1978 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
50th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley

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

  1. England Sue Cogswell
  2. Australia Sue Newman
  3. Australia Margaret Zachariah
  4. Australia Vicki Hoffman
  5. Australia Anne Smith
  6. Australia Barbara Wall
  7. England Angela Smith
  8. Australia Lyle Hubinger

Draw and results

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First round

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

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

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

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

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

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Newman Australia Hoffman 9-4 9-7 9-2

References

  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.
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