1988 Women's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	60
Series:	Women's British Open Championships
Location:	London, England
Venue:	Wembley
Prevseason:	1987
Nextseason:	1989

The 1988 Hi-Tec British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 13–18 April 1988. The event was won for the fifth consecutive year by Susan Devoy who defeated Liz Irving in the final.^{[1] [2]}

Draw and results

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Qualifying round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
		6-9 9-5 1-9 9-5 9-2
		9-6 4-9 9-4 9-4
		9-4 9-4 9-4
		9-0 10-8 9-0
		9-3 9-4 9-1
		9-3 9-7 9-6
		10-8 9-1 9-4
		9-0 9-6 9-1

First round

width=270	Player one	width=270	Player two	width=150	Score
		9-4 9-1 9-7
		9-4 9-6 9-0
	Ruth Strauss	9-2 9-0 9-0
		9-4 9-0 9-3
		9-4 9-0 9-3
		9-3 9-4 9-2
Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman)		9-1 9- 19-5
Robyn Lambourne (née Friday)		9-2 9-5 9-5
		9-3 9-7 2-9 9-3
		9-0 9-1 9-6
		9-0 9-4 9-5
		9-3 9-4 9-5
		9-1 6-9 9-4 9-5
		9-0 9-6 9-4
		9-4 8-10 9-2 9-5
		7-9 9-2 9-4 9-10 9-4

Second round

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Best	9-4 9-1 9-7
Fitzgerald	Lambourne	10-8 10-8 9-0
Soutter	Martin	9-2 9-2 10-9
Cumings	Bradey	9-6 9-0 9-4
Irving	Fryer	9-0 9-0 9-2
Cardwell	Roberts	9 2 9-2 9-2
Le Moignan	Geaves	9-1 9-1 9-2
Opie	Drady	9-6 9-0 9-5

Quarter-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Fitzgerald	9-5 9-6 9-6
Soutter	Cumings	9-3 9-4 9-2
Irving	Cardwell	9-5 5-9 9-2 9-5
Le Moignan	Opie	9-6 9-1 4-9 9-7

Semi-finals

width=170	Player one	width=170	Player two	width=150	Score
Devoy	Soutter	2-9 7-9 9-5 10-8 9-5
Irving	Le Moignan	6-9 9-2 4-9 9-7 9-7

Final

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives 1988 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. Web site: Results. Trove.
3. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 8 August 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.