1983 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1983 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at the Assembly Rooms in Derby from 6–14 April 1983. The event was won for the fourth consecutive year by Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman) who defeated Lisa Opie in a repeat of the 1982 final. Vicki Cardwell made the shock announcement that she was going to retire after the 1983 World Open. The Australian was serving a two-year team events ban in her home country following misconduct in the 1981 Women's World Open Squash Championship.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
55th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	Derby, England
Venue	Assembly Rooms

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Vicki Cardwell	Kerry Cawthorn	9-1 9-2 9-1
Paula Anderson	S Abou El Magd	9-1 9-1 9-1
Alex Cowie	Gillian Winkler	4-9 9-2 9-3 9-3
Annette Pilling	Flavia Roberts	9-1 9-3 4-9 10-9
Sue Cogswell	Alison Cruikshank	9-3 9-3 9-0
Heather Wallace	B Bentham	9-0 9-0 9-2
Barbara Diggens	Kim Faclier	10-9 9-1 9-2
Wendy Berry	S Lindsay	5-9 9-2 9-7 7-9 9-5
Martine Le Moignan	S Moore	9-7 9-0 9-3
Cath Bellemore	Carol Foulkes	9-5 9-3 9-3
Renee Auchamp	Karen Lever	7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
Felicity Hargreaves	Sandra Wrench	9-6 9-1 9-1
Susan Devoy	Nicki Spurgeon	9-7 5-9 9-1 9-2
Claire Oxley	Sheila White	9-2 9-0 9-1
Alison Cumings	Tracy Cunliffe	9-0 9-0 9-2
Karen Butterworth	Barbara Lowans	9-5 10-9 9-0
Lisa Opie	Debby Ashby	9-1 9-7 9-4
Jayne Ashton	J Wilding	9-7 9-1 9-3
Jan Miller	Suzanne Burgess	9-6 9-0 9-2
Jacky Parsons	T Tikil	9-1 9-5 9-0
Robyn Blackwood	Donna Caldwell	9-7 9-7 9-4
Rebecca Best	Barbara Sanderson	9-4 9-4 9-3
Ruth Strauss	Deanna Murray	3-9 9-2 9-2 9-5
Melanie Warren-Hawkes	Wendy Cole	9-7 9-6 9-7
Angela Smith	Joyce Tuomey	9-5 9-1 9-2
L Houghton	Jill Benfield	9-5 9-2 9-2
Carin Clonda	G Hill	9-1 9-0 9-1
Susan Carter	S Kipping	9-4 7-9 9-5 9-3
Rhonda Thorne	P Lusby	9-2 9-0 9-0
Jane Freeman	Magriet Luchs	7-9 9-4 5-9 1-9 9-4
Lynne Ferry	Eryi Emmanuel	9-3 9-6 9-6
Rae Anderson	Lucy Soutter	9-7 7-9 9-3 9-5

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Cardwell	Anderson P	9-3 9-0 9-4
Cowie	Pilling
Cogswell	Wallace	9-2 9-1 9-3
Diggens	Berry	9-0 9-0 9-1
Le Moignan	Bellemore	9-1 9-0 9-4
Aucamp	Hargreaves	9-1 9-2 9-3
Devoy	Oxley	9-1 9-2 9-1
Cumings	Butterworth	9-2 9-5 9-0
Opie	Ashton	9-5 9-5 9-4
Miller	Parsons	9-4 9-0 9-1
Blackwood	Best	9-1 9-4 9-3
Strauss	Warren-Hawkes	9-3 9-7 9-1
Smith	Houghton	9-2 9-1 9-4
Clonda	Carter	9-4 9-0 9-5
Thorne	Freeman	10-8 9-0 9-0
Ferry	Anderson R	9-2 9-3 9-7

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Cardwell	Cowie	9-0 9-0 9-0
Cogswell	Diggens	1-9 9-4 9-4 9-1
Le Moignan	Aucamp	9-1 9-3 9-4
Devoy	Cumings	5-9 6-9 9-6 9-1 9-6
Opie	Miller	9-0 5-9 9-5 9-2
Blackwood	Strauss	9-6 9-1 9-5
Smith	Clonda	9-5 7-9 8-10 9-3 9-5
Thorne	Ferry	9-1 10-8 9-3

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Cardwell	Cogswell	9-1 9-3 9-2
Le Moignan	Devoy	9-6 9-0 3-9 9-2
Opie	Blackwood	9-2 9-4 9-4
Smith	Thorne	4-9 9-7 4-9 9-6 9-3

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Cardwell	Le Moignan	9-1 9-2 9-10 9-3
Opie	Smith	0-9 9-5 9-6 9-7

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Cardwell	Opie	9-10 9-6 9-4 9-5

References

1. "Times Archives 1983 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Results". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.