1973 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1973 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 2–8 March 1973. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her twelfth consecutive title defeating Cecilie Fleming in the final. The final match lasted just sixteen minutes as McKay once again continued to easily outplay all opposition.^[1][2]

Seeds

Draw & Results

^[3]

First Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)		bye
Miss Susanne Newman		bye
Miss Cecilie Fleming	Mrs S B Groves	9-2 9-0 9-2
Miss Jane Barham	Mrs M Clemens	9-3 9-0 9-1
Miss Pamela Buckingham	Mrs J L Rafter	9-0 9-0 9-0
Mrs Jenny Webster	Miss Brenda Carmichael	4-9 9-6 3-9 9-0 9-1
Miss Ingrid Potgieter	Miss Karen Gardner	9-3 9-4 9-6
Mrs Claire Chapman		bye
Mrs Dianne Corbett	Miss Rukshana Rashid	9-2 9-3 9-3
Mrs Fran Marshall	Mrs M Scott-Miller	9-4 9-3 9-0
Miss Jenny Grieve	Miss Gillian Finch	9-3 9-0 9-0
Mrs Sue Pexman	Miss J Chamberlain	w/o
Miss Jane Poynder	Miss S Findlay	w/o
Miss Jean Wilson	Miss Ann Price	w/o
Mrs Alex Cowie	Mrs Joyce Maycock	9-2 9-10 9-7 9-5
Miss Sue Cogswell	Mrs C R Bourdon	9-1 9-0 9-2
Mrs Bobs Whitehead	Mrs Barbara Diggens	9-2 6-9 8-9 10-8 9-0
Mrs Ruth Turner	Mrs Ann Jee	2-9 9-7 9-6 9-3
Mrs Di Fuller	Miss Lesley Moore	9-5 9-4 9-5
Miss Theo Veltman	Mrs Soraya Haye	9-6 9-2 10-8
Miss Peggy Mason	Miss B Kirk	w/o
Miss Janet Ledger	Miss J Pallister	10-8 9-6 9-5
Mrs Tessa Lawrence	Miss M Brodie	1-9 9-3 9-3 9-1
Mrs S Dunford	Mrs M D Furness	9-3 9-5 9-7
Miss Valerie Bridgens	Miss A M Sinclair	9-5 9-5 9-0
Mrs Janice Wainwright		bye
Miss Clair Richards		bye
Miss Denise Holton		bye
Mrs Janet Ward		bye
Miss Teresa Lawes		bye
Miss E Davies		bye

Second Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Davies	9-0 9-3 9-0
Newman	Ward	w/o
Fleming	Lawrence	10-8 9-4 9-1
Buckingham	Pexman	9-3 10-8 9-1
Webster	Richards	9-0 9-0 9-0
Potgieter	Bridgens	9-7 9-4 9-3
Marshall	Turner	9-3 9-4 9-2
Holton	Lawes	9-6 9-0 7-9 9-7

Third Round

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Wainwright	9-0 9-0 9-1
Fleming	Wilson	9-2 3-9 9-4 9-2
Newman	Holton	9-4 9-7 9-3
Barham	Grieve	8-10 9-1 9-4 9-0
Buckingham	Cogswell	9-2 9-4 9-3
Webster	Veltman	9-3 9-3 10-9
Potgieter	Cowie	9-4 9-3 7-9 9-7
Marshall	Chapman	9-0 9-3 0-9 4-9 10-8

Quarter Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Marshall	9-0 9-1 9-3
Fleming	Webster	9-2 4-9 1-9 9-1 9-3
Newman	Potgieter	9-10 9-5 9-1 3-9 9-2
Buckingham	Barham	9-6 9-4 8-10 9-1

Semi Finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Buckingham	9-2 9-0 9-0
Fleming	Newman	1-9 7-9 9-7 9-2 10-8

Third Place Play Off

Player One	Player Two	Score
Newman	Buckingham	9-5 9-2 9-5

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Fleming	9-1 9-0 9-1

References