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1976 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
48th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley
← 1975
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The 1976 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 27 February - 4 March 1976. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fifteenth consecutive title defeating Sue Newman 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
EnglandSue Cogswell EnglandM Robinson 9-0 9-0 9-1
EnglandAngela Smith WalesDeanna Murray 9-0 9-0 9-1
EnglandTeresa Lawes EnglandJ Sheasby 9-5 9-2 9-2
Northern IrelandIrene Hewitt ScotlandAlix Bostock 9-2 9-6 9-4
EnglandJane Courtney EnglandE Gubbay 9-1 9-0 9-0
EnglandKaren Gardner EnglandRuth Turner 9-4 9-3 9-0
EnglandAlex Cowie Rhodesia Miss Pam Haig 9-1 9-4 9-4
EnglandTessa Lawrence EnglandSoraya Haye 9-1 9-2 9-2
EnglandBarbara Diggens EnglandAnn Price 9-2 9-0 9-7
Rhodesia Mrs Sue Paton Republic of IrelandBarbara Sanderson 9-2 9-3 9-6
EnglandTheo Johnson EnglandJ Francis 9-7 9-2 10-8
EnglandCarol Machin EnglandJ Griffith 9-1 9-1 9-4
EnglandFran Marshall EnglandJanet Ledger 9-0 9-2 9-2
South Africa Miss D Prosser EnglandJ Flood 9-0 9-2 9-1
EnglandLesley Moore EnglandS Findlay 9-5 9-0 9-0
EnglandJane Poynder EnglandBobs Whitehead 9-3 9-5 9-7
EnglandPatricia Millman EnglandLynn Crosbie 10-9 9-0 6-9 9-2
EnglandJ Graydon EnglandJoyce Tuomey 7-9 9-2 9-3 9-3
EnglandP H Campbell EnglandC Wood 9-2 10-8 9-3
EnglandDianne Corbett EnglandClair Richards 9-2 9-2 9-4
AustraliaDeborah Holland EnglandG Jafier 9-3 9-0 9-2
EnglandJane Ashton EnglandP Lenehan 9-1 9-3 9-4
EnglandFaith Sinclair EnglandJean Reynolds (née McFarlane) 10-8 9-0 9-6
Northern IrelandDorothy Armstrong EnglandC Sullivan 9-3 9-4 9-5
EnglandVivian Grisogono EnglandS Dunford 9-3 9-7 9-4
EnglandJoyce Maycock bye
AustraliaHeather McKay bye
AustraliaSue Newman bye
EnglandA F Morris bye
EnglandClaire Chapman bye
EnglandJ Macey bye

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia Newman England Moore 9-1 9-2 9-1
England Cogswell England Poynder 9-3 9-2 9-1
England Smith England Millman 9-2 9-1 9-0
England Lawes England Morris 9-1 9-2 9-6
Northern Ireland Hewitt England Graydon 9-0 9-1 9-2
England Courtney England Campbell 9-0 9-0 9-0
England Gardner England Corbett 9-4 9-3 9-2
England Cowie Australia Holland 9-10 10-8 9-6 1-9 8-10
England Diggens England Macey 8-10 9-2 9-2 9-4
Rhodesia Paton England Ashton 7-9 9-7 9-3 10-8
England Johnson England Sinclair 9-3 9-6 9-2
England Machin England Lawrence 9-4 9-5 9-7
England Chapman Northern Ireland Armstrong 9-7 9-3 5-9 9-4
England Marshall England Grisogono 9-6 9-2 9-7
England Maycock South Africa Prosser 10-9 9-1 9-0

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Rhodesia Paton 9-2 9-2 9-1
Australia Newman England Johnson 9-5 9-5 9-2
England Cogswell England Machin 9-5 9-0 9-?
England Lawes England Chapman 9-7 9-1 9-1
England Gardner Australia Holland 9-4 9-5 9-0
England Diggens England Courtney 9-10 10-9 9-3 9-4
England Smith England Maycock 2-9 9-2 10-8 9-?
Northern Ireland Hewitt England Marshall 9-1 9-2 5-9 10-8

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Gardner 9-0 9-0 9-0
Australia Newman England Diggens 9-1 9-2 9-4
England Lawes England Smith 9-5 9-3 7-9 5-9 10-8
England Cogswell England Hewitt 10-8 0 10-8

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Lawes 9-2 9-1 9-1
Australia Newman England Cogswell 9-0 9-10 9-6 4-9 9-6

Final

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Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Australia Newman 9-2 9-4 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1976
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1976 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Heather's title". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.