The 1987 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at the South Bank Squash Club, Wandsworth with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 7–14 April 1987. The event was won for the fourth consecutive year by Susan Devoy who defeated Martine Le Moignan in the final.
Seeds
Draw and results
First round Player onePlayer twoScore Susan Devoy Pauline Nicholl 9-0 9-2 9-3 Tuula Myllyniemi Rae Anderson 10-8 10-8 9-4 Heather Wallace Karen Read9-3 9-2 9-0 Barbara Diggens Carin Clonda 9-2 9-2 9-6 Suzanne Burgess Sue Wright 9-5 9-0 9-0 Seok Hui Lim Sarah Fitzgerald Susanne Nyberg 9-0 9-3 9-0 Fiona Geaves Alex Cowie 9-2 9-2 9-0 Martine Le Moignan Annette Pilling 9-2 9-2 9-0 Debbie Turnbull Babette Hoogendoorn 9-1 9-2 9-0 Joanne Williams Robyn Friday w/o Donna Vardy Natalie Le Serve 9-7 9-2 9-7 Vicki Cardwell Paula Anderson 9-1 9-2 9-0 Debbie Wright Jane Parker 9-4 9-1 9-2 Sharon Bradey Jayne Ashton 9-1 9-6 9-7 Marjorie Burke Lucy Soutter Rachel Marriott 9-5 9-2 9-0 Cassie Jackman Jane Reeves 9-0 9-2 9-6 Michelle Martin Heather Rutt 9-2 9-1 9-3 Mary Jo Reid Shirley Brown 9-4 9-0 9-0 Alison Cumings Marjolein Houtsma 9-2 9-2 9-0 Donna Caldwell Carol Machin 9-0 9-1 9-0 Angela Smith Caroline Collins 9-0 9-4 9-3 Rebecca Best Linda Charman 9-1 5-9 9-0 9-3 Liz Irving Robyn Hadfield 9-3 9-2 9-6 Senga Macfie Alicia McConnell 10-9 9-3 6-9 3-9 9-2 Carol Kennewell Barbara Hartmann 9-6 9-1 9-3 Liz Brown Samantha Langley 9-3 9-3 5-9 6-9 9-1 Lisa Opie Joyce Tuomey 9-1 9-1 9-0 Ruth Strauss Melanie Warren-Hawkes 9-6 6-9 2-9 9-7 9-7 Danielle Drady Gail Pimm 9-1 9-3 9-3 Cath Bellemore Flavia Roberts 9-6 9-4 9-2
Second round Player onePlayer twoScore Devoy Myllyniemi 9-5 9-4 9-1 Wallace Diggens 9-0 9-0 10-9 Burgess Seok Hui Lim 9-7 9-0 9-0 Fitzgerald Geaves Le Moignan Turnbull 9-0 9-1 9-0 Williams Vardy 9-2 9-4 9-6 Cardwell Wright 9-0 9-0 9-5 Bradey Burke 9-3 10-8 9-5 Soutter Jackman 9-2 9-1 9-2 Martin Reid Cumings Caldwell 9-4 3-9 9-1 9-1 Smith Best 9-1 5-9 6-9 9-4 9-4 Irving Macfie 9-2 9-1 9-4 Kennewell Brown 3-9 9-3 4-9 9-2 9-7 Opie Strauss 9-4 9-1 9-1 Drady Bellemore 9-2 9-5 9-6
Third round Player onePlayer twoScore Devoy Wallace 3-9 9-3 9-5 9-2 Burgess Fitzgerald 9-5 9-4 9-1 Le Moignan Williams 9-6 9-5 9-4 Cardwell Bradey 4-9 9-3 9-3 9-1 Soutter Martin 9-1 9-1 9-0 Cumings Smith Irving Kennewell 9-6 9-0 5-9 4-9 9-3 Opie Drady 9-1 9-4 9-2
Quarter-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Devoy Burgess 10-8 9-6 5-9 9-6 Le Moignan Cardwell 9-3 2-9 10-8 3-0 ret Soutter Cumings 9-5 4-9 9-0 9-5 Irving Opie 10-8 9-0 6-9 10-8
Semi-finals Player onePlayer twoScore Devoy Le Moignan 10-8 9-6 9-6 Soutter Irving 9-1 6-9 9-1 9-0
Final Player onePlayer twoScore Devoy Soutter 2–9, 4–9, 9–4, 9–2, 9–1
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