1975 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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

1. Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)
2. Mrs Marion Jackman

Miss Sue Cogswell
Miss Sue Newman
Miss Margaret Zachariah
Miss Jean Wilson
Miss Teresa Lawes

Mrs Jane Courtney

Draw & Results

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First Round

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

Second Round

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

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

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

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

Player One	Player Two	Score
Newman	Zachariah	9-1 9-6 6-9 9-7

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
McKay	Jackman	9-3 9-1 9-5

References