1983 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	55
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	Derby, England
Venue:	Assembly Rooms
Prevseason:	1982
Nextseason:	1984

The 1983 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at the Assembly Rooms in Derby from 6–14 April 1983. The event was won for the fourth consecutive year by Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman) who defeated Lisa Opie in a repeat of the 1982 final. Vicki Cardwell made the shock announcement that she was going to retire after the 1983 World Open. The Australian was serving a two-year team events ban in her home country following misconduct in the 1981 Women's World Open Squash Championship.^[1] ^[2]

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Vicki Cardwell	Kerry Cawthorn	9-1 9-2 9-1
Paula Anderson	S Abou El Magd	9-1 9-1 9-1
	Gillian Winkler	4-9 9-2 9-3 9-3
Annette Pilling	Flavia Roberts	9-1 9-3 4-9 10-9
Sue Cogswell	Alison Cruikshank	9-3 9-3 9-0
Heather Wallace	B Bentham	9-0 9-0 9-2
Barbara Diggens	Kim Faclier	10-9 9-1 9-2
Wendy Berry	S Lindsay	5-9 9-2 9-7 7-9 9-5
Martine Le Moignan	S Moore	9-7 9-0 9-3
Cath Bellemore	Carol Foulkes	9-5 9-3 9-3
Renee Auchamp	Karen Lever	7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
Felicity Hargreaves	Sandra Wrench	9-6 9-1 9-1
Susan Devoy	Nicki Spurgeon	9-7 5-9 9-1 9-2
Claire Oxley	Sheila White	9-2 9-0 9-1
Alison Cumings	Tracy Cunliffe	9-0 9-0 9-2
Karen Butterworth	Barbara Lowans	9-5 10-9 9-0
Lisa Opie	Debby Ashby	9-1 9-7 9-4
Jayne Ashton	J Wilding	9-7 9-1 9-3
Jan Miller	Suzanne Burgess	9-6 9-0 9-2
Jacky Parsons	T Tikil	9-1 9-5 9-0
Robyn Blackwood	Donna Caldwell	9-7 9-7 9-4
Rebecca Best	Barbara Sanderson	9-4 9-4 9-3
Ruth Strauss	Deanna Murray	3-9 9-2 9-2 9-5
Melanie Warren-Hawkes	Wendy Cole	9-7 9-6 9-7
Angela Smith	Joyce Tuomey	9-5 9-1 9-2
L Houghton	Jill Benfield	9-5 9-2 9-2
Carin Clonda	G Hill	9-1 9-0 9-1
Susan Carter	S Kipping	9-4 7-9 9-5 9-3
Rhonda Thorne	P Lusby	9-2 9-0 9-0
Jane Freeman	Magriet Luchs	7-9 9-4 5-9 1-9 9-4
Lynne Ferry	Eryi Emmanuel	9-3 9-6 9-6
Rae Anderson	Lucy Soutter	9-7 7-9 9-3 9-5

Second round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Cardwell	Anderson P	9-3 9-0 9-4
Cowie	Pilling
Cogswell	Wallace	9-2 9-1 9-3
Diggens	Berry	9-0 9-0 9-1
Le Moignan	Bellemore	9-1 9-0 9-4
Aucamp	Hargreaves	9-1 9-2 9-3
Devoy	Oxley	9-1 9-2 9-1
Cumings	Butterworth	9-2 9-5 9-0
Opie	Ashton	9-5 9-5 9-4
Miller	Parsons	9-4 9-0 9-1
Blackwood	Best	9-1 9-4 9-3
Strauss	Warren-Hawkes	9-3 9-7 9-1
Smith	Houghton	9-2 9-1 9-4
Clonda	Carter	9-4 9-0 9-5
Thorne	Freeman	10-8 9-0 9-0
Ferry	Anderson R	9-2 9-3 9-7

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Cardwell	Cowie	9-0 9-0 9-0
Cogswell	Diggens	1-9 9-4 9-4 9-1
Le Moignan	Aucamp	9-1 9-3 9-4
Devoy	Cumings	5-9 6-9 9-6 9-1 9-6
Opie	Miller	9-0 5-9 9-5 9-2
Blackwood	Strauss	9-6 9-1 9-5
Smith	Clonda	9-5 7-9 8-10 9-3 9-5
Thorne	Ferry	9-1 10-8 9-3

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Cardwell	Cogswell	9-1 9-3 9-2
Le Moignan	Devoy	9-6 9-0 3-9 9-2
Opie	Blackwood	9-2 9-4 9-4
Smith	Thorne	4-9 9-7 4-9 9-6 9-3

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Cardwell	Le Moignan	9-1 9-2 9-10 9-3
Opie	Smith	0-9 9-5 9-6 9-7

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Cardwell	Opie	9-10 9-6 9-4 9-5

Notes and References

Web site: Times Archives 1983 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
Web site: Results. Trove.
Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 7 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.