1986 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

The 1986 Hi-Tec Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at East Grinstead and the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 14–22 April 1986. Susan Devoy won her third consecutive title defeating Lisa Opie in the final.^[1]

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
		9-1 9-0 9-1
		9-5 9-0 9-1
		9-0 9-0 9-1
		9-2 9-1 9-0
		9-1 9-3 9-1
		9-0 9-0 9-2
		9-0 9-2 9-6
		9-3 9-3 9-5
		9-1 9-4 0-9 9-7
		9-3 9-0 9-7
		9-6 9-0 9-2
		9-1 9-0 9-1
		9-1 9-2 9-2
		10-8 9-6 9-2
		9-0 9-2 9-7
		9-5 9-1 9-0
		9-0 9-7 9-1
		7-9 9-1 9-1 9-3
		9-6 9-4 3-9 8-10 9-3
		9-0 9-3 6-9 9-3
		9-1 9-3 9-3
		9-4 7-9 9-7 9-6
		9-6 10-8 9-4
Ruth Strauss		9-1 9-3 9-1
		10-8 9-2 6-9 9-3
		9-3 2-9 9-2 9-2
		9-2 9-3 9-1
		9-3 9-2 9-5
		9-1 9-5 9-1
		9-1 9-2 9-3
		9-1 9-7 9-4
		9-1 9-0 9-2

Second round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Warren-Hawkes	9-4 9-0 9-7
Soutter	Benfield	9-0 9-2 9-0
Opie	Caldwell	9-1 9-1 9-6
Le Moignan	Oxley	9-3 9-0 9-3
Wallace	Reid	9-3 9-2 9-1
Cumings	Burke	9-0 9-6 9-3
Irving	Geaves	9-3 9-2 9-6
Burgess	Butterworth	9-1 9-2 9-1
Smith A	Strauss	9-5 8-10 9-2 5-9 5-9
Clonda	Macfie	2-9 8-10 6-9
Smith T	Bradey	9-7 4-9 9-1 9-4
Cardwell	Troon	9-0 9-0 9-1
Friday	Diggens	9-4 9-5 9-1
Anderson	Brown	10-8 5-9 10-8 1-9 6-9
Kennewell	Best	9-2 9-6 3-9 9-5
Gurran	Cowie	9-2 9-3 0-9 8-10 9-3

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Brown	9-3 9-4 9-1
Soutter	Cardwell	9-7 9-7 9-6
Opie	Gurran	9-2 9-0 9-5
Le Moignan	Macfie	9-2 9-3 9-2
Wallace	Strauss	9-0 9-7 9-3
Cumings	Kennewell	9-5 7-9 9-0 9-0
Irving	Smith T	9-1 5-9 9-1 9-6
Burgess	Friday	9-7 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Burgess	9-4 9-0 9-0
Soutter	Irving	9-4 3-9 10-8 9-1
Opie	Cumings	9-2 8-10 10-8 9-7
Le Moignan	Wallace	10-8 9-3 9-7

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Le Moignan	9-6 10-8 9-3
Soutter	Opie	9-5 10-9 1-9 3-9 2-9

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Opie	9-4 9-2 9-3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1986 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 3 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.
3. Book: Halpin, Larry. The Squash Rackets Association Annual 1986-87. 1986. Pelham Books. 0-900698-098.