| British Open Squash Championships | |
| Number: | 33 |
| Series: | Women's British Open Championships |
| Location: | London, England |
| Venue: | Lansdowne Club |
| Prevseason: | 1960 |
| Nextseason: | 1962 |
The 1961 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1961.
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) the number one seed was unable to defend her title due to contracting mumps. Fran Marshall defeated Ruth Turner in the final.[1]
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) | bye | ||||
| R Nagle | bye | ||||
| K A Abbott | bye | ||||
| E N Fraser | bye | ||||
| M E Gowthorpe | bye | ||||
| R Cooper | A Norval | 9-4 9-6 9-0 | |||
| J Hawson | N A Watkins | 10-9 9-7 9-2 | |||
 Aline Smith | Sally Gildon | 9-1 9-2 10-9 | |||
| Ruth Turner |  G Holleran | 9-1 9-0 9-1 | |||
| R Waterhouse | D Attwood | 9-1 9-1 9-2 | |||
| B M Horton | Daphne Portway | 9-1 5-9 9-0 9-0 | |||
| K Tomlin | R Lincoln | 9-2 9-3 9-2 | |||
| Bobs Whitehead | K J Dempsey | 9-1 9-2 9-0 | |||
| Jill Campion | K S Magoon | 9-0 9-0 9-0 | |||
| Mary Muncaster | B E Simister | 10-8 9-1 9-0 | |||
| G T Brooks | 9-0 9-1 9-1 | ||||
| Peggy Carrott | A Brice | 9-4 9-6 9-1 | |||
| Marjorie Townsend | J F Leslie | 9-6 9-7 10-9 | |||
| C J Taunton | J C Hodson | 9-0 9-2 9-3 | |||
| Rosemary Deloford | P D Gimson | 9-2 9-0 9-3 | |||
| J M Goodin | J E A Lanning | 9-6 9-4 9-1 | |||
| B Lewis | H F Newberry | 9-4 9-1 9-6 | |||
| G A Pears | H J Bell | 5-9 9-2 9-2 9-0 | |||
| Diane Corbett | H Knapp | 9-1 9-5 9-0 | |||
| Jan Shearer | Sally Cave | 9-1 9-1 9-1 | |||
| Barbara Wheen | Annette Picton | w/o | |||
| Marion Lloyd | A M Backhouse | 9-2 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Pauilne White | bye | ||||
| R B Hawkey | bye | ||||
| Ann Price | bye | ||||
| Yvonne West | bye | ||||
| Fran Marshall (2) | bye |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagle | Macintosh | w/o | |||
| Marshall | West | ||||
| Gowthorpe | Cooper | ||||
| Smith | Hawson | ||||
| Turner | Waterhouse | ||||
| Tomlin | Horton | ||||
| Whitehead | Campion | ||||
| Muncaster | Davenport | ||||
| Abbott | Fraser | ||||
| Townsend | Carrott | ||||
| Deloford | Taunton | ||||
| Goodin | Lewis | ||||
| Corbett | Pears | ||||
| Shearer | Wheen | ||||
| White | Lloyd | ||||
| Price | Hawkey |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | Price | 9-3 9-4 9-0 | |||
| White | Shearer | 5-9 9-4 10-8 9-6 | |||
| Corbett | Goodin | 10-8 9-5 9-7 | |||
| Deloford | Townsend | 9-1 8-10 8-10 9-2 9-7 | |||
| Whitehead | Muncaster | 8-10 6 5 3 | |||
| Turner | Tomlin | 9-1 9-6 9-2 | |||
| Gowthorpe | Smith | 9-1 9-3 9-6 | |||
| Nagle | Abbott | 9-7 9-3 9-7 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | White | 9-3 9-0 9-4 | |||
| Turner | Whitehead | 10-8 9-6 9-7 | |||
| Corbett | Deloford | 9-4 10-9 9-3 | |||
| Gowthorpe | Nagle | 9-0 9-6 9-3 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | Corbett | 9-5 9-4 9-4 | |||
| Turner | Gowthorpe | 7-9 9-5 9-2 9-2 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | Turner | 9-3 9-5 9-1 |