The 1959 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1959. Janet Morgan announced that she was to retire on medical advice after the 1959 Championship; she duly won an incredible tenth consecutive title defeating Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) for the fourth successive year in the final. Later in the year Morgan retired and married becoming Janet Bisley and the following year Macintosh would finally have the chance to compete without having to play Morgan.
Seeds
Draw and results
First round Player onePlayer twoScoreRosemary Deloford (3) Claire Hargreaves 9-3 9-1 9-5Ruth Turner (7) T Stevenson 9-1 9-1 9-5R Cooper (8) B M Horton 9-2 9-1 9-5C Ashton J M Gilley 9-0 9-0 9-5H Bleasby H F Newberry 9-4 9-4 9-2Bobs Whitehead P Drew 6-9 9-0 9-1 3-9 9-2Annette Picton P H Smallwood 9-1 9-0 9-4R Nagle Whitby 9-3 9-1 9-4Fran Marshall J M Goodin 9-6 9-2 9-2J M Hall J Lancaster 5-9 7-9 9-4 9-3 9-5M M Hazell H Jolly 9-7 9-0 9-1C E Harrison J M Mallen 9-3 7-9 9-5 3-9 9-5Marion Lloyd B E Simister 9-5 9-5 9-6G Pears Pat Gotla (née Cowney) 9-6 9-4 2-9 9-5R B Hawkey Major M U Walker 9-2 9-6 9-4S McMullan C J Taunton 2-9 6-9 9-7 9-2 9-3
denotes seed (*)
Second round Player onePlayer twoScoreJanet Morgan (1) H E Bond w/oSheila Macintosh (née Speight) (2) H J Bell 9-2 9-1 9-0Rosemary Deloford (3) Bobs Whitehead 9-5 6-9 9-6 9-2D C Herman (4) R Nagle 9-2 9-1 9-0M E Gowthorpe (5) N A Watkins 9-2 9-1 9-1Marjorie Townsend (6) J Covell 9-2 9-1 9-3Ruth Turner (7) M M Hazell 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-1R Cooper (8) C E Harrison 9-3 9-0 9-1D M Holman Ann Mitham 9-5 9-0 9-1 D Lange K A Abbott 9-5 9-0 9-7J M Hall Marion Lloyd 9-4 9-2 1-9 9-3R Waterhouse G Pears 4-9 9-7 9-4 9-3Fran Marshall Annette Picton 9-2 9-0 9-0C Ashton R B Hawkey 9-2 9-3 9-6H Bleasby V J Foster 9-3 9-8 8-10 1-9 9-4K Tomlin S McMullan 5-9 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-1
Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Holman 9-2 9-0 9-2 Macintosh Lange 9-1 9-7 9-1 Marshall Deloford 9-6 9-2 3-9 2-9 9-5 Herman Hall 9-1 9-0 9-0 Gowthorpe Waterhouse 9-2 9-0 9-0 Townsend Ashton 9-3 9-1 9-1 Turner Bleasby 9-4 9-2 9-6 Cooper Tomlin 6-9 9-3 9-5 2-9 9-1
Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Gowthorpe 9-7 9-7 9-2 Macintosh Townsend 9-7 9-7 9-1 Marshall Turner 10-9 9-10 2-5 ret Herman Cooper 9-2 9-3 9-1
Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Marshall 4-9 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-0 Macintosh Herman 9-5 9-6 9-4
Final Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Speight 9-6 9-4 9-2
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