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1948 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
20th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1947
1949 →

The 1948 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–25 January 1948.
Joan Curry won her second title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.[1]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
EnglandJoan Curry bye
EnglandJanet Morgan bye
England Miss M H Palmer bye
England Mrs J Hall bye
England Miss M Piper bye
England Mrs M G Magniac bye
England Miss R Howard bye
England Miss P Sutherland bye
England Mrs Alice Teague England Mrs D Hobson 9-4 9-2 9-0
England Miss Margaret Carlisle England Miss J Taylor 9-2 9-0 9-2
England Mrs Margot Harris England Miss M E Sarel 9-0 9-0 9-2
Belgium Miss Myriam De Borman England Miss P R Read 9-1 9-4 9-0
England Mrs Betty Hilton England Miss U Trott 9-1 9-6 9-5
England Miss Betty Cooke England Mrs L E Lefevre w/o
England Peggy Dawson-Scott England Mrs J L C Cox 10-8 9-1 3-9 9-5
England Miss Pat Cowney England Miss P A Morse 9-0 9-2 9-0
England Mrs Violet St Clair Morford England Mrs W D Porter 9-3 2-9 9-5 9-3
England Mrs V Leakey England Miss Valerie Cooper 9-4 9-2 9-7
Wales Miss Rachel Byrne Belgium Miss Nelly Glamonna 9-2 9-0 9-0
England Mrs H Bleasby Belgium Mrs Ginette Germaine 9-0 9-6 9-1
England Miss D Salter England Miss D Castle 7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
England Mrs H J Stribling Belgium Mrs G Pottier 9-1 9-6 9-4
England Mrs Margaret Dawnay England Miss J M Broad 9-0 9-6 7-9 9-5
England Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton Belgium Mrs Lulu Boon 9-6 10-9 9-3
England Miss Meg Buxton-Knight England Miss Sheila Speight 9-0 9-3 0-9 6-2 ret
England Mrs D F Morgan England Miss K Abbott 9-7 9-3 9-7
England Miss V Ord Belgium Mrs E Van der Elst 9-4 9-5 10-8
England Mrs R Rathbone England Mrs J Price 4-9 10-8 9-5 9-6
England Miss H A Downey England Mrs A F B Standfast w/o
England Rosemary Walsh England Miss Katherine Keith-Steele 9-4 9-0 9-3
England Miss K A M Steele England Miss S C Palmer 9-4 9-5 10-8
Wales Miss G James England Miss M A Travers 3-9 9-5 5-9 9-2 10-8

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
England Curry England Palmer 9-4 9-3 9-5
England J Morgan England Hall 9-1 9-3 9-6
England Teague England Salter 9-0 9-4 9-3
England Carlisle England Stribling 9-4 9-1 9-2
England Harris England Dawnay 9-6 9-5 10-8
Belgium De Borman England de Courcy-Hamilton 9-4 9-3 9-0
England Hilton England Buxton-Knight 9-1 9-1 4-9 9-3
England Cooke England D F Morgan 9-2 9-4 9-1
England Dawson-Scott England Ord 9-5 9-3 9-4
England Cowney England Rathbone 5-9 9-3 6-9 5 9-6
England St Clair Morford England Dawney 1-9 9-5 9-2 5-9 9-5
England Piper England Howard 9-4 9-1 9-2
England Leakey England Walsh 9-3 9-3 10-8
Wales Byrne England Steele 9-2 9-6 9-2
England Magniac England Sutherland 9-6 9-3 9-3
England Bleasby Wales James 4-9 9-2 3-9 9-1 9-4

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
England Curry England Magniac 9-2 9-7 9-5
England Morgan England Piper 9-1 10-8 6-9 9-1
England Teague Wales Byrne 9-0 9-4 9-1
England Carlisle England Dawson-Scott 9-0 9-3 9-5
England Hilton England Harris 9-2 9-4 9-2
Belgium De Borman England Cowmey 10-8 9-7 9-9
England Bleasby England Leakey 9-3 9-3 1-9 5-9 9-5
England Cooke England St Clair-Morford 9-2 9-2 9-2

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Hilton 9-1 9-0 7-9 9-2
England Curry England Cooke 3-9 9-1 9-2 9-3
England Teague England Bleasby 9-5 9-2 9-1
England Carlisle Belgium De Borman 9-7 9-2 9-5

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
England Morgan England Teague 9-1 7-9 9-6 9-1
England Curry England Carlisle 9-2 9-3 9-4

Final

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Player one Player two Score
England Curry England Morgan 9-5 9-0 9-10 6-9 10-8
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1948
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1948 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2015.