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
← 1976
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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  Pat Green 9-0 9-0 9-0
 Margaret Zachariah
 Angela Smith  J Francis 9-0 9-3 9-1
 Sue Cogswell  Sandra Wrench 9-1 9-0 9-1
 Karen Gardner  Felicity Hargreaves 9-1 9-2 9-0
 Teresa Lawes  E Elgood 9-3 9-7 9-2
 Irene Hewitt
 Rhonda Shapland  Ruth Turner 9-3 9-2 9-1
 Dorothy Armstrong  M Robinson 9-4 9-0 9-2
 Theo Johnson  P H Campbell 9-1 7-9 9-3 3-9 9-2
 Soraya Haye
 Barbara Wall
 Carol Machin  Joyce Tuomey 9-1 9-2 9-4
 Lesley Moore
 Vivian Grisogono  F R Corbett 4-9 10-8 6-9 9-1 9-5
 Jane Ashton  Alison Cumings 9-3 9-2 9-1
 Ruth Strauss  J Griffith 9-2 9-0 9-0
 A F Morris
 Patricia Millman
  Dr Barbara Sanderson  Rukshana Rashid 5-9 10-8 9-2 9-10 9-2
 C Shapman  C O'Neill 9-7 9-5 9-3
 Dorothy Sharp
 J Jones
 L McLoughlin  E O'Gorman 9-1 9-0 9-1
 S Findlay  J Flood 9-4 9-3 9-4
  Dr Geraldine Barniville  H Simpson 9-3 6-9 9-4 9-4
 Fran Marshall  Ann Jee 9-4 9-4 3-9 9-2
 Deanna Murray  C Tricker 9-4 9-1 9-2
 Claire Chapman
 Ann Price  Katerina Due-Boje 5-9 9-2 9-4 9-6
 B Bucknall  J Tosier 5-9 9-2 4-9 9-5 9-2
 C Sullivan

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Strauss 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Smith   Morris 9-0 9-0 9-5
  Cogswell   Millman 9-0 9-1 9-0
  Lawes   Sanderson 9-2 9-0 10-8
  Hewitt   Shapman
  Armstrong   Sharp 1-9 9-4 9-3 9-4
  Zachariah   Jones 9-0 9-2 9-2
  Johnson   McLoughlin 9-1 9-2 9-4
  Haye   Findlay 9-7 9-7 9-2
  Shapland   Barniville 9-7 9-6 8-10 9-6
  Wall   Marshall 9-5 9-1 9-3
  Gardner   Murray 5-9 8-10 9-4 9-1 9-7
  Machin   Chapman 9-6 9-5 9-3
  Moore   Price 9-2 9-0 9-2
  Grisogono   Bucknall 9-5 9-6 10-8
  Ashton   Sullivan 9-5 9-0 9-1

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Grisogono 9-1 9-1 9-0
  Smith   Hayes
  Cogswell   Ashton 9-6 10-8 9-1
  Wall   Hewitt 9-3 9-4 9-6
  Shapland   Armstrong 8-10 9-7 9-6 9-7
  Gardner   Johnson 9-2 9-1 9-4
  Lawes   Machin 9-3 9-2 9-2
  Zachariah   Moore 9-0 9-0 9-2

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Shapland 9-1 9-1 9-0
  Cogswell   Gardner 9-0 9-3 9-1
  Smith   Lawes 9-4 9-0 9-1
  Wall   Zachariah 3-9 5 10-8 9-7

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Cogswell 9-5 9-7 5-9 9-0
  Wall   Smith 9-4 6-9 4-9 9-3 9-6

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Wall 9-3 9-1 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1977
Succeeded by

References

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  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.