The 1977 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 25 February to 3 March 1977.
Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her sixteenth consecutive title defeating Barbara Wall in the final. The 1977 final saw the first ever all professional final and the first unseeded player (Wall) in a final. Sue Cogswell became the first woman to take a game from Heather McKay since Marion Jackman in 1972 and the first in the British Open since 1964.
Seeds
Draw and results
First round Player onePlayer twoScoreHeather McKay Pat Green 9-0 9-0 9-0Margaret Zachariah Angela Smith J Francis 9-0 9-3 9-1Sue Cogswell Sandra Wrench 9-1 9-0 9-1Karen Gardner Felicity Hargreaves 9-1 9-2 9-0Teresa Lawes E Elgood 9-3 9-7 9-2Irene Hewitt Rhonda Shapland Ruth Turner 9-3 9-2 9-1Dorothy Armstrong M Robinson 9-4 9-0 9-2Theo Johnson P H Campbell 9-1 7-9 9-3 3-9 9-2Soraya Haye Barbara Wall Carol Machin Joyce Tuomey 9-1 9-2 9-4Lesley Moore Vivian Grisogono F R Corbett 4-9 10-8 6-9 9-1 9-5Jane Ashton Alison Cumings 9-3 9-2 9-1Ruth Strauss J Griffith 9-2 9-0 9-0A F Morris Patricia Millman Dr Barbara Sanderson Rukshana Rashid 5-9 10-8 9-2 9-10 9-2C Shapman C O'Neill 9-7 9-5 9-3Dorothy Sharp J Jones L McLoughlin E O'Gorman 9-1 9-0 9-1S Findlay J Flood 9-4 9-3 9-4 Dr Geraldine Barniville H Simpson 9-3 6-9 9-4 9-4Fran Marshall Ann Jee 9-4 9-4 3-9 9-2Deanna Murray C Tricker 9-4 9-1 9-2Claire Chapman Ann Price Katerina Due-Boje 5-9 9-2 9-4 9-6B Bucknall J Tosier 5-9 9-2 4-9 9-5 9-2C Sullivan
Second round Player onePlayer twoScore McKay Strauss 9-0 9-0 9-0 Smith Morris 9-0 9-0 9-5 Cogswell Millman 9-0 9-1 9-0 Lawes Sanderson 9-2 9-0 10-8 Hewitt Shapman Armstrong Sharp 1-9 9-4 9-3 9-4 Zachariah Jones 9-0 9-2 9-2 Johnson McLoughlin 9-1 9-2 9-4 Haye Findlay 9-7 9-7 9-2 Shapland Barniville 9-7 9-6 8-10 9-6 Wall Marshall 9-5 9-1 9-3 Gardner Murray 5-9 8-10 9-4 9-1 9-7 Machin Chapman 9-6 9-5 9-3 Moore Price 9-2 9-0 9-2 Grisogono Bucknall 9-5 9-6 10-8 Ashton Sullivan 9-5 9-0 9-1
Third round Player onePlayer twoScore McKay Grisogono 9-1 9-1 9-0 Smith Hayes Cogswell Ashton 9-6 10-8 9-1 Wall Hewitt 9-3 9-4 9-6 Shapland Armstrong 8-10 9-7 9-6 9-7 Gardner Johnson 9-2 9-1 9-4 Lawes Machin 9-3 9-2 9-2 Zachariah Moore 9-0 9-0 9-2
Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore McKay Shapland 9-1 9-1 9-0 Cogswell Gardner 9-0 9-3 9-1 Smith Lawes 9-4 9-0 9-1 Wall Zachariah 3-9 5 10-8 9-7
Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore McKay Cogswell 9-5 9-7 5-9 9-0 Wall Smith 9-4 6-9 4-9 9-3 9-6
Final Player onePlayer twoScore McKay Wall 9-3 9-1 9-2
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