The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951. Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player onePlayer twoScoreJanet Morgan (*1) byeJoan Curry (*2) bye Mrs E Vanner bye Miss Nelly Glamonna bye Mrs H A Downey bye Mrs J L C Cox bye Mrs R Nagle bye Mrs M Richards bye Mrs Marjorie Townsend* Mrs A E Timson 9-0 9-2 9-2 Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert * Miss K A Abbott 9-2 9-5 9-4 Mrs Margot Harris (*3) 3/O J M Morgan 9-1 9-0 9-0 Miss A V M Isaac* Mrs T Veith-Brown 9-2 9-0 9-1 Mrs J E Manning Miss S C Palmer 9-2 9-4 9-4 Miss M H Palmer L/Wren A Tate 9-4 9-0 10-8Sheila Speight Mrs Margaret Dawnay 9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5 Mrs M B Lewis Miss H Selkirk-Wells 9-0 9-0 9-0 Mrs D Cooper Mrs J Mills 9-0 9-0 9-0 Miss M Gowthorpe Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton 9-5 9-0 9-4 Miss J Capes Miss L Jackson 1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6 Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) Miss Rachel Byrne * 9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7 Mrs J M Hall Rosemary Walsh 9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9 Mrs M Cunneen Fru Ellen Kaas 9-4 9-0 9-2 Mrs H J Stribling Mrs G Riggall 9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4 Miss Margaret Morgan Mrs R B Hawkey 9-2 9-0 10-9 Miss Katherine Keith-Steele Miss Linda Winkel 9-3 9-6 9-0 Miss P Marshall 2/O H M Jones 9-5 9-0 9-7 Miss E Wilson Mrs Y Barbor 9-1 9-0 9-4 Major N Christy Miss M Dwelly 9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3 Mrs Sheila McKechnie F/Officer J Pawson 9-3 9-7 9-5 Mrs B A Powell Miss J P Mead 9-7 9-4 9-1 Mrs Van der Geissen Mrs J Evers 9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5 Miss A L Isaac Miss W Josephs 9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3

denotes seed * Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza

Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Downey 9-1 9-1 9-1 Townsend Hall 9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7 Lacy-Hulbert Cunneen 9-0 9-1 9-1 Harris Stribling 9-4 9-2 9-0 Isaac A V Morgan M 9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3 Curry Cox 9-4 9-2 9-4 Richards Nagle 9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4 Manning Keith-Steele 9-4 9-5 9-1 Vanner Glamonna w/o Palmer Marshall 10-8 9-4 9-2 Speight Wilson 9-1 9-0 9-1 Lewis Christy 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3 Cooper McKechnie 9-0 9-0 9-6 Gowthorpe Powell 9-0 3-9 3 9-2 Capes Van der Geissen 9-0 9-0 9-7 Gotla Isaac A L 9-1 9-1 9-0

Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan J Vanner 9-1 9-2 9-1 Speight Lacy-Hulbert 9-4 10-9 9-3 Curry Richards 9-4 9-2 9-1 Gowthorpe Harris 9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2 Townsend Palmer 9-2 9-6 9-4 Cooper Lewis 9-3 9-3 9-1 Isaac Manning 9-5 9-2 9-3 Gotla Capes 9-3 9-1 9-3

Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Townsend 9-1 9-0 9-3 Speight Cooper 9-5 9-1 9-0 Curry Isaac 9-4 9-6 9-1 Gowthorpe Gotla 9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6

Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Speight 9-3 9-1 9-1 Curry Gowthorpe 9-3 9-0 9-2

Final Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Curry 9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4

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