1961 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1961 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20 to 26 February 1961. Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) the number one seed was unable to defend her title due to contracting mumps. Fran Marshall defeated Ruth Turner in the final.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player onePlayer twoScoreSheila Macintosh (née Speight) byeR Nagle byeK A Abbott byeE N Fraser byeM E Gowthorpe byeR Cooper A Norval 9-4 9-6 9–0J Hawson N A Watkins 10-9 9-7 9–2Aline Smith Sally Gildon 9-1 9-2 10–9Ruth Turner G Holleran 9-1 9-0 9–1R Waterhouse D Attwood 9-1 9-1 9–2B M Horton Daphne Portway 9-1 5-9 9-0 9–0K Tomlin R Lincoln 9-2 9-3 9–2Bobs Whitehead K J Dempsey 9-1 9-2 9–0Jill Campion K S Magoon 9-0 9-0 9–0Mary Muncaster B E Simister 10-8 9-1 9–0Joyce Davenport G T Brooks 9-0 9-1 9–1Peggy Carrott A Brice 9-4 9-6 9–1Marjorie Townsend J F Leslie 9-6 9-7 10–9C J Taunton J C Hodson 9-0 9-2 9–3Rosemary Deloford P D Gimson 9-2 9-0 9–3J M Goodin J E A Lanning 9-6 9-4 9–1B Lewis H F Newberry 9-4 9-1 9–6G A Pears H J Bell 5-9 9-2 9-2 9–0Diane Corbett H Knapp 9-1 9-5 9–0Jan Shearer Sally Cave 9-1 9-1 9–1Barbara Wheen Annette Picton w/oMarion Lloyd A M Backhouse 9-2 9-0 9–1Pauilne White byeR B Hawkey byeAnn Price byeYvonne West byeFran Marshall (2) bye

Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Nagle Macintosh w/o Marshall West Gowthorpe Cooper Smith Hawson Turner Waterhouse Tomlin Horton Whitehead Campion Muncaster Davenport Abbott Fraser Townsend Carrott Deloford Taunton Goodin Lewis Corbett Pears Shearer Wheen White Lloyd Price Hawkey

Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Marshall Price 9-3 9-4 9–0 White Shearer 5-9 9-4 10-8 9–6 Corbett Goodin 10-8 9-5 9–7 Deloford Townsend 9-1 8-10 8-10 9-2 9–7 Whitehead Muncaster 8-10 6 5 3 Turner Tomlin 9-1 9-6 9–2 Gowthorpe Smith 9-1 9-3 9–6 Nagle Abbott 9-7 9-3 9–7

Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Marshall White 9-3 9-0 9–4 Turner Whitehead 10-8 9-6 9–7 Corbett Deloford 9-4 10-9 9–3 Gowthorpe Nagle 9-0 9-6 9–3

Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Marshall Corbett 9-5 9-4 9–4 Turner Gowthorpe 7-9 9-5 9-2 9–2

Final Player onePlayer twoScore Marshall Turner 9-3 9-5 9–1

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