The 1966 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 13–18 February 1966.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fifth consecutive title defeating Anna Craven-Smith in a repeat of the 1965 final.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. AustraliaHeather McKay
  2. EnglandAnna Craven-Smith
  3. AustraliaJenny Irving
  4. EnglandFran Marshall
  5. AustraliaBev Johnson
  6. EnglandSheila Macintosh
  7. EnglandAnn Price
  8. AustraliaMargaret Burke

Draw and results

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First round

Player one Player two Score
AustraliaJenny Irving EnglandValerie Watson 9-0 9-4 9-1
EnglandFran Marshall EnglandSheila Cooper 9-0 9-0 9-0
AustraliaBev Johnson EnglandJanet Ledger 9-1 9-2 9-0
England Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) EnglandS Broadway 9-1 9-1 9-4
EnglandAnn Price EnglandM R Broughton 9-0 9-0 9-3
AustraliaMargaret Burke EnglandM Makower 9-3 9-0 9-0
EnglandDiane Corbett EnglandJ Hall 9-3 9-3 9-0
EnglandBarbara McMullen EnglandMarjorie Townsend 9-1 9-7 10-9
ScotlandBrenda Carmichael EnglandLorna Greville-Collins 9-2 9-2 9-3
EnglandJudy Wright EnglandB Savage 9-3 9-1 9-2
EnglandJean Wilson EnglandBobs Whitehead 2-9 9-5 9-3 9-3
EnglandClaire Chapman ScotlandF M Roulston 9-1 9-1 9-2
EnglandJune Swindell EnglandR Cooper w/o
EnglandPeggy Mason EnglandS Foss 9-1 9-0 9-0
EnglandM A Young AustraliaC Gillies 9-7 9-1 9-6
EnglandS M Holmes Northern IrelandBarbara Sanderson 10-8 10-8 6-9 9-6
New ZealandAlisa Tietjens EnglandDaphne Portway 9-1 9-2 10-8
EnglandJ Dixon EnglandA S Williams 10-8 9-4 4-9 9-1
EnglandL Manning EnglandP Edwards 9-5 9-5 9-0
EnglandC R Bourdon EnglandP Pratt 7-9 8-10 9-5 9-5 9-7
EnglandM Taylor EnglandJ Turner 9-4 8-10 9-6 8-10 9-7
EnglandDi Fuller EnglandS M Atherden 9-0 9-5 9-1
EnglandD Bramfit EnglandSoraya Haye w/o
EnglandJoy Alexander EnglandM J Bassett 9-0 9-1 9-1
EnglandS Lancaster EnglandS S Youatt 9-4 7-9 9-1 9-2
EnglandM Alan EnglandT Masters w/o
AustraliaHeather McKay (née Blundell) bye
EnglandAnna Craven-Smith bye
EnglandA Norval bye
EnglandK J Dempsey bye
AustraliaCeleste Dickson bye
EnglandJ Danks bye

Second round

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Norval 9-1 9-0 9-1
England Craven-Smith England Dempsey 9-0 9-1 9-0
Australia Irving England Mason 9-0 9-4 9-1
England Marshall England Young 9-0 9-1 9-0
Australia Johnson England Holmes 9-1 9-1 9-1
England Macintosh New Zealand Tietjens 9-3 9-2 9-2
Australia Burke England Dixon 9-0 9-2 9-5
England Price England Manning 10-9 9-3 9-2
England Corbett Australia Dickson 9-4 9-2 9-0
England McMullen England Bourdon 9-3 9-1 9-0
Scotland Carmichael England Taylor 9-3 9-1 9-0
England Wright England Fuller 10-8 9-1 2-9 9-2
England Wilson England Bramfit 9-0 9-0 9-2
England Chapman England Alexander 9-6 9-2 9-2
England Swindell England Lancaster 0-9 4-9 9-0 9-3 9-6
England Danks England Alan 9-3 ret

Third round

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Corbett 9-0 9-2 9-0
England Craven-Smith England Danks 9-1 9-0 9-2
England Marshall England Wright 9-2 9-1 9-3
Australia Irving England Wilson 9-3 9-7 9-4
England Macintosh England Swindell 9-1 9-2 9-1
Australia Johnson England McMullen 9-4 7-9 9-5 9-1
Australia Burke Scotland Carmichael 9-6-9-4 9-1
England Price England Chapman 9-6 9-6 1-9 9-4

Quarter-finals

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay Australia Johnson 9-0 9-1 9-2
England Craven-Smith England Macintosh 9-5 8-10 9-1 9-0
England Marshall Australia Burke 9-2 5-9 9-3 9-0
Australia Irving England Price 9-1 9-2 9-2

Semi-finals

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Marshall 9-6 9-5 9-1
England Craven-Smith Australia Irving 9-5 9-4 9-2

Final

Player one Player two Score
Australia McKay England Craven-Smith 9-0 9-0 10-8
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1966 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1966 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "repeat of UK squash final". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Women%27s_British_Open_Squash_Championship
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