The 1934 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 5–11 February 1934. Susan Noel won her third consecutive title defeating Margot Lumb in the final. The Championship attracted the top players from the United States for the first time.
Draw and results
First round Player onePlayer twoScoreSusan Noel Mrs Violet St Clair Morford 9-2 9-4 9-0Margot Lumb Miss N Kelman 9-2 9-0 9-0 Mrs Sheila McKechnie Miss Elizabeth Knox 9-1 9-1 9-1 Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke Miss W E Murphy 9-1 9-1 9-0 Miss Alexandra McOstrich Mrs D Page 9-6 9-7 5-9 6-9 9-1 Miss Anne Page Miss E Fordham 9-1 9-6 9-1 Miss Agnes Lamme Miss M Maclagan 9-4 9-0 9-0 Mrs Margaret Howe Lady Katharine Cairns 9-6 9-7 9-2 Mrs J Winser Miss N Boucher 9-2 9-5 9-0 Mrs Janet Barrett Mrs Adelaide Stuart-Green 9-2 9-4 10-8 Miss C Vickers Miss Peggy Runge 9-1 9-2 9-1 Mrs Judith Backhouse Mrs Madeline Chichester 9-3 9-3 10-8 Miss J L Seymour Miss J Cunningham 9-2 9-5 9-7 Lady Aberdare + Mrs Nowell Clark 9-0 9-3 9-2 Miss N E Hill Miss A Brown w/o Miss Betty Cooke Miss E H Harvey 9-4 9-5 9-7 Miss Cecile Bowes Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 9-1 9-3 9-10 9-4 Miss E C M Toyne Miss Marguerite Anderson 9-2 5-9 9-3 9-4 Mrs Elsie Pittman Miss O L Webb 9-2 9-4 9-6Sylvia Huntsman Miss N M Lyle w/o Miss K M Roberts Miss E H Pemberton 9-3 9-7 9-0 Miss Phyllis Tew Miss M E Hayes 5-9 9-4 9-6 9-2 Mrs Edith Strawson Miss J Porter 9-4 9-7 9-1 Miss Wendy St John Maule Miss Diana Lamplough 9-0 9-3 9-5 Mrs D R Hicks Miss Joan Huntsman 10-9 9-1 9-5 Mrs Elizabeth Bryans-Wolfe Eleonora Sears 9-1 5-9 9-4 9-4 Mrs Barbara Shakerley Miss Phyllis Blake 9-5 5-9 10-8 8-10 10-8 Mrs E M Bain Mrs Curlewis 9-5 4-9 9-7 9-3 Mrs M Gill Miss A Connell 9-7 5-9 9-5 9-2 Miss Josephine Ley Mrs L E Houlder 9-2 9-3 9-7 Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss R Sykes 10-8 9-6 9-6
Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Noel Bowes 9-0 9-1 9-6 Lumb Toyne 9-0 9-2 9-0 McKechnie Pittman 7-9 9-0 6-9 9-1 9-3 Lytton-M Huntsman 9-4 9-1 9-1 McOstrich Roberts 9-6 9-2 9-0 Page Freeman 9-2 9-4 9-6 Lamme Tew 9-3 5-9 9-19- 6 Howe Strawson 9-7 5-9 9-7 9-3 Winser St John Maule 10-8 9-1 9-3 Barrett Hicks 9-2 9-5 10-8 Vickers Bryans-Wolfe 2-9 9-3 9-5 10-8 Backhouse Shakerley 9-10 9-5 9-7 9-4 Seymour Bain 9-4 9-7 9-2 Lady Aberdare + Gill 9-0 3-9 9-3 9-1 Hill Ley 5-9 8-10 9-4 9-5 9-5 Cooke Dawnay 9-6 3-9 9-6 1-9 9-2
Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Noel Winser 9-0 9-0 9-1 Lumb Hill 9-0 9-1 9-0 McKechnie Barrett 9-2 9-10 9-4 9-0 Lytton-M Seymour 9-0 9-1 9-5 McOstrich Vickers 10-9 9-4 9-5 Howe Cooke 8-10 10-8 7-9 9-1 9-2 Page Backhouse 9-5 9-6 9-1 Lamme Lady Aberdare 9-4 9-4 9-6
Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Noel McOstrich 9-4 9-0 9-1 Lumb Howe 9-3 9-0 9-7 McKechnie Page 9-3 9-4 5-9 3-9 9-3 Lytton-M Lamme 9-2 7-9 10-8 9-1
Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Noel McKechnie 9-2 9-7 5-9 9-? Lumb Lytton-Millbanke 9-2 9-2 9-1
Final Player onePlayer twoScore Noel Lumb 9-7 9-9 9-6
+ Lady Aberdare also known Mrs Margaret Bruce.
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