1964 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1964 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 15–21 February 1964.Heather Blundell won her third consecutive title defeating Fran Marshall for the third successive year in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
36th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1963
1965 →

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
 Anna Craven-Smith  R Cooper 9-0 9-1 9-1
 Patricia McClenaughan  P D Gimson 9-1 9-3 9-4
 Diane Corbett  Sylvia McClure 9-1 9-5 9-7
 B M Horton  B Law 9-3 5-9 9-2 9-1
 Helen Plaisted  R B Hawkey 9-3 9-0 9-5
 M Ashmore  J Young 6-9 9-7 9-2
 Claire Chapman  A M Backhouse 9-0 9-0 9-3
 Barbara McMullen  S P Y Whitby w/o
 Ann Price  Barbara Wheen 9-4 9-3 9-0
 Ruth Turner  D W Courtney 8-10 9-3 9-5 9-3
 J F Leslie  M J Danks 0-9 9-2 9-6 9-3
 Peggy Mason  A M Geddes 9-2 9-4 9-7
 Daphne Portway  M Rutherford 9-3 3-9 9-3 9-1
 A Norval  B Knapp 9-2 9-3 7-9 9-5

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
 Heather Blundell  Sheila Cooper 9-0 9-0 9-4
 Fran Marshall  K J Dempsey 9-0 9-1 9-0
 Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)  A Norval 9-0 9-5 9-1
 Anna Craven-Smith  Diane Corbett 9-3 9-3 9-2
 Mary Muncaster  J F Leslie 9-0 9-5 9-5
 Jenny Irving  Jean Wilson 9-1 9-3 9-0
 Pat McClenaughan  M Ashmore 9-0 9-0 9-1
 Pauline White  Barbara Baxter 5-9 9-7 9-0 9-10 9-6
 Ursula Smith  S M Atherden 9-0 9-1 9-0
 Helen Plaisted  B M Horton 9-4 9-5 9-4
 M Taylor  N A Watkins 9-10 9-5 9-4 9-6
 Claire Chapman  Barbara McMullen 9-4 9-6 9-4
 Jill Campion  Celeste Dickson w/o
 Ruth Turner  Ann Price 9-6 9-5 9-2
 C Johnson  S G Youatt 9-4 9-4 9-5
 Daphne Portway  Peggy Mason 9-2 9-0 9-3

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Johnson 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Marshall   Smith 9-0 9-1 9-0
  Craven-Smith   Plaisted 6-9 9-1 9-3 9-1
  White   Taylor 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Macintosh   Portway 9-0 9-2 9-0
  Irving   Campion 9-0 9-2 9-1
  McClenaughan   Chapman 9-3 9-4 9-4
  Muncaster   Turner 10-8 9-0 9-3

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   White 9-0 9-2 9-0
  Craven-Smith   McClenaughan 2-9 9-2 9-7 9-7
  Marshall   Irving 9-6 9-3 9-3
  Muncaster   Macintosh 9-4 6-9 10-8 9-5

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Craven-Smith 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-3
  Marshall   Muncaster 9-4 9-6 9-5

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  Blundell   Marshall 9-2 9-2 9-1
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1964
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1964 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Miss Blundell top seed". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.