1949 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1949 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 10–16 January 1949. Joan Curry won her third title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round Player onePlayer twoScoreJanet Morgan * byeJoan Curry * Miss T Stevenson 9-0 9-0 9-3 Mrs Betty Hilton* Sqd. Off. M M Sturge 9-2 9-1 9-2 Miss Margaret Carlisle* Mrs D Hobson 9-0 9-0 9-0 Mrs Margot Harris * Miss U Trott 9-6 9-2 9-4 Miss Myriam De Borman* Miss M J Mayer 9-2 9-2 9-0 Miss G W James Miss M A Travers w/o Miss Betty Cooke * Miss K Abbot 9-3 9-1 9-2 Miss Audrey Bates Junior Cdr. Daphne Portway 9-3 9-7 9-2 Miss Pat Cowney Mrs M B Lewis 9-4 9-5 9-1 Mrs D F Morgan Mrs A E Timson 9-1 9-2 9-2 Mrs M S Armytage-MacDonald Miss D Castle 7-6 ret hurtSheila Speight Miss S C Palmer 9-1 9-6 9-4 Mrs J L C Cox Mrs M Pacquet 9-7 9-0 9-0 Miss A L Isaac Mrs E Van der Elst w/o Mrs Marjorie Townsend Mrs F M Edmonds 9-0 9-0 9-1 Mrs J Hall Mrs G E Baker 9-1 9-7 9-0 Rosemary Walsh Miss K M A Steele 9-7 9-6 9-1 Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert Mrs H J Stribling 9-10 9-1 9-6 10-8 Miss M A Iling Miss J M Broad 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6 Miss A V M Isaac Mrs M Richards 9-0 9-2 9-2 Mrs M Anthony-Davies Mrs W D Porter 9-6 9-4 9-1 Mrs M M Bourne Mrs Alice Teague* w/o Miss A A Hodges Miss Kay Tuckey 9-4 10-8 9-7 Miss M H Palmer Miss Nelly Glamonna 9-2 9-6 9-6 Miss V Ord 2/O N A Swainson 5-9 9-4 9-7 9-4 Mrs Violet St Clair Morford Miss P R Sutherland 9-7 9-5 9-10 9-4 Mrs J B Parker Mrs D Liddell w/o Mrs M Van Laer Miss R McClenaghan 9-0 9-1 5-9 10-8 Mrs A Mostyn Mrs H A Downey 6-9 9-2 7-9 9-2 9-1 Mrs J Rathbone Peggy Dawson-Scott w/o Mrs J Pottier Sub. M Walker ATS 9-7 6-9 6-9 9-4 9-3

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Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Curry Hall 9-2 9-5 9-4 Morgan J Walsh 9-1 9-1 9-0 Hilton Lacy-Hulbert 9-2 9-0 9-1 Carlisle Iling 9-0 9-2 9-0 Harris A L Isaac 9-2 9-3 9-1 De Borman Anthony-Davies 9-2 9-0 9-3 James Bourne 10-8 5 6 Cooke Hodges 9-3 9-2 9-1 Bates Palmer 9-2 9-3 9-1 Cowney Ord 9-0 9-4 9-6 Morgan D F St Clair Morford 9-2 9-7 4-9 9-7 Armytage-M Parker 9-1 9-0 9-5 Speight Van Laer 9-0 9-3 9-2 Cox Mostyn 9-4 9-6 9-4 A V M Isaac Rathbone 9-7 3-9 0-9 9-3 9-7 Townsend Pottier 9-0 9-0 9-3

Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Curry Bates 9-4 9-1 9-2 Morgan J Isaac 9-3 9-2 9-3 Hilton Townsend 9-2 4-9 9-2 9-4 Carlisle Cowney 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-1 Harris Cox 9-2 9-1 9-2 De Borman Armytage-M 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-2 James Speight 4-9 9-4 10-8 9-2 Cooke Morgan D F 9-5 9-1 9-6

Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Harris 9-0 9-3 9-2 Curry De Borman 9-1 9-1 9-7 Hilton James 9-4 9-4 9-3 Carlisle Cooke 9-0 9-6 9-2

Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Morgan Hilton 9-1 9-3 9-2 Curry Carlisle 0-9 9-2 9-0 9-0

Final Player onePlayer twoScore Curry Morgan 2-9 9-3 10-8 9-0

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