1963 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1963 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 1–7 December 1962.Heather Blundell won her second title defeating Fran Marshall in a repeat of the 1962 final. The championships were held in December 1962 which formed part of the 1962/1963 season so is classed as the 1963 edition.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
35th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1962
1964 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
 Brenda Carmichael  J M Mallen 9-1 9-3 9-2
 Jill Campion  S P Y Whitby w/o
 B J Holt  N A Watkins w/o
 Bobs Whitehead  Jennifer Crane w/o
 Marjorie Townsend  Ann Price 9-4 9-10 6-9 9-4 9-7
 M Taylor  P Gimson w/o
 J E A Lanning  S G Youatt 9-1 7-9 9-4 5-9 9-0
 Ruth Turner  Annette Picton w/o
 Sheila Ervin  K Maltby 9-0 6-9 9-4 9-0
 A Norval  C E Harrison 9-2 9-1 9-2
 Mary Muncaster  Peggy Mason 9-0 9-0 9-0
 M Ashmore  H M Sedman 9-3 9-4 9-4
 R Cooper  D Escott w/o
 Daphne Portway  D M Holman w/o

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
 Heather Blundell  Barbara Wheen 9-0 9-0 9-1
 Fran Marshall  J F Leslie 9-2 9-4 9-1
 Anna Craven-Smith  Di Fuller 9-2 9-3 9-2
 Pauline White  A M Backhouse 9-4 9-3 9-2
 Claire Hargreaves  Daphne Portway 9-3 9-0 9-1
 Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)  Brenda Carmichael 8-10 9-1 9-3 9-0
 Bobs Whitehead  Marjorie Townsend 9-3 9-5 9-5
 Ruth Turner  Sheila Ervin 9-4 9-4 4-9 9-6
 D W Courtney  H E S Hutchins 9-2 9-4 9-6
 R Cooper  M Ashmore 9-0 9-3 9-0
 J C Hodson  J Banks 4-9 3-8 3-8 ret
 K J Dempsey  D E A Wright w/o
 Mary Muncaster  A Norval 4-9 9-2 9-7 9-3
 J E A Lanning  M Taylor 10-8 10-8 9-3
 R B Hawkey  J Arckedekne-Butler 9-0 9-0 9-0
 Jill Campion  B J Holt 9-0 9-0 9-2

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  Marshall   Dempsey 9-1 9-1 9-0
  Macintosh   Campion 9-1 9-1 9-7
  Muncaster   Turner 9-7 9-3 9-7
  Blundell   Hodson 9-0 9-0 9-1
  White   Hawkey 9-4 9-0 9-5
  Whitehead   Lanning 9-3 9-5 9-0
  Hargreaves   Cooper 9-1 9-2 9-2
  Craven-Smith   Courtney 9-6 9-4 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Marshall   White 9-3 9-8 9-1
  Macintosh   Whitehead 9-4 9-7 9-6
  Muncaster   Hargreaves 9-2 9-5 3-9 7-9 9-5
  Blundell   Craven-Smith 9-4 9-1 9-2

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Muncaster 9-6 9-2 9-6
  Marshall   Macintosh 9-5 9-4 9-5

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Marshall 9-4 9-2 9-6
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1963
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1962 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Easy win for Miss Blundell". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.