1987 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1987 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at the South Bank Squash Club, Wandsworth with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 7–14 April 1987. The event was won for the fourth consecutive year by Susan Devoy who defeated Martine Le Moignan in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
59th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	South Bank Squash Club, Wandsworth & Wembley Conference Centre

Seeds

1. Susan Devoy
2. Lisa Opie
3. Martine Le Moignan
4. Lucy Soutter
5. Liz Irving
6. Vicki Cardwell
7. Suzanne Burgess
8. Alison Cumings

Heather Wallace 10
Angela Smith 11

Cath Bellemore 15

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Susan Devoy	Pauline Nicholl	9-0 9-2 9-3
Tuula Myllyniemi	Rae Anderson	10-8 10-8 9-4
Heather Wallace	Karen Read	9-3 9-2 9-0
Barbara Diggens	Carin Clonda	9-2 9-2 9-6
Suzanne Burgess	Sue Wright	9-5 9-0 9-0
Seok Hui Lim
Sarah Fitzgerald	Susanne Nyberg	9-0 9-3 9-0
Fiona Geaves	Alex Cowie	9-2 9-2 9-0
Martine Le Moignan	Annette Pilling	9-2 9-2 9-0
Debbie Turnbull	Babette Hoogendoorn	9-1 9-2 9-0
Joanne Williams	Robyn Friday	w/o
Donna Vardy	Natalie Le Serve	9-7 9-2 9-7
Vicki Cardwell	Paula Anderson	9-1 9-2 9-0
Debbie Wright	Jane Parker	9-4 9-1 9-2
Sharon Bradey	Jayne Ashton	9-1 9-6 9-7
Marjorie Burke
Lucy Soutter	Rachel Marriott	9-5 9-2 9-0
Cassie Jackman	Jane Reeves	9-0 9-2 9-6
Michelle Martin	Heather Rutt	9-2 9-1 9-3
Mary Jo Reid	Shirley Brown	9-4 9-0 9-0
Alison Cumings	Marjolein Houtsma	9-2 9-2 9-0
Donna Caldwell	Carol Machin	9-0 9-1 9-0
Angela Smith	Caroline Collins	9-0 9-4 9-3
Rebecca Best	Linda Charman	9-1 5-9 9-0 9-3
Liz Irving	Robyn Hadfield	9-3 9-2 9-6
Senga Macfie	Alicia McConnell	10-9 9-3 6-9 3-9 9-2
Carol Kennewell	Barbara Hartmann	9-6 9-1 9-3
Liz Brown	Samantha Langley	9-3 9-3 5-9 6-9 9-1
Lisa Opie	Joyce Tuomey	9-1 9-1 9-0
Ruth Strauss	Melanie Warren-Hawkes	9-6 6-9 2-9 9-7 9-7
Danielle Drady	Gail Pimm	9-1 9-3 9-3
Cath Bellemore	Flavia Roberts	9-6 9-4 9-2

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Devoy	Myllyniemi	9-5 9-4 9-1
Wallace	Diggens	9-0 9-0 10-9
Burgess	Seok Hui Lim	9-7 9-0 9-0
Fitzgerald	Geaves
Le Moignan	Turnbull	9-0 9-1 9-0
Williams	Vardy	9-2 9-4 9-6
Cardwell	Wright	9-0 9-0 9-5
Bradey	Burke	9-3 10-8 9-5
Soutter	Jackman	9-2 9-1 9-2
Martin	Reid
Cumings	Caldwell	9-4 3-9 9-1 9-1
Smith	Best	9-1 5-9 6-9 9-4 9-4
Irving	Macfie	9-2 9-1 9-4
Kennewell	Brown	3-9 9-3 4-9 9-2 9-7
Opie	Strauss	9-4 9-1 9-1
Drady	Bellemore	9-2 9-5 9-6

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Devoy	Wallace	3-9 9-3 9-5 9-2
Burgess	Fitzgerald	9-5 9-4 9-1
Le Moignan	Williams	9-6 9-5 9-4
Cardwell	Bradey	4-9 9-3 9-3 9-1
Soutter	Martin	9-1 9-1 9-0
Cumings	Smith
Irving	Kennewell	9-6 9-0 5-9 4-9 9-3
Opie	Drady	9-1 9-4 9-2

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Devoy	Burgess	10-8 9-6 5-9 9-6
Le Moignan	Cardwell	9-3 2-9 10-8 3-0 ret
Soutter	Cumings	9-5 4-9 9-0 9-5
Irving	Opie	10-8 9-0 6-9 10-8

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Devoy	Le Moignan	10-8 9-6 9-6
Soutter	Irving	9-1 6-9 9-1 9-0

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Devoy	Soutter	2–9, 4–9, 9–4, 9–2, 9–1

References

1. "Times Archives 1987 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Results". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.