| British Open Squash Championships | |
| Number: | 21 |
| Series: | Women's British Open Championships |
| Location: | London, England |
| Venue: | Lansdowne Club |
| Prevseason: | 1948 |
| Nextseason: | 1950 |
The 1949 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 10–16 January 1949.
Joan Curry won her third title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.[1]
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Morgan * | bye | ||||
| Joan Curry * | Miss T Stevenson | 9-0 9-0 9-3 | |||
| Mrs Betty Hilton* | Sqd. Off. M M Sturge | 9-2 9-1 9-2 | |||
| Miss Margaret Carlisle* | Mrs D Hobson | 9-0 9-0 9-0 | |||
| Mrs Margot Harris * | Miss U Trott | 9-6 9-2 9-4 | |||
 Miss Myriam De Borman* | Miss M J Mayer | 9-2 9-2 9-0 | |||
| Miss G W James | Miss M A Travers | w/o | |||
| Miss Betty Cooke * | Miss K Abbot | 9-3 9-1 9-2 | |||
| Miss Audrey Bates | Junior Cdr. Daphne Portway | 9-3 9-7 9-2 | |||
| Miss Pat Cowney | Mrs M B Lewis | 9-4 9-5 9-1 | |||
| Mrs D F Morgan | Mrs A E Timson | 9-1 9-2 9-2 | |||
 Mrs M S Armytage-MacDonald | Miss D Castle | 7-6 ret hurt | |||
| Miss S C Palmer | 9-1 9-6 9-4 | ||||
| Mrs J L C Cox | Mrs M Pacquet | 9-7 9-0 9-0 | |||
| Miss A L Isaac | Mrs E Van der Elst | w/o | |||
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend | Mrs F M Edmonds | 9-0 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Mrs J Hall | Mrs G E Baker | 9-1 9-7 9-0 | |||
| Miss K M A Steele | 9-7 9-6 9-1 | ||||
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert | Mrs H J Stribling | 9-10 9-1 9-6 10-8 | |||
| Miss M A Iling | Miss J M Broad | 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6 | |||
| Miss A V M Isaac | Mrs M Richards | 9-0 9-2 9-2 | |||
| Mrs M Anthony-Davies | Mrs W D Porter | 9-6 9-4 9-1 | |||
| Mrs M M Bourne | Mrs Alice Teague* | w/o | |||
| Miss A A Hodges | Miss Kay Tuckey | 9-4 10-8 9-7 | |||
| Miss M H Palmer | Miss Nelly Glamonna | 9-2 9-6 9-6 | |||
| Miss V Ord | 2/O N A Swainson | 5-9 9-4 9-7 9-4 | |||
| Mrs Violet St Clair Morford | Miss P R Sutherland | 9-7 9-5 9-10 9-4 | |||
| Mrs J B Parker | Mrs D Liddell | w/o | |||
| Mrs M Van Laer | Miss R McClenaghan | 9-0 9-1 5-9 10-8 | |||
| Mrs A Mostyn | Mrs H A Downey | 6-9 9-2 7-9 9-2 9-1 | |||
| Mrs J Rathbone | w/o | ||||
| Mrs J Pottier | Sub. M Walker ATS | 9-7 6-9 6-9 9-4 9-3 |
seed *
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry | Hall | 9-2 9-5 9-4 | |||
| Morgan J | Walsh | 9-1 9-1 9-0 | |||
| Hilton | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-2 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Carlisle | Iling | 9-0 9-2 9-0 | |||
| Harris | A L Isaac | 9-2 9-3 9-1 | |||
| De Borman | Anthony-Davies | 9-2 9-0 9-3 | |||
| James | Bourne | 10-8 5 6 | |||
| Cooke | Hodges | 9-3 9-2 9-1 | |||
| Bates | Palmer | 9-2 9-3 9-1 | |||
| Cowney | Ord | 9-0 9-4 9-6 | |||
| Morgan D F | St Clair Morford | 9-2 9-7 4-9 9-7 | |||
| Armytage-M | Parker | 9-1 9-0 9-5 | |||
| Speight | Van Laer | 9-0 9-3 9-2 | |||
| Cox | Mostyn | 9-4 9-6 9-4 | |||
| A V M Isaac | Rathbone | 9-7 3-9 0-9 9-3 9-7 | |||
| Townsend | Pottier | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry | Bates | 9-4 9-1 9-2 | |||
| Morgan J | Isaac | 9-3 9-2 9-3 | |||
| Hilton | Townsend | 9-2 4-9 9-2 9-4 | |||
| Carlisle | Cowney | 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-1 | |||
| Harris | Cox | 9-2 9-1 9-2 | |||
| De Borman | Armytage-M | 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-2 | |||
| James | Speight | 4-9 9-4 10-8 9-2 | |||
| Cooke | Morgan D F | 9-5 9-1 9-6 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Harris | 9-0 9-3 9-2 | |||
| Curry | De Borman | 9-1 9-1 9-7 | |||
| Hilton | James | 9-4 9-4 9-3 | |||
| Carlisle | Cooke | 9-0 9-6 9-2 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | Hilton | 9-1 9-3 9-2 | |||
| Curry | Carlisle | 0-9 9-2 9-0 9-0 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry | Morgan | 2-9 9-3 10-8 9-0 |