1977 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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

1. Heather McKay (née Blundell)
2. Margaret Zachariah
3. Angela Smith
4. Sue Cogswell
5. Karen Gardner
6. Teresa Lawes
7. Irene Hewitt
8. Rhonda Shapland

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Heather McKay	Pat Green	9-0 9-0 9-0
Margaret Zachariah
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
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
Barbara Wall
Carol Machin	Joyce Tuomey	9-1 9-2 9-4
Lesley Moore
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
Patricia Millman
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
J Jones
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
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

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
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

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Grisogono	9-1 9-1 9-0
Smith	Hayes
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

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

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

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Wall	9-3 9-1 9-2

References

1. "Times Archives 1977 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Mrs McKay wins 16th title". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.