1973 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1973 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 2–8 March 1973. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her twelfth consecutive title defeating Cecilie Fleming in the final. The final match lasted just sixteen minutes as McKay once again continued to easily outplay all opposition.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
45th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueBP Club, Lower Sydenham
← 1972
1974 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
 Heather McKay (née Blundell) bye
 Susanne Newman bye
 Cecilie Fleming  S B Groves 9-2 9-0 9-2
 Jane Barham  M Clemens 9-3 9-0 9-1
 Pamela Buckingham  J L Rafter 9-0 9-0 9-0
 Jenny Webster  Brenda Carmichael 4-9 9-6 3-9 9-0 9-1
  Ingrid Potgieter  Karen Gardner 9-3 9-4 9-6
 Claire Chapman bye
 Dianne Corbett  Rukshana Rashid 9-2 9-3 9-3
 Fran Marshall  M Scott-Miller 9-4 9-3 9-0
 Jenny Grieve  Gillian Finch 9-3 9-0 9-0
 Sue Pexman  J Chamberlain w/o
 Jane Poynder  S Findlay w/o
 Jean Wilson  Ann Price w/o
 Alex Cowie   Joyce Maycock 9-2 9-10 9-7 9-5
 Sue Cogswell  C R Bourdon 9-1 9-0 9-2
 Bobs Whitehead  Barbara Diggens 9-2 6-9 8-9 10-8 9-0
 Ruth Turner  Ann Jee 2-9 9-7 9-6 9-3
 Di Fuller  Lesley Moore 9-5 9-4 9-5
 Theo Veltman  Soraya Haye 9-6 9-2 10-8
 Peggy Mason  B Kirk w/o
 Janet Ledger  J Pallister 10-8 9-6 9-5
 Tessa Lawrence  M Brodie 1-9 9-3 9-3 9-1
 S Dunford  M D Furness 9-3 9-5 9-7
  Valerie Bridgens  A M Sinclair 9-5 9-5 9-0
 Janice Wainwright bye
 Clair Richards bye
  Denise Holton bye
 Janet Ward bye
 Teresa Lawes bye
 E Davies bye

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Davies 9-0 9-3 9-0
  Newman   Ward w/o
  Fleming   Lawrence 10-8 9-4 9-1
  Buckingham   Pexman 9-3 10-8 9-1
  Webster   Richards 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Potgieter   Bridgens 9-7 9-4 9-3
  Marshall   Turner 9-3 9-4 9-2
  Holton   Lawes 9-6 9-0 7-9 9-7

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Wainwright 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Fleming   Wilson 9-2 3-9 9-4 9-2
  Newman   Holton 9-4 9-7 9-3
  Barham   Grieve 8-10 9-1 9-4 9-0
  Buckingham   Cogswell 9-2 9-4 9-3
  Webster   Veltman 9-3 9-3 10-9
  Potgieter   Cowie 9-4 9-3 7-9 9-7
  Marshall   Chapman 9-0 9-3 0-9 4-9 10-8

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Marshall 9-0 9-1 9-3
  Fleming   Webster 9-2 4-9 1-9 9-1 9-3
  Newman   Potgieter 9-10 9-5 9-1 3-9 9-2
  Buckingham  Barham 9-6 9-4 8-10 9-1

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Buckingham 9-2 9-0 9-0
  Fleming   Newman 1-9 7-9 9-7 9-2 10-8

Third-place play-off

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Player one Player two Score
  Newman   Buckingham 9-5 9-2 9-5

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Fleming 9-1 9-0 9-1
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1973
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1973 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "McKay wins title again". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2015.