1976 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Women's World Open 1976
1st Women's World Squash Championship
Location Australia Brisbane, Australia
Date(s) August 18–23, 1976
Category World Open
Results
Champion Australia Heather McKay
Runner-up Australia Marion Jackman
Semi-finalists Australia Margaret Zachariah
Australia Sue Newman
England 1979 →

The 1976 Women's World Open Squash Championship was the inaugural women's edition of the 1976 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players.

The event took place at the Stafford Courts in Brisbane in Australia from 18–23 August 1976.[1] Heather McKay won the World Open title, defeating Marion Jackman in the final in just 22 minutes. McKay picked up $2,000 (the biggest winning cheque of her career) for winning the competition.[2]

Results

[3][4][5][6]

First Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Heather McKay Australia Robyn Prentice 9-2 9-0 9-0
Australia Margaret Zachariah Canada Barbara Savage 9-1 9-0 9-0
Australia Sue Newman England Joyce Maycock 9-2 9-3 9-6
Australia Marion Jackman Canada Sue Paton 9-4 9-3 9-5
New Zealand Jenny Webster Republic of Ireland Irene Hewitt 9-5 9-3 9-3
South Africa Jill Eckstein Canada Beryl Paton 9-2 9-1 9-4
England Sue Cogswell New Zealand Annette Owen 9-5 9-3 9-5
Australia Chris van Nierop Republic of Ireland Dorothy Armstrong 10-8 9-2 9-2
Australia Geraldine Barniville Canada Jane Dixon 9-6 9-0 9-2
Australia Rhonda Shapland South Africa K Hardy 9-2 2-9 9-3 2-9 9-5
Australia Lyle Hubinger Canada Penny Glover 9-1 9-0 9-2
New Zealand Pamela Buckingham Australia G Hughes 9-0 9-7 9-4
South Africa Gay Erskine New Zealand Jane Wood 9-2 10-9 9-5
South Africa Valerie Bridgens England Angela Smith 9-4 2-9 4-9 10-9 9-1
Australia Jenny Irving England Karen Gardner 10-8 9-2 5-9 8-10 9-1
Australia Linda Musumeci Canada I Weber 9-0 9-2 9-3

Second Round

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Heather McKay Republic of Ireland Geraldine Barniville 9-0 9-0 9-1
Australia Margaret Zachariah Australia Rhonda Shapland 9-4 9-2 9-3
Australia Sue Newman Australia Lyle Hubinger 9-4 9-0 9-5
Australia Marion Jackman New Zealand Pamela Buckingham 9-1 9-6 6-9 9-3
New Zealand Jenny Webster South Africa Gay Erskine 5-9 9-3 9-7 9-7
South Africa Jill Eckstein South Africa Valerie Bridgens 6-9 9-7 9-0 4-9 9-0
England Sue Cogswell Australia Jenny Irving 9-6 9-4 9-2
Australia Chris van Nierop Australia Linda Musumeci 9-3 9-0 9-4

Quarter Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Heather McKay New Zealand Jenny Webster 9-1 9-1 9-1
Australia Margaret Zachariah South Africa Jill Eckstein 9-3 9-6 9-0
Australia Sue Newman England Sue Cogswell 9-5 9-5 9-4
Australia Marion Jackman Australia Chris van Nierop 9-5 9-5 10-8

Semi Finals

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Heather McKay Australia Margaret Zachariah 9-1 9-4 9-1
Australia Marion Jackman Australia Sue Newman 9-1 9-5 9-3

Final

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Heather McKay Australia Marion Jackman 9-2 9-2 9-0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "International players from UK". Trove.
  2. ↑ "Women's Squash World Open 1976".
  3. ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
  4. ↑ "Mrs McKay wins world title". Trove.
  5. ↑ "Results". Trove.
  6. ↑ "Results". Sydney Morning Herald.

External links

Preceded by
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First edition		 World Open
Brisbane (Australia)
1976 		Succeeded by
Sheffield (England)
1979
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