisogono9-1 9-1 9-0
England SmithEngland Hayes
England CogswellEngland Ashton9-6 10-8 9-1
Australia WallNorthern Ireland Hewitt9-3 9-4 9-6
Australia ShaplandNorthern Ireland Armstrong8-10 9-7 9-6 9-7
England GardnerEngland Johnson9-2 9-1 9-4
England LawesEngland Machin9-3 9-2 9-2
Australia ZachariahEngland Moore9-0 9-0 9-2

Quarter-finals
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayAustralia Shapland9-1 9-1 9-0
England CogswellEngland Gardner9-0 9-3 9-1
England SmithEngland Lawes9-4 9-0 9-1
Australia WallAustralia Zachariah3-9 5 10-8 9-7

Semi-finals
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayEngland Cogswell9-5 9-7 5-9 9-0
Australia WallEngland Smith9-4 6-9 4-9 9-3 9-6

Final
Player one Player two Score
Australia McKayAustralia Wall9-3 9-1 9-2

References
  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.
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