# 1987 Women's World Open Squash Championship

The 1987 Women's Honda World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1987 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the Henderson Squash Club and YMCA Stadium in Auckland in New Zealand between September 29 and October 6, 1987. Susan Devoy won her second World Open title, defeating Lisa Opie in a repeat of the 1985 final.

## Seeds

* Susan Devoy (champion)
* Lisa Opie (final)
* Vicki Cardwell nee Hoffman (semifinals)
* Lucy Soutter (quarterfinals)
* Martine Le Moignan (quarterfinals)
* Liz Irving (semifinals)
* Alison Cumings (quarterfinals)
* Robyn Friday (quarterfinals)
* Suzanne Burgess (third round)
* Heather Wallace (fourth round)
* Sarah Fitzgerald (fourth round)
* Michelle Martin (fourth round)
* Joanne Williams (fourth round)
* Angela Smith (fourth round)
* Danielle Drady (fourth round)
* Mary Byrne (third round)

## First round (29 Sep)

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| A Jonsson | Julie Belsham | 3-0 |
| L Noel | M Galloway | 3-0 |
| Alison Cruickshank | Marjolein Houtsma | 3-0 |
| Tinna Backlund | Robyn Prentice | 3-2 |
| Diane Ellis | Guri Lenth | 3-0 |
| Gail Pimm | Carolyn Viggers | 3-0 |
| Hugoline Van Hoorn | Tracey Thomas | 3-0 |
| Fleur Townsend | Nathalie Cornet | 3-0 |
| Carol Laing | Diana Staley | 3-0 |
| Sharon Stevenson | Lena Fridén | 3-1 |
| A Holden | E Rameka | 3-0 |
| Sian Johnson | Freda Walker | 3-2 |
| Eva Svenby | Kay Jackson | 3-1 |
| Cecilie Schjander | Sarah Kearney | 3-0 |
| Corinne Castets | Lynora Hati | w/o |
| Magriet Luchs | G Keegan | 3-0 |
| Tina Dahl | Debbie Turnbull | 3-0 |
| Debra Shaw | Sachi Akiyama | 3-0 |
| Catherine Lebossé | Justine Marriott | 3-1 |
| Nancy Cranbury | Judy Burgess | 3-0 |
| Karen Read | Joan Sutherland | 3-1 |
| Andrea Holbe | Linda McClure | 3-2 |
| Astrid Åbyholm | J Smith | 3-0 |
| C Hayes | Joyce Leach | 3-0 |
| Machiko Miyagishima | Angela Toal | 3-1 |
| Jaclyn Hawkes | Sarah Fury | 3-0 |
| Sharyn Taylor | Miyuki Fukutomi (née Adachi) | 3-0 |
| Joyce Maycock | Eva Körschgen | 3-0 |
| Sabine Vinci | H Booth | 3-0 |
| Jean Tapp | Mariëtte Remijnse | 3-2 |
| Jenny Webster | A Levy | 3-0 |
| Alex Cowie | Caroline Collins | 3-0 |

## Second round (30 Sep)

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Susan Devoy | A Jonsson | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Shirley Brown | L Noel | 9-1 9-1 9-3 |
| Joanne Williams | Alison Cruickshank | 9-7 9-2 9-0 |
| Beate Müller | Tinna Backlund | 9-2 10-8 9-4 |
| Alison Cumings | Diane Ellis | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Flavia Roberts | Gail Pimm | 9-2 9-4 5-9 5-9 1-9 |
| Mary Byrne | Hugoline Van Hoorn | 10-9 9-0 9-3 |
| Fiona Geaves | Fleur Townsend | 9-1 9-2 9-4 |
| Lucy Soutter | Carol Laing | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Barbara Hammerschmidt | Sharon Stevenson | 4-9 8-10 0-9 |
| Suzanne Burgess | A Holden | 9-4 9-0 9-0 |
| Rebecca Best | Sian Johnson | 9-1 9-1 9-2 |
| Liz Irving | Eva Svenby | 9-1 9-2 9-4 |
| Alicia McConnell | Cecilie Schjander | 9-0 9-3 9-1 |
| Sarah Fitzgerald | Corinne Castets | 9-1 9-4 9-1 |
| Donna Gurran | Magriet Luchs | 9-6 9-0 9-2 |
| Babette Hoogendoorn | Tina Dahl | 9-0 9-4 9-3 |
| Angela Smith | Debra Shaw | 9-3 9-4 9-0 |
| Marjorie Burke | Catherine Lebossé | 7-9 9-3 9-2 9-3 |
| Martine Le Moignan | Nancy Cranbury | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| Melanie Warren-Hawkes | Karen Read | 9-0 9-4 9-0 |
| Heather Wallace | Andrea Holbe | 9-5 9-1 9-1 |
| Carin Clonda | Astrid Åbyholm | 5-9 2-9 8-10 |
| Vicki Cardwell | C Hayes | 9-0 9-1 9-0 |
| Cheryl Te Kani | Machiko Miyagishima | 9-2 9-2 9-6 |
| Danielle Drady | Jaclyn Hawkes | 9-0 9-1 9-6 |
| Sharon Bradey | Sharyn Taylor | 9-5 9-9 9-0 |
| Robyn Friday | Joyce Maycock | 9-2 9-4 9-1 |
| Susanne Nyberg | Sabine Vinci | 9-6 9- 7 9-6 |
| Michelle Martin | Jean Tapp | 9-1 9-4 9-5 |
| Marie Pearson | Jenny Webster | 10-8 9-5 9-3 |
| Lisa Opie | Alex Cowie | 9-1 9-6 9-1 |

## Third round to final

| Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| 1 | Devoy | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | Devoy | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Williams | 9 | 9 | 9 | | 13 | Williams | 0 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Muller | 0 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | Devoy | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cumings | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | 7 | Cumings | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pimm | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 7 | Cumings | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Byrne | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | | Geaves | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Geaves | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Devoy | 9 | 9 | 9 | | |
| 6 | Irving | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Irving | 3 | 4 | 2 | | |
| | McConnell | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Irving | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Fitzgerald | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | Fitzgerald | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Gurran | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | Irving | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Soutter | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | 4 | Soutter | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 4 | Soutter | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 9 | Burgess | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | | Best | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Best | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Devoy | 9 | 10 | 9 | | |
| 2 | Opie | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Opie | 3 | 8 | 2 | | |
| | Pearson | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 2 | Opie | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Martin | 10 | 9 | 9 | | 12 | Martin | 5 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nyberg | 8 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | 2 | Opie | 3 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Friday | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | 8 | Friday | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bradey | 3 | 4 | 4 | | 8 | Friday | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Drady | 9 | 9 | 9 | | 15 | Drady | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Te Kani | 7 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Opie | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Cardwell | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cardwell | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| | Abyholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | Cardwell | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Wallace | 9 | 9 | 9 | | 10 | Wallace | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Warren-Hawkes | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | 3 | Cardwell | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Le Moignan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | 5 | Le Moignan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | Burke | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 5 | Le Moignan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Smith | 9 | 10 | 10 | | 14 | Smith | 5 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hoogendoorn | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |