The 1976 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 27 February - 4 March 1976. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fifteenth consecutive title defeating Sue Newman in the final.[1][2]
Seeds
Draw and results
[3]
First round
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Sue Cogswell |
M Robinson |
9-0 9-0 9-1
|
| Angela Smith |
Deanna Murray |
9-0 9-0 9-1
|
| Teresa Lawes |
J Sheasby |
9-5 9-2 9-2
|
| Irene Hewitt |
Alix Bostock |
9-2 9-6 9-4
|
| Jane Courtney |
E Gubbay |
9-1 9-0 9-0
|
| Karen Gardner |
Ruth Turner |
9-4 9-3 9-0
|
| Alex Cowie |
Miss Pam Haig |
9-1 9-4 9-4
|
| Tessa Lawrence |
Soraya Haye |
9-1 9-2 9-2
|
| Barbara Diggens |
Ann Price |
9-2 9-0 9-7
|
| Mrs Sue Paton |
Barbara Sanderson |
9-2 9-3 9-6
|
| Theo Johnson |
J Francis |
9-7 9-2 10-8
|
| Carol Machin |
J Griffith |
9-1 9-1 9-4
|
| Fran Marshall |
Janet Ledger |
9-0 9-2 9-2
|
| Miss D Prosser |
J Flood |
9-0 9-2 9-1
|
| Lesley Moore |
S Findlay |
9-5 9-0 9-0
|
| Jane Poynder |
Bobs Whitehead |
9-3 9-5 9-7
|
| Patricia Millman |
Lynn Crosbie |
10-9 9-0 6-9 9-2
|
| J Graydon |
Joyce Tuomey |
7-9 9-2 9-3 9-3
|
| P H Campbell |
C Wood |
9-2 10-8 9-3
|
| Dianne Corbett |
Clair Richards |
9-2 9-2 9-4
|
| Deborah Holland |
G Jafier |
9-3 9-0 9-2
|
| Jane Ashton |
P Lenehan |
9-1 9-3 9-4
|
| Faith Sinclair |
Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane) |
10-8 9-0 9-6
|
| Dorothy Armstrong |
C Sullivan |
9-3 9-4 9-5
|
| Vivian Grisogono |
S Dunford |
9-3 9-7 9-4
|
| Joyce Maycock |
|
bye
|
| Heather McKay |
|
bye
|
| Sue Newman |
|
bye
|
| A F Morris |
|
bye
|
| Claire Chapman |
|
bye
|
| J Macey |
|
bye
|
Second round
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Newman |
Moore |
9-1 9-2 9-1
|
| Cogswell |
Poynder |
9-3 9-2 9-1
|
| Smith |
Millman |
9-2 9-1 9-0
|
| Lawes |
Morris |
9-1 9-2 9-6
|
| Hewitt |
Graydon |
9-0 9-1 9-2
|
| Courtney |
Campbell |
9-0 9-0 9-0
|
| Gardner |
Corbett |
9-4 9-3 9-2
|
| Cowie |
Holland |
9-10 10-8 9-6 1-9 8-10
|
| Diggens |
Macey |
8-10 9-2 9-2 9-4
|
| Paton |
Ashton |
7-9 9-7 9-3 10-8
|
| Johnson |
Sinclair |
9-3 9-6 9-2
|
| Machin |
Lawrence |
9-4 9-5 9-7
|
| Chapman |
Armstrong |
9-7 9-3 5-9 9-4
|
| Marshall |
Grisogono |
9-6 9-2 9-7
|
| Maycock |
Prosser |
10-9 9-1 9-0
|
Third round
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| McKay |
Paton |
9-2 9-2 9-1
|
| Newman |
Johnson |
9-5 9-5 9-2
|
| Cogswell |
Machin |
9-5 9-0 9-?
|
| Lawes |
Chapman |
9-7 9-1 9-1
|
| Gardner |
Holland |
9-4 9-5 9-0
|
| Diggens |
Courtney |
9-10 10-9 9-3 9-4
|
| Smith |
Maycock |
2-9 9-2 10-8 9-?
|
| Hewitt |
Marshall |
9-1 9-2 5-9 10-8
|
Quarter-finals
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| McKay |
Gardner |
9-0 9-0 9-0
|
| Newman |
Diggens |
9-1 9-2 9-4
|
| Lawes |
Smith |
9-5 9-3 7-9 5-9 10-8
|
| Cogswell |
Hewitt |
10-8 0 10-8
|
Semi-finals
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| McKay |
Lawes |
9-2 9-1 9-1
|
| Newman |
Cogswell |
9-0 9-10 9-6 4-9 9-6
|
Final
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| McKay |
Newman |
9-2 9-4 9-2
|
References