1986 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1986 Hi-Tec Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at East Grinstead and the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 14–22 April 1986. Susan Devoy won her third consecutive title defeating Lisa Opie in the final.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
58th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueEast Grinstead & Wembley
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Seeds

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Draw and results

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[2][3]

First round

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Player one Player two Score
  Susan Devoy   Sue Wright 9-1 9-0 9-1
  Lucy Soutter   Rachael Taylor 9-5 9-0 9-1
  Lisa Opie   Keera Scanlan 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Martine Le Moignan   Joyce Leach 9-2 9-1 9-0
  Heather Wallace   Samantha Langley 9-1 9-3 9-1
  Alison Cumings   Janet Partington 9-0 9-0 9-2
  Liz Irving   Carol Foulkes 9-0 9-2 9-6
  Suzanne Burgess   Heather Rutt 9-3 9-3 9-5
  Angela Smith   Paula Anderson 9-1 9-4 0-9 9-7
  Carin Clonda   Frances Candy 9-3 9-0 9-7
  Tracey Smith   Sarah Stone 9-6 9-0 9-2
  Vicki Cardwell   Sandra James 9-1 9-0 9-1
  Robyn Friday   Wendy Cole 9-1 9-2 9-2
  Rae Anderson   Carol Machin 10-8 9-6 9-2
  Carol Kennewell   Wendy Berry 9-0 9-2 9-7
  Donna Gurran   Joyce Tuomey 9-5 9-1 9-0
  Melanie Warren-Hawkes   Lesley Moore 9-0 9-7 9-1
  Liz Brown   Janice Cook 7-9 9-1 9-1 9-3
  Karen Butterworth   Tuula Myllyniemi 9-6 9-4 3-9 8-10 9-3
  Barbara Diggens   Barbara Lowans 9-0 9-3 6-9 9-3
  Claire Oxley   Susan Lawrence 9-1 9-3 9-3
  Senga Macfie   Pauline Nicholl 9-4 7-9 9-7 9-6
  Mary Jo Reid   Annette Pilling 9-6 10-8 9-4
  Ruth Strauss   Deanna Murray 9-1 9-3 9-1
  Rebecca Best   Noel Tracey 10-8 9-2 6-9 9-3
  Marjorie Burke   Flavia Roberts 9-3 2-9 9-2 9-2
  Alex Cowie   Jane Reeves 9-2 9-3 9-1
  Donna Caldwell   Sandra Wrench 9-3 9-2 9-5
  Fiona Geaves   S Burfoot 9-1 9-5 9-1
  Michelle Toon   Susanne Nyberg 9-1 9-2 9-3
  Jill Benfield   Sheila White 9-1 9-7 9-4
  Sharon Bradey   Claire Candy 9-1 9-0 9-2

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  Devoy   Warren-Hawkes 9-4 9-0 9-7
  Soutter   Benfield 9-0 9-2 9-0
  Opie   Caldwell 9-1 9-1 9-6
  Le Moignan   Oxley 9-3 9-0 9-3
  Wallace   Reid 9-3 9-2 9-1
  Cumings   Burke 9-0 9-6 9-3
  Irving   Geaves 9-3 9-2 9-6
  Burgess   Butterworth 9-1 9-2 9-1
  Smith A   Strauss 9-5 8-10 9-2 5-9 5-9
  Clonda   Macfie 2-9 8-10 6-9
  Smith T   Bradey 9-7 4-9 9-1 9-4
  Cardwell   Troon 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Friday   Diggens 9-4 9-5 9-1
  Anderson   Brown 10-8 5-9 10-8 1-9 6-9
  Kennewell   Best 9-2 9-6 3-9 9-5
  Gurran   Cowie 9-2 9-3 0-9 8-10 9-3

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  Devoy   Brown 9-3 9-4 9-1
  Soutter   Cardwell 9-7 9-7 9-6
  Opie   Gurran 9-2 9-0 9-5
  Le Moignan   Macfie 9-2 9-3 9-2
  Wallace   Strauss 9-0 9-7 9-3
  Cumings   Kennewell 9-5 7-9 9-0 9-0
  Irving   Smith T 9-1 5-9 9-1 9-6
  Burgess   Friday 9-7 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Devoy   Burgess 9-4 9-0 9-0
  Soutter   Irving 9-4 3-9 10-8 9-1
  Opie   Cumings 9-2 8-10 10-8 9-7
  Le Moignan   Wallace 10-8 9-3 9-7

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Devoy   Le Moignan 9-6 10-8 9-3
  Soutter   Opie 9-5 10-9 1-9 3-9 2-9

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Devoy   Opie 9-4 9-2 9-3
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1986
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1986 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ Halpin, Larry (1986). The Squash Rackets Association Annual 1986-87. Pelham Books. ISBN 0-900698-098.