1984 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	56
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	London, England
Venue:	Wembley Squash Centre
Prevseason:	1983
Nextseason:	1985

The 1984 Hi-Tec Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 4–10 April 1984. Susan Devoy won her first title defeating Lisa Opie in the final.^{[1] [2]}

Draw and results

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First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Lisa Opie	Kim Johnstone	9-0 9-0 9-1
Rhonda Thorne	Flavia Roberts	9-0 9-3 9-1
Susan Devoy	Kerry Cawthorn	9-0 9-0 9-0
Martine Le Moignan	Mariëtte Remijnse	9-0 9-0 9-2
Angela Smith	Frances Candy	9-5 9-2 9-3
Alison Cumings	Averil Murphy	9-2 9-0 9-4
Robyn Blackwood	Sheila White	9-4 9-2 9-0
Sue Cogswell	Wendy Cole	9-0 9-1 9-1
Jan Miller	Barbara Lowans	9-2 9-3 9-6
Jayne Ashton	Wendy Berry	9-2 9-2 9-5
Carin Clonda	Jill Benfield	9-0 9-0 9-2
Ruth Strauss	L Gillam	9-5 9-4 4-9 9-6
Heather Wallace	Tracy Cunliffe	10-8 9-2 6-9 9-5
Rae Anderson	P Larkin	9-0 9-2 9-0
Renee Aucamp	Donna Caldwell	9-4 9-1 10-9
Lynne Ferry	P Wignall	9-0 9-0 9-1
Michelle Toon	Debbie Turnbull	1-9 9-5 9-6 9-4
Claire Oxley	Mary Byrne	9-0 9-1 9-3
Robyn Belford	Carolyn Mett	9-2 9-1 9-4
Cath Bellemore	Debby Ashby	9-2 9-1 3-9 9-0
Tracey Smith	Katerina Due-Boje	9-3 4-9 9-6 9-2
Karen Butterworth	Lorraine Harlow	9-4 9-6 9-4
Sandra Wrench	Oona Prendiville	10-8 9-0 6-9 10-8
Donna Gurran	Senga Macfie	9-5 9-0 9-2
Barbara Diggens	Annette Pilling	9-3 9-3 9-5
	Joyce Tuomey	9-5 9-0 9-3
Lucy Soutter	Melanie Warren-Hawkes	9-0 9-2 9-0
Joanne Williams	Janet Partington	4-9 9-0 9-7 9-7
Barbara Wall	Rebecca Best	8-10 9-7 10-8 9-4
Liz Irving	Fiona Geaves	9-0 9-2 9-6
Liz Brown	Mandy Sommers	9-0 9-0 10-8
Nicky Spurgeon	Marietta Peters	9-2 9-2 9-0

Second round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
Miller	Toon	9-3 9-0 9-0
Smith A	Oxley	9-6 9-5 9-6
Cogswell	Belford	4-9 9-6 9-7 9-0
Le Moignan	Bellemore	9-3 9-3 10-8
Opie	Smith T	9-1 9-2 5-9 9-7
Thorne	Butterworth	9-3 9-3 9-5
Devoy	Wrench	9-0 9-1 9-2
Blackwood	Gurran	9-3 9-5 10-8
Spurgeon	Cumings	8-10 9-7 9-4 2-9 9-5
Ashton	Diggens	10-8 8-10 9-4 7-9 9-3
Clonda	Cowie	6-9 7-9 9-3 10-8 9-5
Brown	Strauss	9-6 9-3 9-7
Wallace	Williams	4-9 9-0 9-7 9-7
Soutter	Ferry	9-4 10-8 9-5
Anderson	Wall	10-9 10-9 9-2
Aucamp	Irving	3-9 9-1 9-6 9-4

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Miller	Spurgeon	4-9 9-4 9-3 9-0
Smith	Ashton	9-5 10-8 0-9 9-5
Cogswell	Clonda	6-9 9-7 9-1 9-3
Le Moignan	Brown	9-1 9-0 9-3
Opie	Wallace	9-5 9-1 9-0
Thorne	Soutter	9-2 9-2 9-2
Devoy	Anderson	9-5 9-2 9-1
Blackwood	Aucamp	9-5 9-5 9-0

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Le Moignan	Miller	9-3 9-1 9-5
Opie	Smith	9-5 9-1 10-8
Thorne	Cogswell	9-5 9-4 9-3
Devoy	Blackwood	9-4 9-3 9-4

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Thorne	4-9 9-4 9-3 9-0
Opie	Le Moignan	8-10 9-5 10-9 9-3

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Opie	5-9 9-0 9-7 9-1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1984 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Opie and Devoy in final. Trove.
3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 3 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.
4. Book: Halpin, Larry. The Squash Rackets Association Annual 1984-85. 1984. Pelham Books. 0-7207-1538-5.