1978 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1978 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 24 February - 2 March 1978. Heather McKay (née Blundell) announced that she was semi-retired and would not compete in the British Open again after a remarkable run of sixteen consecutive title wins. The 1978 event was won by Sue Newman who defeated Vicky Hoffman in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
50th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley
← 1977
1979 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Sue Cogswell  
  Sue Newman   Eve Methven 9-3 9-4 9-7
  Margaret Zachariah   Vivian Grisogono 9-1 9-5 9-5
  Vicki Hoffman   J Jester 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Anne Smith   Theo Johnson 9-4 9-3 9-4
  Barbara Wall   Tina Dahl 9-0 9-0 9-4
  Angela Smith  
  Lyle Hubinger   E Bowles 9-0 9-3 9-2
  Barbara Diggens   Janet Honeycombe 9-0 10-8 9-1
  Rhonda Shapland   Fran Marshall 10-8 3-9 9-6 0-3
  Jenny Webster  
  Pam Buckingham  
  Lesley Moore  
  Irene Hewitt  
  J Sutton  
  Katerina Due-Boje  
  Robyn Davis  
  Jane Wood  
  Deanna Murray  
  A F Morris  
  J Malan  
  J Griffiths  
  S Dunford  
  Jayne Ashton  
  Teresa Lawes  
  Joyce Maycock  

Second round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Cogswell  
  Newman   Wood 9-4 9-5 9-6
  Zachariah   Murray 9-4 9-7 9-2
  Hoffman   Dunford 9-4 9-2 9-0
  Smith Anne   Malan 9-0 9-1 9-0
  Wall   Griffiths 9-3 9-0 9-3
  Smith Angela  
  Hubinger   Morris 9-1 9-2 9-2
  Webster   Hewitt 7-9 9-5 9-0 9-3
  Buckingham   Sutton 9-2 9-1 9-2
  Shapland   Due-Boje 9-4 9-0 9-5
  Moore   Davis 9-6 5-9 9-5 9-1
  Maycock  
  Ashton  
  Diggens  
  Lawes  

Third round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Cogswell   Moore 9-1 9-5 9-0
  Newman   Maycock 9-0 9-5 9-1
  Zachariah   Shapland 7-9 0-9 2-9
  Hoffman   Webster 9-0 9-4 9-3
  Smith Anne   Ashton 7-9 10-8 8-10 6-9
  Wall   Diggens 1-9 9-6 10-9 9-5
  Smith Angela   Lawes 9-3 9-4 9-1
  Hubinger   Buckingham 9-2 5-9 9-5 9-4

Quarter finals

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Player One Player Two Score
  Cogswell   Hubinger 9-6 9-5 9-3
  Newman   Smith Angela 9-2 9-1 9-7
  Hoffman   Ashton 9-1 9-0 9-4
  Wall   Shapland 3-9 4-9 8-10

Semi finals

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Player One Player Two Score
  Newman   Shapland 9-5 6-9 10-9 9-4
  Hoffman   Cogswell 9-6 9-5 9-3

Final

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Player One Player Two Score
  Newman   Hoffman 9-4 9-7 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1978
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1978 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "1978 british Open". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.