1985 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	57
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	West Sussex & London, England
Venue:	East Grinstead & Wembley Conference Centre
Prevseason:	1984
Nextseason:	1986

The 1985 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at East Grinstead, West Sussex with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 15–23 April 1985. The event was won for the second consecutive year by Susan Devoy who defeated Martine Le Moignan 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
		9-1 9-1 9-1
		10-8 9-1 9-1
		9-1 9-1 9-7
		9-6 9-7 5-9 9-2
		9-2 9-1 9-2
		9-0 9-7 9-7
		9-2 9-0 9-0
Ruth Strauss		9-2 9-6 10-8
		9-0 9-0 9-0
Debbie Turnbull		9-2 94- 9-5
		9-4 9-0 9-5
		9-4 9-1 9-0
		9-3 9-4 9-4
		9-2 9-4 9-1
		9-0 9-0 9-2
		9-5 7-9 10-8 9-2
		9-1 9-1 9-3
		9-4 9-2 9-1
		9-4 9-5 9-0
		9-0 9-3 9-5
		9-0 9-0 9-0
		9-0 9-5 9-0
		9-3 10-8 5-9 9-7
		9-1 9-0 9-3
		9-2 9-0 9-0
		9-0 9-0 9-1
		9-0 9-7 9-10 4-9 9-4
		9-2 9-1 9-1
		9-0 9-5 9-3
		9-1 9-3 9-3
		5-9 3-9 9-2 9-5 9-7

Second round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Macfie	9-3 9-0 9-1
Spurgeon	Candy	9-7 9-2 9-0
Wallace	Gurran	9-1 9-2 9-1
Blackwood	Strauss	1-9 9-4 9-3 6-9
Miller	Turnbull	9-5 9-2 9-2
Byrne	Belford	9-7 9-1 6-9 6-9 9-4
Smith	Butterworth	9-0 9-3 3-9 9-6
Friday	Tracey	9-0 9-1 9-0
Le Moignan	Diggens	9-1 9-0 9-3
Burgess	Kennewell	9-7 9-0 6-9 9-1
Soutter	Cunliffe	9-6 9-4 9-5
Irving	Caldwell	10-8 9-6 0-9 4-9 9-5
Opie	Cowie	9-5 9-3 9-6
Cogswell	Toon	9-1 9-2 7-9 10-8
Cumings	Clonda	9-2 9-3 9-2
Anderson	Bradey	9-5 9-0 9-6

Third round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Spurgeon	9-0 9-2 9-0
Wallace	Blackwood	9-4 9-0 9-2
Miller	Byrne	9-1 9-1 9-1
Smith	Friday	9-1 9-3 10-9
Le Moignan	Burgess	9-3 9-4 9-4
Soutter	Irving	9-5 8-10 9-2 9-0
Opie	Cogswell	7-9 5-9 9-6 9-1 10-9
Cumings	Anderson	9-3 9-7 9-4

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Wallace	9-4 3-9 10-8 9-1
Miller	Smith	9-2 9-1 9-7
Le Moignan	Soutter	4-9 6-9 9-6 9-1 9-3
Opie	Cumings	9-5 4-9 7-9 10-9 9-3

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Miller	9-2 9-0 9-5
Le Moignan	Opie	10-9 9-7 9-7

Final

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Le Moignan	9-6 5-9 9-6 9-5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1985 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Results. Sydney Morning Herald (page 30).
3. 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.