The 1948 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–25 January 1948. Joan Curry won her second title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player one Player two ScoreJoan Curry byeJanet Morgan bye Miss M H Palmer bye Mrs J Hall bye Miss M Piper bye Mrs M G Magniac bye Miss R Howard bye Miss P Sutherland bye Mrs Alice Teague Mrs D Hobson 9-4 9-2 9-0 Miss Margaret Carlisle Miss J Taylor 9-2 9-0 9-2 Mrs Margot Harris Miss M E Sarel 9-0 9-0 9-2 Miss Myriam De Borman Miss P R Read 9-1 9-4 9-0 Mrs Betty Hilton Miss U Trott 9-1 9-6 9-5 Miss Betty Cooke Mrs L E Lefevre w/o Peggy Dawson-Scott Mrs J L C Cox 10-8 9-1 3-9 9-5 Miss Pat Cowney Miss P A Morse 9-0 9-2 9-0 Mrs Violet St Clair Morford Mrs W D Porter 9-3 2-9 9-5 9-3 Mrs V Leakey Miss Valerie Cooper 9-4 9-2 9-7 Miss Rachel Byrne Miss Nelly Glamonna 9-2 9-0 9-0 Mrs H Bleasby Mrs Ginette Germaine 9-0 9-6 9-1 Miss D Salter Miss D Castle 7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5 Mrs H J Stribling Mrs G Pottier 9-1 9-6 9-4 Mrs Margaret Dawnay Miss J M Broad 9-0 9-6 7-9 9-5 Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton Mrs Lulu Boon 9-6 10-9 9-3 Miss Meg Buxton-Knight Miss Sheila Speight 9-0 9-3 0-9 6-2 ret Mrs D F Morgan Miss K Abbott 9-7 9-3 9-7 Miss V Ord Mrs E Van der Elst 9-4 9-5 10-8 Mrs R Rathbone Mrs J Price 4-9 10-8 9-5 9-6 Miss H A Downey Mrs A F B Standfast w/o Rosemary Walsh Miss Katherine Keith-Steele 9-4 9-0 9-3 Miss K A M Steele Miss S C Palmer 9-4 9-5 10-8 Miss G James Miss M A Travers 3-9 9-5 5-9 9-2 10-8

Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Curry Palmer 9-4 9-3 9-5 J Morgan Hall 9-1 9-3 9-6 Teague Salter 9-0 9-4 9-3 Carlisle Stribling 9-4 9-1 9-2 Harris Dawnay 9-6 9-5 10-8 De Borman de Courcy-Hamilton 9-4 9-3 9-0 Hilton Buxton-Knight 9-1 9-1 4-9 9-3 Cooke D F Morgan 9-2 9-4 9-1 Dawson-Scott Ord 9-5 9-3 9-4 Cowney Rathbone 5-9 9-3 6-9 5 9-6 St Clair Morford Dawney 1-9 9-5 9-2 5-9 9-5 Piper Howard 9-4 9-1 9-2 Leakey Walsh 9-3 9-3 10-8 Byrne Steele 9-2 9-6 9-2 Magniac Sutherland 9-6 9-3 9-3 Bleasby James 4-9 9-2 3-9 9-1 9-4

Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Curry Magniac 9-2 9-7 9-5 Morgan Piper 9-1 10-8 6-9 9-1 Teague Byrne 9-0 9-4 9-1 Carlisle Dawson-Scott 9-0 9-3 9-5 Hilton Harris 9-2 9-4 9-2 De Borman Cowmey 10-8 9-7 9-9 Bleasby Leakey 9-3 9-3 1-9 5-9 9-5 Cooke St Clair-Morford 9-2 9-2 9-2

Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Hilton 9-1 9-0 7-9 9-2 Curry Cooke 3-9 9-1 9-2 9-3 Teague Bleasby 9-5 9-2 9-1 Carlisle De Borman 9-7 9-2 9-5

Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Teague 9-1 7-9 9-6 9-1 Curry Carlisle 9-2 9-3 9-4

Final Player onePlayer twoScore Curry Morgan 9-5 9-0 9-10 6-9 10-8

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