# 1987 Women's British Open Squash Championship

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

* Susan Devoy
* Lisa Opie
* Martine Le Moignan
* Lucy Soutter
* Liz Irving
* Vicki Cardwell
* Suzanne Burgess
* Alison Cumings
Heather Wallace 10
Angela Smith 11

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Susan Devoy | Pauline Nicholl | 9-0 9-2 9-3 |
| Tuula Myllyniemi | Rae Anderson | 10-8 10-8 9-4 |
| Heather Wallace | Karen Read | 9-3 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 one | Player two | Score |
| 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 one | Player two | Score |
| 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 one | Player two | Score |
| 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 one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Le Moignan | 10-8 9-6 9-6 |
| Soutter | Irving | 9-1 6-9 9-1 9-0 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Soutter | 2–9, 4–9, 9–4, 9–2, 9–1 |