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 | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Wembley |
Seeds edit
Draw and results edit
First round edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
 Heather McKay |
 Pat Green |
9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Margaret Zachariah |
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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Barbara Wall |
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| Carol Machin |
Joyce Tuomey |
9-1 9-2 9-4 |
| Lesley Moore |
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| 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 |
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| Patricia Millman |
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 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 |
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| J Jones |
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| 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 |
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| 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 edit
| 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 |
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| 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 edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| McKay |
Grisogono |
9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| Smith |
Hayes |
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| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| Player one | Player two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| McKay |
Wall |
9-3 9-1 9-2 |
References edit
- ^ "Times Archives 1977 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ^ "Mrs McKay wins 16th title". Trove.
- ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.