The 1935 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 3–8 December 1934. Margot Lumb won her first title defeating the Honourable Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke in the final. Three times champion Miss Susan Noel decided not to defend her title. Seeds were inaugurated and the slower ball used in men's competitions was also introduced. The event took place in December 1934 which formed part of the 1934-1935 season.
Draw and results
First round Player onePlayer twoScoreMargot Lumb + Miss C Vickers 9-0 9-0 9-2 Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + Mrs C Pinckney 9-0 9-3 9-1 Mrs Elsie Pittman + Miss G Lawrence 9-1 9-1 9-1 Mrs Sheila McKechnie + Miss Betty Cooke 9-0 10-9 9-2 Miss Kathleen Tew Miss S Keane w/o Miss R Sykes Miss Joan Huntsman 9-4 9-4 9-7 Miss N L Kelman Miss E Windsor-Aubrey 9-7 9-4 9-2 Mrs Edith Strawson Miss Alexandra McOstrich 7-9 9-5 9-10 9-2 9-4 Mrs Judith Backhouse Miss J Pearson 9-6 9-2 9-4Sylvia Huntsman Miss G Babington-Smith 9-7 9-0 9-5 Miss Mary McLintock Mrs Waymouth 9-0 9-6 9-0 Miss J E Cunningham Miss E Fordham 0-9 4-9 9-3 9-1 9-4 Miss M Fraser Mrs M Gill 9-2 7-9 9-3 9-5 Miss E M Bain Miss T Rowland 9-1 9-2 9-0 Miss J Porter Miss I W Leach 9-0 9-2 9-0 Mrs E C M Sewell Miss K M Roberts 9-7 9-0 9-1 Miss M E L Haynes Mrs Dorothy Crouch 9-6 9-6 9-3 Miss Marjorie Raphael Miss K Steele 0-9 9-6 9-2 10-8 Miss Phyllis Tew Mrs Madeline Chichester 9-6 9-2 9-0 Mrs Angela Frisby Miss D Winterbotham 9-0 9-3 9-3 Miss P Phelps Mrs H M Jones 9-6 9-7 9-0 Miss Diana Lamplough Miss M E Hayes 9-6 9-5 9-6 Mrs V S Daniell Miss A Connell 9-4 9-0 9-2 Mrs Barbara Shakerley Mrs E Jordan w/o Mrs Phyllis Philcox Miss Margery Alabaster 9-0 9-0 9-5 Miss Josephine Ley Mrs S Fisk 9-5 10-8 9-6 Miss W E Murphy Mrs D R Hicks 7-9 9-4 9-5 9-4 Mrs G Craig Lucy Miss W M H Wild 9-3 9-3 9-3 Mrs Violet St Clair Morford Miss J Mardon 9-1 9-0 9-4 Mrs Margaret Dawnay Mrs D Page 10-8 9-6 9-1 Miss C Mellor Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr 10-8 7-9 9-7 3-9 9-5 Miss M G Roberston Miss E Dewhurst 9-0 9-1 10-8
+ denotes seed
Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Haynes 9-0 9-0 9-1 Lytton-M Raphael 9-4 9-4 9-1 Pittman Tew 9-5 9-3 9-2 McKechnie Frisby 9-2 9-0 9-0 Tew Phelps 9-5 9-2 9-0 Sykes Lamplough 9-6 9-2 9-3 Kelman Daniell 9-4 9-5 9-3 Strawson Shakerley 9-7 9-3 9-5 Backhouse Philcox 9-3 9-0 9-3 Huntsman Ley 10-8 9-0 9-0 McLintock Murphy 9-5 9-2 9-0 Cunningham Lucy 9-2 9-1 9-1 Fraser St Clair Morford 9-3 9-3 9-6 Bain Dawnay 9-5 9-6 9-3 Porter Mellor 9-2 9-2 9-6 Sewell Roberston 9-3 9-7 9-2
Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Fraser 9-2 9-2 9-6 Lytton-M Backhouse 9-0 9-2 9-3 Pittman McLintock 9-7 5-9 3-9 9-6 9-3 McKechnie Bain 9-3 9-0 9-0 Tew Cunningham 5-9 9-3 9-6 5-9 9-7 Sykes Huntsman 2-9 1-9 9-3 9-6 9-0 Kelman Sewell 8-10 9-6 10-8 9-7 Strawson Porter 9-7 9-4 9-1
Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Tew 9-1 9-4 9-0 Lytton-M Sykes 9-2 9-1 9-4 Pittman Kelman 2-9 9-3 9-3 7-9 9-4 McKechnie Strawson 9-4 9-1 9-4
Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Lytton-M McKechnie 9-4 5-9 10-8 9-5 Lumb Pittman 9-2 9-0 9-2
Final Player onePlayer twoScore Lumb Lytton-Millbanke 9-4 9-0 9-1
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