1961 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1961 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20 to 26 February 1961.
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) the number one seed was unable to defend her title due to contracting mumps. Fran Marshall defeated Ruth Turner in the final.

British Open Squash Championships
33rd Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club

Seeds

1. Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
2. Fran Marshall
3. Ruth Turner
4. Rosemary Deloford
5. M E Gowthorpe
6. Pauline White
7. Jill Campion
8. Diane Corbett

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)		bye
R Nagle		bye
K A Abbott		bye
E N Fraser		bye
M E Gowthorpe		bye
R Cooper	A Norval	9-4 9-6 9–0
J Hawson	N A Watkins	10-9 9-7 9–2
Aline Smith	Sally Gildon	9-1 9-2 10–9
Ruth Turner	G Holleran	9-1 9-0 9–1
R Waterhouse	D Attwood	9-1 9-1 9–2
B M Horton	Daphne Portway	9-1 5-9 9-0 9–0
K Tomlin	R Lincoln	9-2 9-3 9–2
Bobs Whitehead	K J Dempsey	9-1 9-2 9–0
Jill Campion	K S Magoon	9-0 9-0 9–0
Mary Muncaster	B E Simister	10-8 9-1 9–0
Joyce Davenport	G T Brooks	9-0 9-1 9–1
Peggy Carrott	A Brice	9-4 9-6 9–1
Marjorie Townsend	J F Leslie	9-6 9-7 10–9
C J Taunton	J C Hodson	9-0 9-2 9–3
Rosemary Deloford	P D Gimson	9-2 9-0 9–3
J M Goodin	J E A Lanning	9-6 9-4 9–1
B Lewis	H F Newberry	9-4 9-1 9–6
G A Pears	H J Bell	5-9 9-2 9-2 9–0
Diane Corbett	H Knapp	9-1 9-5 9–0
Jan Shearer	Sally Cave	9-1 9-1 9–1
Barbara Wheen	Annette Picton	w/o
Marion Lloyd	A M Backhouse	9-2 9-0 9–1
Pauilne White		bye
R B Hawkey		bye
Ann Price		bye
Yvonne West		bye
Fran Marshall (2)		bye

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Nagle	Macintosh	w/o
Marshall	West
Gowthorpe	Cooper
Smith	Hawson
Turner	Waterhouse
Tomlin	Horton
Whitehead	Campion
Muncaster	Davenport
Abbott	Fraser
Townsend	Carrott
Deloford	Taunton
Goodin	Lewis
Corbett	Pears
Shearer	Wheen
White	Lloyd
Price	Hawkey

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Marshall	Price	9-3 9-4 9–0
White	Shearer	5-9 9-4 10-8 9–6
Corbett	Goodin	10-8 9-5 9–7
Deloford	Townsend	9-1 8-10 8-10 9-2 9–7
Whitehead	Muncaster	8-10 6 5 3
Turner	Tomlin	9-1 9-6 9–2
Gowthorpe	Smith	9-1 9-3 9–6
Nagle	Abbott	9-7 9-3 9–7

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Marshall	White	9-3 9-0 9–4
Turner	Whitehead	10-8 9-6 9–7
Corbett	Deloford	9-4 10-9 9–3
Gowthorpe	Nagle	9-0 9-6 9–3

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Marshall	Corbett	9-5 9-4 9–4
Turner	Gowthorpe	7-9 9-5 9-2 9–2

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Marshall	Turner	9-3 9-5 9–1