1973 Women's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
British Open Squash Championships
45th Women's British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	BP Club, Lower Sydenham
	← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 2–8 March 1973.^[1]

Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her twelfth consecutive title defeating Cecilie Fleming in the final. The final match lasted just sixteen minutes as McKay once again continued to easily outplay all opposition.^[2]^[3]

Seeds

Draw and result

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Heather McKay (née Blundell)		bye
Susanne Newman		bye
Cecilie Fleming	S B Groves	9-2 9-0 9-2
Jane Barham	M Clemens	9-3 9-0 9-1
Pamela Buckingham	J L Rafter	9-0 9-0 9-0
Jenny Webster	Brenda Carmichael	4-9 9-6 3-9 9-0 9-1
Ingrid Potgieter	Karen Gardner	9-3 9-4 9-6
Claire Chapman		bye
Dianne Corbett	Rukshana Rashid	9-2 9-3 9-3
Fran Marshall	M Scott-Miller	9-4 9-3 9-0
Jenny Grieve	Gillian Finch	9-3 9-0 9-0
Sue Pexman	J Chamberlain	w/o
Jane Poynder	S Findlay	w/o
Jean Wilson	Ann Price	w/o
Alex Cowie	Joyce Maycock	9-2 9-10 9-7 9-5
Sue Cogswell	C R Bourdon	9-1 9-0 9-2
Bobs Whitehead	Barbara Diggens	9-2 6-9 8-9 10-8 9-0
Ruth Turner	Ann Jee	2-9 9-7 9-6 9-3
Di Fuller	Lesley Moore	9-5 9-4 9-5
Theo Veltman	Soraya Haye	9-6 9-2 10-8
Peggy Mason	B Kirk	w/o
Janet Ledger	J Pallister	10-8 9-6 9-5
Tessa Lawrence	M Brodie	1-9 9-3 9-3 9-1
S Dunford	M D Furness	9-3 9-5 9-7
Valerie Bridgens	A M Sinclair	9-5 9-5 9-0
Janice Wainwright		bye
Clair Richards		bye
Denise Holton		bye
Janet Ward		bye
Teresa Lawes		bye
E Davies		bye

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Davies	9-0 9-3 9-0
Newman	Ward	w/o
Fleming	Lawrence	10-8 9-4 9-1
Buckingham	Pexman	9-3 10-8 9-1
Webster	Richards	9-0 9-0 9-0
Potgieter	Bridgens	9-7 9-4 9-3
Marshall	Turner	9-3 9-4 9-2
Holton	Lawes	9-6 9-0 7-9 9-7

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Wainwright	9-0 9-0 9-1
Fleming	Wilson	9-2 3-9 9-4 9-2
Newman	Holton	9-4 9-7 9-3
Barham	Grieve	8-10 9-1 9-4 9-0
Buckingham	Cogswell	9-2 9-4 9-3
Webster	Veltman	9-3 9-3 10-9
Potgieter	Cowie	9-4 9-3 7-9 9-7
Marshall	Chapman	9-0 9-3 0-9 4-9 10-8

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Marshall	9-0 9-1 9-3
Fleming	Webster	9-2 4-9 1-9 9-1 9-3
Newman	Potgieter	9-10 9-5 9-1 3-9 9-2
Buckingham	Barham	9-6 9-4 8-10 9-1

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Buckingham	9-2 9-0 9-0
Fleming	Newman	1-9 7-9 9-7 9-2 10-8

Third-place play-off

Player one	Player two	Score
Newman	Buckingham	9-5 9-2 9-5

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Fleming	9-1 9-0 9-1

Preceded by

1972

British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1973

Succeeded by

1974

References

↑ "Times Archives 1973 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
↑ "McKay wins title again". Trove.
↑ "Heather sets new squash record". Birmingham Daily Post. 9 March 1973. p. 31. Retrieved 27 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[1] "Times Archives 1973 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.

[2] "McKay wins title again". Trove.

[3] "Heather sets new squash record". Birmingham Daily Post. 9 March 1973. p. 31. Retrieved 27 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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