1979 Women's British Open Squash Championship

Squash tournament held in London, England
British Open Squash Championships
51st Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley
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The 1979 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 23 February - 2 March 1979. The event was won by Barbara Wall who defeated Sue Cogswell in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. Australia Sue King (née Newman)
  2. Australia Vicki Hoffman
  3. England Sue Cogswell
  4. England Angela Smith
  5. Australia Rhonda Thorne (née Shapland)
  6. Australia Lyle Hubinger
  7. Australia Anne Smith
  8. Australia Barbara Wall

Australia Margaret Zachariah (9/16)
South Africa Valerie Bridgens (9/16)
Australia S Wright (9/16)
South Africa Sue Paton (9/16)
England Teresa Lawes (9/16)
England Barbara Diggens (9/16)
England Jayne Ashton (9/16)

New Zealand Pam Buckingham (née Guy) (9/16)

First round

[3]

Player one Player two Score
Australia Sue King (née Newman) Republic of Ireland Barbara Sanderson 9-2 9-1 9-0
Australia Vicki Hoffman Pakistan Rukshana Rashid 9-2 9-0 9-0
Australia Lyle Hubinger Sweden Katarina Due-Boje 9-1 9-0 9-4
Australia Barbara Wall England Felicity Hargreaves 9-7 1-9 9-1 9-1
Australia Margaret Zachariah England J Robinson 9-1 9-0 9-2
South Africa Sue Paton Canada Shelagh Murray 9-0 9-0 9-1
New Zealand Pam Buckingham (née Guy) England Ruth Strauss
England Barbara Diggens South Africa Di Sherren 9-5 9-7 9-2
England Joyce Maycock South Africa Pam Haig 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-6
Australia Bev Johnson United States Ginny Akabane 9-1 9-4 9-4
New Zealand Annette Owen England J Griffiths 9-6 9-2 9-5
England Lesley Moore South Africa Denise Holton 9-5 9-2 9-4

Draw and results

Second round Third round Quarter finals Semi-finals
8 Australia Barbara Wall 9 9 9
Northern Ireland Irene Hewitt 3 1 5 8 Australia Wall 9 9 6 10
9/16 England Teresa Lawes 9/16 England Lawes 1 6 9 8
8 Australia Wall
1 Australia Sue King 9 9 9 1 Australia King
England Lesley Moore 1 2 5 1 Australia King 9 10 3 9
England Ruth Strauss England Strauss 1 8 9 7
England Alison Cumings 8 Australia Wall 9 9 9
4 England Angela Smith 9 9 9 4 England Smith 4 4 7
Canada Penny Glover 2 0 4 4 England Smith 9 9 9
9/16 South Africa Sue Paton 9 9 9 9/16 South Africa Paton 6 6 1
England Fran Marshall 6 5 3 4 England Smith
9/16 South Africa Valerie Bridgens 9 9 9 9/16 South Africa Bridgens
New Zealand Annette Owen 1 5 1 9/16 South Africa Bridgens 10 9 0 9 Final
5 Australia Rhonda Thorne 9 9 2 9 5 Australia Thorne 8 7 9 7
England Dianne Corbett 3 6 9 0 8 Australia Wall 8 6 9 9 9
3 England Sue Cogswell 9 9 9 3 England Cogswell 10 9 4 4 3
England Jane Poynder 2 1 0 3 England Cogswell 9 9 9
9/16 Australia S Wright 6 9 9 8 9 9/16 Australia Wright 1 2 1
England J Macey 9 7 6 10 3 3 England Cogswell 9 9 9
6 Australia Lyle Hubinger 9 0 9 9 6 Australia Hubinger 1 5 4
England Theo Johnson 6 9 5 6 6 Australia Hubinger
9/16 England Barbara Diggens 9/16 England Diggens 7 4 6
3 England Cogswell ? ? ?
2 Australia Vicki Hoffman 9 9 9 2 Australia Hoffman ? ? ?
England Sandra Wrench 0 0 5 2 Australia Hoffman 9 9 9
9/16 Australia Margaret Zachariah 9 9 9 9/16 Australia Zachariah 3 3 2
South Africa Renee Aucamp 2 1 3 2 Australia Hoffman 9 3 9 9
7 Australia Anne Smith 9 9 9 7 Australia Smith 7 9 ? 7
Canada Sue Pexman 1 1 7 7 Australia Smith 9 5 9 9
9/16 England Jayne Ashton 9/16 England Ashton 5 9 4 5

Third place play-off

England Angela Smith beat Australia Vicky Hoffman 9-1 9-7 9-10 9-1

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1979 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Wall takes British title". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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