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1959 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
31st Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1958
1960 →

The 1959 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1959.
Janet Morgan announced that she was to retire on medical advice after the 1959 Championship; she duly won an incredible tenth consecutive title defeating Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) for the fourth successive year in the final. Later in the year Morgan retired and married becoming Janet Bisley and the following year Macintosh would finally have the chance to compete without having to play Morgan.[1]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
EnglandRosemary Deloford (3) EnglandClaire Hargreaves 9-3 9-1 9-5
EnglandRuth Turner (7) EnglandT Stevenson 9-1 9-1 9-5
EnglandR Cooper (8) EnglandB M Horton 9-2 9-1 9-5
EnglandC Ashton EnglandJ M Gilley 9-0 9-0 9-5
EnglandH Bleasby EnglandH F Newberry 9-4 9-4 9-2
EnglandBobs Whitehead EnglandP Drew 6-9 9-0 9-1 3-9 9-2
EnglandAnnette Picton EnglandP H Smallwood 9-1 9-0 9-4
EnglandR Nagle EnglandWhitby 9-3 9-1 9-4
EnglandFran Marshall EnglandJ M Goodin 9-6 9-2 9-2
EnglandJ M Hall EnglandJ Lancaster 5-9 7-9 9-4 9-3 9-5
WalesM M Hazell WalesH Jolly 9-7 9-0 9-1
WalesC E Harrison EnglandJ M Mallen 9-3 7-9 9-5 3-9 9-5
WalesMarion Lloyd EnglandB E Simister 9-5 9-5 9-6
EnglandG Pears EnglandPat Gotla (née Cowney) 9-6 9-4 2-9 9-5
EnglandR B Hawkey England Major M U Walker 9-2 9-6 9-4
EnglandS McMullan EnglandC J Taunton 2-9 6-9 9-7 9-2 9-3

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Second round

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Player one Player two Score
EnglandJanet Morgan (1) WalesH E Bond w/o
EnglandSheila Macintosh (née Speight) (2) ScotlandH J Bell 9-2 9-1 9-0
EnglandRosemary Deloford (3) EnglandBobs Whitehead 9-5 6-9 9-6 9-2
EnglandD C Herman (4) EnglandR Nagle 9-2 9-1 9-0
EnglandM E Gowthorpe (5) EnglandN A Watkins 9-2 9-1 9-1
EnglandMarjorie Townsend (6) EnglandJ Covell 9-2 9-1 9-3
EnglandRuth Turner (7) WalesM M Hazell 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-1
EnglandR Cooper (8) WalesC E Harrison 9-3 9-0 9-1
EnglandD M Holman EnglandAnn Mitham 9-5 9-0 9-1
South Africa D Lange EnglandK A Abbott 9-5 9-0 9-7
EnglandJ M Hall WalesMarion Lloyd 9-4 9-2 1-9 9-3
ScotlandR Waterhouse EnglandG Pears 4-9 9-7 9-4 9-3
EnglandFran Marshall EnglandAnnette Picton 9-2 9-0 9-0
EnglandC Ashton EnglandR B Hawkey 9-2 9-3 9-6
EnglandH Bleasby EnglandV J Foster 9-3 9-8 8-10 1-9 9-4
EnglandK Tomlin EnglandS McMullan 5-9 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-1

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Holman 9-2 9-0 9-2
England Macintosh South Africa Lange 9-1 9-7 9-1
England Marshall England Deloford 9-6 9-2 3-9 2-9 9-5
England Herman England Hall 9-1 9-0 9-0
England Gowthorpe Scotland Waterhouse 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Townsend England Ashton 9-3 9-1 9-1
England Turner England Bleasby 9-4 9-2 9-6
England Cooper England Tomlin 6-9 9-3 9-5 2-9 9-1

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Gowthorpe 9-7 9-7 9-2
England Macintosh England Townsend 9-7 9-7 9-1
England Marshall England Turner 10-9 9-10 2-5 ret
England Herman England Cooper 9-2 9-3 9-1

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Marshall 4-9 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-0
England Macintosh England Herman 9-5 9-6 9-4

Final

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Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Speight 9-6 9-4 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1959
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1959 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.