1987 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

The 1987 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at the South Bank Squash Club, Wandsworth with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 7–14 April 1987. The event was won for the fourth consecutive year by Susan Devoy who defeated Martine Le Moignan in the final.^{[1] [2]}

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
		9-0 9-2 9-3
		10-8 10-8 9-4
	Karen Read	9-3 9-2 9-0
		9-2 9-2 9-6
		9-5 9-0 9-0
		9-0 9-3 9-0
		9-2 9-2 9-0
		9-2 9-2 9-0
Debbie Turnbull		9-1 9-2 9-0
		w/o
		9-7 9-2 9-7
		9-1 9-2 9-0
		9-4 9-1 9-2
		9-1 9-6 9-7
		9-5 9-2 9-0
		9-0 9-2 9-6
		9-2 9-1 9-3
		9-4 9-0 9-0
		9-2 9-2 9-0
		9-0 9-1 9-0
		9-0 9-4 9-3
		9-1 5-9 9-0 9-3
		9-3 9-2 9-6
		10-9 9-3 6-9 3-9 9-2
		9-6 9-1 9-3
		9-3 9-3 5-9 6-9 9-1
		9-1 9-1 9-0
Ruth Strauss		9-6 6-9 2-9 9-7 9-7
		9-1 9-3 9-3
		9-6 9-4 9-2

Second round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Myllyniemi	9-5 9-4 9-1
Wallace	Diggens	9-0 9-0 10-9
Burgess	Seok Hui Lim	9-7 9-0 9-0
Fitzgerald	Geaves
Le Moignan	Turnbull	9-0 9-1 9-0
Williams	Vardy	9-2 9-4 9-6
Cardwell	Wright	9-0 9-0 9-5
Bradey	Burke	9-3 10-8 9-5
Soutter	Jackman	9-2 9-1 9-2
Martin	Reid
Cumings	Caldwell	9-4 3-9 9-1 9-1
Smith	Best	9-1 5-9 6-9 9-4 9-4
Irving	Macfie	9-2 9-1 9-4
Kennewell	Brown	3-9 9-3 4-9 9-2 9-7
Opie	Strauss	9-4 9-1 9-1
Drady	Bellemore	9-2 9-5 9-6

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Wallace	3-9 9-3 9-5 9-2
Burgess	Fitzgerald	9-5 9-4 9-1
Le Moignan	Williams	9-6 9-5 9-4
Cardwell	Bradey	4-9 9-3 9-3 9-1
Soutter	Martin	9-1 9-1 9-0
Cumings	Smith
Irving	Kennewell	9-6 9-0 5-9 4-9 9-3
Opie	Drady	9-1 9-4 9-2

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Burgess	10-8 9-6 5-9 9-6
Le Moignan	Cardwell	9-3 2-9 10-8 3-0 ret
Soutter	Cumings	9-5 4-9 9-0 9-5
Irving	Opie	10-8 9-0 6-9 10-8

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Le Moignan	10-8 9-6 9-6
Soutter	Irving	9-1 6-9 9-1 9-0

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Soutter	2–9, 4–9, 9–4, 9–2, 9–1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1987 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Results. Trove.
3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 8 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.