1975 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
47th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Wembley
	← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 Women's Langham Life Assurance British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 28 February - 6 March 1975. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fourteenth consecutive title defeating Marion Jackman in the final. The domination shown by Heather McKay was evident in the fact that she remained unbeaten in any competition since December 1962.^[1]^[2]

Seeds[edit]

Heather McKay (née Blundell)
Marion Jackman

Sue Cogswell
Sue Newman
Margaret Zachariah
Jean Wilson
Teresa Lawes

Jane Courtney

Draw and results[edit]

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First round[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Heather McKay	Mary Rust	9-0 9-0 9-0
Marion Jackman	D Allen	9-2 9-1 9-3
Sue Cogswell	Geraldine Barniville	7-9 9-4 9-3 8-10 9-3
Sue Newman	Di Fuller	9-4 9-3 9-2
Margaret Zachariah	A H Morris	9-2 9-0 9-2
Chris van Nierop	E Popplewell	9-1 9-4 9-3
Lyle Hubinger	A Manley	9-3 9-3 9-0
Jane Courtney	J Cartwright	9-1 9-0 9-2
Teresa Lawes	Soraya Haye	9-2 9-0 9-1
Jean Wilson	Ann Price	9-0 9-5 9-2
Karen Gardner	P Leneham	9-1 9-0 9-4
Carol Murray	S Vesperinan	9-2 9-2 9-5
Fran Marshall	Jane Pritchett	9-7 9-1 9-2
Claire Chapman	V Corbett	9-4 9-0 9-6
Valerie Bridgens	L Morrison	9-4 9-7 9-4
Clair Richards	J McColl	2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0
Dorothy Armstrong	L M Pyke	9-4 9-6 9-4
Deanna Murray	Jayne Ashton	6-9 9-7 9-6 9-2
Lesley Moore	Jane Poynder	6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2
Janet Ward	S Parker	9-2 9-3 9-0
Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane)	H James	9-6 9-2 9-3
Irene Hewitt	H Campbell	9-4 9-0 9-6
Ann Jee	J Macey	9-4 9-0 9-3
S Dunford	Vivian Grisogono	9-4 8-10 9-6 9-3
Sue Pexman	Barbara Sanderson	2-9 6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2
S Peach	J Lynas	9-6 9-4 9-3
Dianne Corbett	S Findlay	9-2 7-9 9-0 9-0
J Sheasby	Janet Ledger	9-1 9-7 6-9 9-6
Janice Wainwright	Ruth Turner	9-6 9-1 9-0
Carol Machin	S Warnes	9-2 4-9 9-6 9-1
Theo Veltman
Joyce Maycock

Second round[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Richards	w/o
Jackman	Maycock	9-2 9-1 9-2
Cogswell	Armstrong	9-3 9-3 9-0
Newman	Murray	9-1 9-1 9-0
Zachariah	Moore	9-1 9-1 9-0
van Nierop	Ward	9-0 9-2 9-1
Hubinger	Reynolds	9-2 9-2 9-2
Courtney	Hewitt	5-9 9-6 7-9 5-9
Lawes	Jee	9-4 5-9 9-1 9-2
Wilson	Dunford	9-1 9-0 9-4
Gardner	Pexman	9-2 9-4 9-7
Murray C	Peach	9-2 9-4 9-2
Marshall	Corbett	9-5 9-4 9-2
Chapman	Sheasby	9-5 9-1 0-9 9-3
Bridgens	Wainwright	4-9 9-5 9-7 2-9 9-0
Veltman	Machin	5-9 9-2 9-0 9-7

Third round[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Murray	9-1 9-0 9-0
Jackman	Bridgens	9-1 9-3 9-10 9-1
Newman	Gardner	9-2 9-1 9-5
Zachariah	Veltman	4-9 9-5 9-2 9-0
Van Nierop	Lawes	9-6 9-5 2-9 9-2
Hewitt	Marshall	9-1 9-5 5-9 9-1
Hubinger	Wilson	9-6 9-7 9-0
Cogswell	Chapman	10-8 9-1 9-3

Quarter-finals[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Van Nierop	9-1 9-2 9-0
Jackman	Hewitt	9-5 9-2 9-2
Newman	Hubinger	9-5 9-1 10-8
Zachariah	Cogswell	9-1 9-5 9-3

Semi-finals[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Zachariah	9-1 9-0 9-1
Jackman	Newman	7-9 9-4 9-10 9-1 9-6

Third-place play-off[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
Newman	Zachariah	9-1 9-6 6-9 9-7

Final[edit]

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Jackman	9-3 9-1 9-5

Preceded by 1974	British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1975	Succeeded by 1976

References[edit]

^ "Times Archives 1975 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
^ "Mrs McKay's 14th Open Win". Trove.
^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[1] "Times Archives 1975 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.

[2] "Mrs McKay's 14th Open Win". Trove.

[3] "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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