| British Open Squash Championships | |
| Number: | 50 |
| Series: | Women's British Open Championships |
| Location: | London, England |
| Venue: | Wembley |
| Prevseason: | 1977 |
| Nextseason: | 1979 |
The 1978 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 24 February - 2 March 1978. Heather McKay (née Blundell) announced that she was semi-retired and would not compete in the British Open again after a remarkable run of sixteen consecutive title wins. The 1978 event was won by Sue Newman who defeated Vicky Hoffman in the final.[1] [2]
| width=270 | Player One | width=270 | Player Two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Cogswell | |||||
 Sue Newman | Eve Methven | 9-3 9-4 9-7 | |||
| Margaret Zachariah | Vivian Grisogono | 9-1 9-5 9-5 | |||
| Vicki Hoffman | J Jester | 9-0 9-0 9-0 | |||
| Anne Smith | Theo Johnson | 9-4 9-3 9-4 | |||
| Barbara Wall |  Tina Dahl | 9-0 9-0 9-4 | |||
| Angela Smith | |||||
| Lyle Hubinger | E Bowles | 9-0 9-3 9-2 | |||
| Barbara Diggens | Janet Honeycombe | 9-0 10-8 9-1 | |||
| Rhonda Shapland | Fran Marshall | 10-8 3-9 9-6 0-3 | |||
 Jenny Webster | |||||
| Pam Buckingham | |||||
| Lesley Moore | |||||
| Irene Hewitt | |||||
| J Sutton | |||||
| Katerina Due-Boje | |||||
| Robyn Davis | |||||
| Jane Wood | |||||
| Deanna Murray | |||||
| A F Morris | |||||
| J Malan | |||||
| J Griffiths | |||||
| S Dunford | |||||
| Jayne Ashton | |||||
| Teresa Lawes | |||||
| Joyce Maycock |
| width=170 | Player One | width=170 | Player Two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogswell | |||||
| Newman | Wood | 9-4 9-5 9-6 | |||
| Zachariah | Murray | 9-4 9-7 9-2 | |||
| Hoffman | Dunford | 9-4 9-2 9-0 | |||
| Smith Anne | Malan | 9-0 9-1 9-0 | |||
| Wall | Griffiths | 9-3 9-0 9-3 | |||
| Smith Angela | |||||
| Hubinger | Morris | 9-1 9-2 9-2 | |||
| Webster | Hewitt | 7-9 9-5 9-0 9-3 | |||
| Buckingham | Sutton | 9-2 9-1 9-2 | |||
| Shapland | Due-Boje | 9-4 9-0 9-5 | |||
| Moore | Davis | 9-6 5-9 9-5 9-1 | |||
| Maycock | |||||
| Ashton | |||||
| Diggens | |||||
| Lawes |
| width=170 | Player One | width=170 | Player Two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogswell | Moore | 9-1 9-5 9-0 | |||
| Newman | Maycock | 9-0 9-5 9-1 | |||
| Zachariah | Shapland | 7-9 0-9 2-9 | |||
| Hoffman | Webster | 9-0 9-4 9-3 | |||
| Smith Anne | Ashton | 7-9 10-8 8-10 6-9 | |||
| Wall | Diggens | 1-9 9-6 10-9 9-5 | |||
| Smith Angela | Lawes | 9-3 9-4 9-1 | |||
| Hubinger | Buckingham | 9-2 5-9 9-5 9-4 |
| width=170 | Player One | width=170 | Player Two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogswell | Hubinger | 9-6 9-5 9-3 | |||
| Newman | Smith Angela | 9-2 9-1 9-7 | |||
| Hoffman | Ashton | 9-1 9-0 9-4 | |||
| Wall | Shapland | 3-9 4-9 8-10 |
| width=170 | Player One | width=170 | Player Two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newman | Shapland | 9-5 6-9 10-9 9-4 | |||
| Hoffman | Cogswell | 9-6 9-5 9-3 |
| width=170 | Player One | width=170 | Player Two | width=150 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newman | Hoffman | 9-4 9-7 9-2 |