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1962 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1962 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 18–24 February 1962. Heather Blundell won her first title defeating Fran Marshall in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
34th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1961
1963 →

Seeds

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  1.  Fran Marshall
  2.  Heather Blundell
  3.  Claire Hargreaves
  4.  Pauline White

Draw and results

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[3]

First round

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Player one Player two Score
 G A Pears  M Cunneen w/o
  Third-Officer S J Hogg  M Ashmore 9-0 9-1 9-0
 Ann Price  Marjorie Townsend 2-9 9-3 8-10 9-5 9-1
 A Norval  R B Hawkey 5-9 9-1 9-5 9-0
 D M Holman  A M Backhouse 4-9 9-4 9-2 9-2
 B M Horton  S P Whitby 9-2 9-1 9-1
 Ruth Turner  S G Young 9-1 9-3 9-3
 Jennifer Crane  Daphne Portway 9-2 9-0 9-2
 K J Dempsey  N A Watkins 9-6 9-4 9-1
 R Cooper  Sheila Cooper 9-4 9-0 9-2

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
 Fran Marshall  J C Hodson 9-0 9-4 9-1
 Heather Blundell  J E A Lanning 9-1 9-2 9-2
 Claire Hargreaves  K C L Abbott 9-2 9-2 9-3
 Pauline White  C E Harrison 9-4 9-1 9-4
 Mary Muncaster  J Arckedekne-Butler 9-0 9-1 9-5
 Jennifer Crane  K J Dempsey 9-2 10-8 9-7-9 9-3
 Ann Price   Third Officer S J Hogg 7-9 10-8 9-0 9-3
 Bobs Whitehead   Miss W Courtney 9-2 9-1 9-6
 Barbara Wheen  B J Holt 9-1 9-5 9-2
 D Attwood  D Escott 9-5 9-3 5-9 9-4
 Anna Craven-Smith  G A Pears 9-7 9-4 9-4
 Ruth Turner  B M Horton 9-1 9-2 9-3
 Jill Campion  J M Goodin 2-9 10-8 9-1 9-3
 D M Holman  A Norval 9-6 10-8 9-4
 Marion Lloyd  B A Thomas 9-1 9-5 9-2
 R Cooper  M Taylor 9-3 9-1 9-0

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Lloyd 9-0 9-4 9-3
  Marshall   Wheen 9-1 9-1 9-1
  Price   Holman 1-9 10-9 9-5 9-0
  Hargreaves   Cooper 9-4 9-3 9-0
  Muncaster   Campion 9-4 9-3 9-3
  Whitehead   Attwood 9-1 9-0 9-2
  White   Craven-Smith 1-9 9-5 5-9 9-7 10-8
  Crane   Turner 9-4 9-5 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Muncaster 9-7 9-4 9-6
  Marshall   Whitehead 9-1 9-5 9-3
  Price   White w/o
  Hargreaves   Crane 9-3 9-2 10-8

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Hargreaves 9-2 9-2 9-3
  Marshall   Price 9-0 9-1 9-0

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Marshall 9-6 9-5 9-4
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1962 		Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1962 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Miss Blundell wins squash". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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