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1964 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
36th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1963
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The 1964 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 15–21 February 1964.Heather Blundell won her third consecutive title defeating Fran Marshall for the third successive year in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
EnglandAnna Craven-Smith EnglandR Cooper 9-0 9-1 9-1
AustraliaPatricia McClenaughan EnglandP D Gimson 9-1 9-3 9-4
EnglandDiane Corbett ScotlandSylvia McClure 9-1 9-5 9-7
EnglandB M Horton EnglandB Law 9-3 5-9 9-2 9-1
AustraliaHelen Plaisted EnglandR B Hawkey 9-3 9-0 9-5
EnglandM Ashmore EnglandJ Young 6-9 9-7 9-2
EnglandClaire Chapman EnglandA M Backhouse 9-0 9-0 9-3
EnglandBarbara McMullen EnglandS P Y Whitby w/o
EnglandAnn Price EnglandBarbara Wheen 9-4 9-3 9-0
EnglandRuth Turner EnglandD W Courtney 8-10 9-3 9-5 9-3
EnglandJ F Leslie EnglandM J Danks 0-9 9-2 9-6 9-3
EnglandPeggy Mason EnglandA M Geddes 9-2 9-4 9-7
EnglandDaphne Portway EnglandM Rutherford 9-3 3-9 9-3 9-1
EnglandA Norval EnglandB Knapp 9-2 9-3 7-9 9-5

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
AustraliaHeather Blundell EnglandSheila Cooper 9-0 9-0 9-4
EnglandFran Marshall EnglandK J Dempsey 9-0 9-1 9-0
EnglandSheila Macintosh (née Speight) EnglandA Norval 9-0 9-5 9-1
EnglandAnna Craven-Smith EnglandDiane Corbett 9-3 9-3 9-2
EnglandMary Muncaster EnglandJ F Leslie 9-0 9-5 9-5
AustraliaJenny Irving EnglandJean Wilson 9-1 9-3 9-0
AustraliaPat McClenaughan EnglandM Ashmore 9-0 9-0 9-1
EnglandPauline White AustraliaBarbara Baxter 5-9 9-7 9-0 9-10 9-6
EnglandUrsula Smith EnglandS M Atherden 9-0 9-1 9-0
AustraliaHelen Plaisted EnglandB M Horton 9-4 9-5 9-4
EnglandM Taylor EnglandN A Watkins 9-10 9-5 9-4 9-6
EnglandClaire Chapman EnglandBarbara McMullen 9-4 9-6 9-4
WalesJill Campion AustraliaCeleste Dickson w/o
EnglandRuth Turner EnglandAnn Price 9-6 9-5 9-2
EnglandC Johnson EnglandS G Youatt 9-4 9-4 9-5
EnglandDaphne Portway EnglandPeggy Mason 9-2 9-0 9-3

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia Blundell England Johnson 9-0 9-0 9-1
England Marshall England Smith 9-0 9-1 9-0
England Craven-Smith Australia Plaisted 6-9 9-1 9-3 9-1
England White England Taylor 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Macintosh England Portway 9-0 9-2 9-0
Australia Irving Wales Campion 9-0 9-2 9-1
Australia McClenaughan England Chapman 9-3 9-4 9-4
England Muncaster England Turner 10-8 9-0 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia Blundell England White 9-0 9-2 9-0
England Craven-Smith Australia McClenaughan 2-9 9-2 9-7 9-7
England Marshall Australia Irving 9-6 9-3 9-3
England Muncaster England Macintosh 9-4 6-9 10-8 9-5

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia Blundell England Craven-Smith 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-3
England Marshall England Muncaster 9-4 9-6 9-5

Final

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Player one Player two Score
Australia Blundell England Marshall 9-2 9-2 9-1
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1964
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1964 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Miss Blundell top seed". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.