1975 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1975 Women's Langham Life Assurance British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 28 February - 6 March 1975. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fourteenth consecutive title defeating Marion Jackman in the final. The domination shown by Heather McKay was evident in the fact that she remained unbeaten in any competition since December 1962.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
47th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley
← 1974
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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  Mary Rust 9-0 9-0 9-0
 Marion Jackman   D Allen 9-2 9-1 9-3
 Sue Cogswell   Geraldine Barniville 7-9 9-4 9-3 8-10 9-3
 Sue Newman  Di Fuller 9-4 9-3 9-2
 Margaret Zachariah  A H Morris 9-2 9-0 9-2
 Chris van Nierop  E Popplewell 9-1 9-4 9-3
 Lyle Hubinger  A Manley 9-3 9-3 9-0
 Jane Courtney  J Cartwright 9-1 9-0 9-2
 Teresa Lawes  Soraya Haye 9-2 9-0 9-1
 Jean Wilson  Ann Price 9-0 9-5 9-2
 Karen Gardner  P Leneham 9-1 9-0 9-4
 Carol Murray  S Vesperinan 9-2 9-2 9-5
 Fran Marshall  Jane Pritchett 9-7 9-1 9-2
 Claire Chapman  V Corbett 9-4 9-0 9-6
  Valerie Bridgens  L Morrison 9-4 9-7 9-4
 Clair Richards  J McColl 2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0
 Dorothy Armstrong  L M Pyke 9-4 9-6 9-4
 Deanna Murray  Jayne Ashton 6-9 9-7 9-6 9-2
 Lesley Moore  Jane Poynder 6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2
 Janet Ward  S Parker 9-2 9-3 9-0
 Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane)  H James 9-6 9-2 9-3
 Irene Hewitt  H Campbell 9-4 9-0 9-6
 Ann Jee  J Macey 9-4 9-0 9-3
 S Dunford  Vivian Grisogono 9-4 8-10 9-6 9-3
 Sue Pexman  Barbara Sanderson 2-9 6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2
 S Peach  J Lynas 9-6 9-4 9-3
 Dianne Corbett  S Findlay 9-2 7-9 9-0 9-0
 J Sheasby  Janet Ledger 9-1 9-7 6-9 9-6
 Janice Wainwright  Ruth Turner 9-6 9-1 9-0
 Carol Machin  S Warnes 9-2 4-9 9-6 9-1
 Theo Veltman
 Joyce Maycock

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Richards w/o
  Jackman   Maycock 9-2 9-1 9-2
  Cogswell   Armstrong 9-3 9-3 9-0
  Newman   Murray 9-1 9-1 9-0
  Zachariah   Moore 9-1 9-1 9-0
  van Nierop   Ward 9-0 9-2 9-1
  Hubinger   Reynolds 9-2 9-2 9-2
  Courtney   Hewitt 5-9 9-6 7-9 5-9
  Lawes   Jee 9-4 5-9 9-1 9-2
  Wilson   Dunford 9-1 9-0 9-4
  Gardner   Pexman 9-2 9-4 9-7
  Murray C   Peach 9-2 9-4 9-2
  Marshall   Corbett 9-5 9-4 9-2
  Chapman   Sheasby 9-5 9-1 0-9 9-3
  Bridgens   Wainwright 4-9 9-5 9-7 2-9 9-0
  Veltman   Machin 5-9 9-2 9-0 9-7

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Murray 9-1 9-0 9-0
  Jackman   Bridgens 9-1 9-3 9-10 9-1
  Newman   Gardner 9-2 9-1 9-5
  Zachariah   Veltman 4-9 9-5 9-2 9-0
  Van Nierop   Lawes 9-6 9-5 2-9 9-2
  Hewitt   Marshall 9-1 9-5 5-9 9-1
  Hubinger   Wilson 9-6 9-7 9-0
  Cogswell   Chapman 10-8 9-1 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Van Nierop 9-1 9-2 9-0
  Jackman   Hewitt 9-5 9-2 9-2
  Newman   Hubinger 9-5 9-1 10-8
  Zachariah   Cogswell 9-1 9-5 9-3

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Zachariah 9-1 9-0 9-1
  Jackman   Newman 7-9 9-4 9-10 9-1 9-6

Third-place play-off

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Player one Player two Score
  Newman   Zachariah 9-1 9-6 6-9 9-7

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Jackman 9-3 9-1 9-5
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1975
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1975 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Mrs McKay's 14th Open Win". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.