The 1979 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 23 February - 2 March 1979. The event was won by Barbara Wall who defeated Sue Cogswell in the final.

Seeds

First round

Player onePlayer twoScore Sue King (née Newman) Barbara Sanderson 9-2 9-1 9-0 Vicki Hoffman Rukshana Rashid 9-2 9-0 9-0 Lyle Hubinger Katarina Due-Boje 9-1 9-0 9-4 Barbara Wall Felicity Hargreaves 9-7 1-9 9-1 9-1 Margaret Zachariah J Robinson 9-1 9-0 9-2 Sue Paton Shelagh Murray 9-0 9-0 9-1 Pam Buckingham (née Guy) Ruth Strauss Barbara Diggens Di Sherren 9-5 9-7 9-2 Joyce Maycock Pam Haig 4-9 9-7 9-3 9-6 Bev Johnson Ginny Akabane 9-1 9-4 9-4 Annette Owen J Griffiths 9-6 9-2 9-5 Lesley Moore Denise Holton 9-5 9-2 9-4

Draw and results

Third place play-off Angela Smith beat Vicky Hoffman 9-1 9-7 9-10 9-1

References