1968 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1968 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 16–22 February 1968. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her seventh consecutive title by defeating Bev Johnson in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
40th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1967
1969 →

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)  A Williams 9–0 9–1 9–0
 Bev Johnson  R Riley 9–5 9–4 9–0
 Ann Price  P A Brown 9–0 9–1 9–0
  Mrs Gay Erskine  E Lendrum 9–2 9–7 9–1
  Mrs Jill Eckstein  A Geddes 9–0 9–0 9–0
 Sylvia McClure  E Taylor 9–2 9–0 9–6
 R F Turner  E Carnegie 4–9 9–7 4–9 9–6 9–1
 A Norval  Tessa Lawrence 9–7 3–9 10–9 9–6
 Peggy Mason  Daphne Portway 3–9 9–4 1–9 10–9
 Margaret Burke  Di Fuller 9–6 9–7 9–4
  Miss Marcia Roche  J Whitehead 9–3 9–1 9–1
 I V Sanderson  M A Young 9–1 9–1 9–1
 Sheila Cooper  K Gardner 9–5 9–1 9–6
 Claire Chapman  J Mortlock 9–3 9–4 9–1
  Miss Cathy Van Veen  V Manning 9–0 9–0 9–4
 Sheila Ervin  E M Boswell 9–0 9–6 9–1
 Ursula Smith  S Broadway 9–3 9–1 9–1
 M Makower  J Hedges w/o
 A Bixler  C Heath 9–7 9–7 9–1
 Dianne Corbett  Janet Ledger 9–0 9–2 9–2
 Mary Alan  Bobs Whitehead 6–9 1–9 1–8 ret
 Bronwyn Barton  Goldie Edwards 9–6 1–9 9–4 10–8

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
 Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)   Miss Marcia Roche 9–3 5–9 9–7 2–9 7–9

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Barton 9–0 9–0 9–3
  Johnson   McMullen 9–0 9–3 9–0
  Price   Allnut 3–9 0–9 9–1 6–9
  Erskine   Cooper 9–2 9–2 9–7
  Eckstein   Chapman 1–9 9–0 6–9 9–3 9–6
  McClure   Van Veen 0–9 8–10 3–9
  Holton   Ervin 9–1 9–0 9–2
  Roche   Burke 9–5 9–5 9–5

Quarter–finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Holton 9–2 9–0 9–0
  Johnson   Van Veen 9–1 9–0 0–9 9–2
  Allnut   Eckstein 9–7 9–6 9–7
  Erskine   Roche 9–5 3–9 9–6 9–6

Semi–finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Heather McKay   Gay Erskine 9–0 9–0 9–0
  Bev Johnson   Allnut 9–10 9–4 9–2 9–1

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Heather McKay   Bev Johnson 9–0 9–0 9–0
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1968
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1968 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Heather McKay scores again". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.