| British Open Squash Championships | |
| Number: | 43 |
| Series: | Women's British Open Championships |
| Location: | London, England |
| Venue: | BP Club, Sydenham |
| Prevseason: | 1970 |
| Nextseason: | 1972 |
The 1971 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Sydenham, London from 19–25 February 1971.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her tenth consecutive title defeating Jenny Irving in the final. This equalled the previous record of ten wins set by Janet Morgan from 1950 through to 1959.[1] [2]
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heather McKay (née Blundell) | M Shovelton | 9-0 9-0 9-0 | |||
| Jean McFarlane | w/o | ||||
| Claire Chapman | P Goodall | 9-4 9-4 9-7 | |||
| Ruth Turner | 9-5 9-2 9-0 | ||||
| E Mills | w/o | ||||
| Mavis Baker | J Fowler | 9-1 9-4 9-4 | |||
| Pam Bleasdale | R Cooper | w/o | |||
| Margaret Claughton | Ann Jee | 9-1 9-0 9-3 | |||
| Diane Corbett | J Chamberlain | 9-3 9-1 9-2 | |||
 Heather Rhead | 9-3 9-2 9-0 | ||||
| Miss A Tucker | 9-3 9-2 9-1 | ||||
| Joy Alexander | V Albrow | 9-0 9-0 9-0 | |||
| Di Fuller | Barbara Sanderson | 0-9 10-8 9-5 9-10 9-6 | |||
| Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) | A M Backhouse | 9-1 9-1 9-0 | |||
| Jane Poynder | K Maltby | 9-1 9-1 9-3 | |||
| M Scott-Miller | R Bentley | w/o | |||
| Theo Veltman | Mandy Holdsworth | 4-9 9-3 9-7 9-1 | |||
| Sheila Cooper | Sheila Ervin | w/o | |||
| Jean Walker | Bobs Whitehead | 9-4 9-4 10-8 | |||
| M James | Peggy Mason | 9-2 9-6 9-4 | |||
| M Brodie | Ann Price | w/o | |||
| Carol Machin | J Goodin | 9-3 9-1 9-5 | |||
| H Wilson | M Moon | 9-1 9-0 9-2 | |||
| Gillian Finch | Brenda Carmichael | w/o | |||
| M Clements | C Bevan | 7-9 9-7 9-3 9-7 | |||
| Miss Kathy Malan | |||||
| J McDonald | |||||
| Jane Barham | |||||
| Janet Ledger | |||||
| M Furniss | |||||
| Karen Gardner | |||||
| Jean Wilson |
| width=270 | Player one | width=270 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay | Fuller | 9-0 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Marshall | Macintosh | 9-1 9-3 9-2 | |||
| Baker | Poynder | 9-0 9-0 9-7 | |||
| Chapman | Scott-Miller | 9-0 9-0 9-2 | |||
| Wilson J | Ledger | 9-3 9-0 9-8 | |||
| Jackman | Furniss | 9-0 9-2 9-1 | |||
| Irving | Veltman | 9-1 9-0 9-0 | |||
| Bleasdale | Cooper | 9-4 9-1 9-0 | |||
| Claughton | Gardner | 9-2 9-1 9-1 | |||
| Corbett | Walker | 10-8 9-2 7-9 9-6 | |||
| Malan | James | 9-1 9-3 9-1 | |||
| McDonald | Brodie | 9-6 9-0 5-9 9-5 | |||
| Barham | Machin | 9-1 9-1 9-0 | |||
| Rhead | Wilson H | 9-4 9-3 9-2 | |||
| Townsend | Finch | 9-4 9-1 9-4 | |||
| Alexander | Clements | 9-5 9-2 9-2 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay | Rhead | 9-0 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Marshall | Corbett | 9-0 9-4 9-0 | |||
| Baker | Malan | 3-9 9-1 9-5 9-6 | |||
| Chapman | McDonald | 9-0 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Wilson | Townsend | 9-3 9-6 9-0 | |||
| Jackman | Alexander | 9-2 9-2 9-3 | |||
| Irving | Barham | 9-2 9-0 9-5 | |||
| Bleasdale | Claughton | 9-5 6-9 6 1-9 10-8 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay | Bleasdale | 9-0 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Irving | Chapman | 9-0 9-0 9-1 | |||
| Jackman | Wilson | 9-7 9-4 9-5 | |||
| Marshall | Baker | 9-4 7-9 4-9 9-4 9-4 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay | Jackman | 9-7 9-0 9-4 | |||
| Irving | Marshall | 9-7 9-5 9-6 |
| width=170 | Player one | width=170 | Player two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKay | Irving | 9-0 9-3 9-1 |