1960 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
32nd Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Lansdowne Club
	← 1959 1961 →

The 1960 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15 to 21 February 1960.
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) finally won the title after losing in four consecutive finals to the retired Janet Morgan. Macintosh defeated Fran Marshall in the final.^[1]

Seeds edit

Draw and results edit

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First round edit

Player one	Player two	Score
Annette Picton	S J Hogg	9-4 9-5 9-0
R Nagle	J Travis	9-4 9-1 6-9 7-9 9-7
M C Axford	A Hook	9-1 9-2 9-2
Marion Lloyd	L E Lefevre	9-5 9-4 9-2
K Tomlin	R D Paird	9-4 9-0 9-4
G A Pears	J M Gilley	9-7 9-7 9-0
VA Roberts	J Butler	9-5 9-0 4-9 9-1

denotes seed (*)
Seeded players Miss M E Gowthorpe and Mrs J M Goodin both withdrew.

Second round edit

Player one	Player two	Score
Sheila Macintosh- Speight (1)	Daphne Portway	9-0 9-0 9-2
Fran Marshall (2)	Ann Price	9-0 9-1 9-0
Rosemary Deloford (3)	J E A Lanning	9-2 9-1 9-0
Diane Corbett (4)	A Mostyn	w/o
P Gimson	Claire Hargreaves (6)	w/o
Jill Campion (8)	Marion Lloyd	9-2 4-9 6-9 9-3 9-5
B E Simister	Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	w/o
R B Hawkey	J Wilson	w/o
J F Leslie	K J Dempsey	9-7 9-4 9-6
B M Horton	C J Taunton	9-7 9-7 3-9 3-9 9-1
P C Drew	S P Y Whitby	9-0 9-0 9-0
VA Roberts	M C Axford	5-9 9-5 9-3 9-5
Marjorie Townsend	J McMillan	9-2 9-0 9-2
Annette Picton	G A Pears	7-9 10-8 9-3 9-3
Sheila Ervin	J M Mallen	Both scratched
K Tomlin	R Nagle	9-2 9-1 9-6

Third round edit

Player one	Player two	Score
Marshall	Ervin/Mallen	w/o
Macintosh	Leslie	9-4 9-0 9-3
Corbett	Townsend	9-3 9-3 5-9 9-2
Deloford	Simister	9-1 9-6 9-7
Gimson	Horton	7-9 10-8 6-9 9-7 9-6
Drew	Hawkey	9-2 9-0 9-0
Campion	Picton	10-8 9-3 9-10 9-3
Tomlin	Roberts	7-9 9-3 9-0 9-6

Quarter-finals edit

Player one	Player two	Score
Marshall	Gimson	9-2 9-3 9-2
Macintosh	Drew	9-0 9-1 9-4
Deloford	Campion	9-2 9-0 9-7
Corbett	Tomlin	9-1 9-0 9-1

Semi-finals edit

Player one	Player two	Score
Marshall	Corbett	9-1 9-3 4-9 9-0
Macintosh	Deloford	9-3 9-3 9-4

Final edit

Player one	Player two	Score
Macintosh	Marshall	4-9 8-9 9-5 9-3 9-6

Preceded by 1959	British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1960	Succeeded by 1961

References edit

^ "Times Archives 1960 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

[1] "Times Archives 1960 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.

[2] "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

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