The 1963 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 1–7 December 1962.Heather Blundell won her second title defeating Fran Marshall in a repeat of the 1962 final. The championships were held in December 1962 which formed part of the 1962/1963 season so is classed as the 1963 edition.
Seeds
Draw and results
First round Player onePlayer twoScoreBrenda Carmichael J M Mallen 9-1 9-3 9-2Jill Campion S P Y Whitby w/oB J Holt N A Watkins w/oBobs Whitehead Jennifer Crane w/oMarjorie Townsend Ann Price 9-4 9-10 6-9 9-4 9-7M Taylor P Gimson w/oJ E A Lanning S G Youatt 9-1 7-9 9-4 5-9 9-0Ruth Turner Annette Picton w/oSheila Ervin K Maltby 9-0 6-9 9-4 9-0A Norval C E Harrison 9-2 9-1 9-2Mary Muncaster Peggy Mason 9-0 9-0 9-0M Ashmore H M Sedman 9-3 9-4 9-4R Cooper D Escott w/oDaphne Portway D M Holman w/o
Second round Player onePlayer twoScoreHeather Blundell Barbara Wheen 9-0 9-0 9-1Fran Marshall J F Leslie 9-2 9-4 9-1Anna Craven-Smith Di Fuller 9-2 9-3 9-2 Pauline White A M Backhouse 9-4 9-3 9-2Claire Hargreaves Daphne Portway 9-3 9-0 9-1Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) Brenda Carmichael 8-10 9-1 9-3 9-0 Bobs Whitehead Marjorie Townsend 9-3 9-5 9-5Ruth Turner Sheila Ervin 9-4 9-4 4-9 9-6D W Courtney H E S Hutchins 9-2 9-4 9-6R Cooper M Ashmore 9-0 9-3 9-0J C Hodson J Banks 4-9 3-8 3-8 retK J Dempsey D E A Wright w/oMary Muncaster A Norval 4-9 9-2 9-7 9-3J E A Lanning M Taylor 10-8 10-8 9-3R B Hawkey J Arckedekne-Butler 9-0 9-0 9-0Jill Campion B J Holt 9-0 9-0 9-2
Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Marshall Dempsey 9-1 9-1 9-0 Macintosh Campion 9-1 9-1 9-7 Muncaster Turner 9-7 9-3 9-7 Blundell Hodson 9-0 9-0 9-1 White Hawkey 9-4 9-0 9-5 Whitehead Lanning 9-3 9-5 9-0 Hargreaves Cooper 9-1 9-2 9-2 Craven-Smith Courtney 9-6 9-4 9-3
Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Marshall White 9-3 9-8 9-1 Macintosh Whitehead 9-4 9-7 9-6 Muncaster Hargreaves 9-2 9-5 3-9 7-9 9-5 Blundell Craven-Smith 9-4 9-1 9-2
Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Blundell Muncaster 9-6 9-2 9-6 Marshall Macintosh 9-5 9-4 9-5
Final Player onePlayer twoScore Blundell Marshall 9-4 9-2 9-6
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