# 1948 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1948 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–25 January 1948. Joan Curry won her second title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.

## Seeds

* Joan Curry
* Janet Morgan
* Alice Teague
* Margaret Carlisle

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Joan Curry | | bye |
| Janet Morgan | | bye |
| Miss M H Palmer | | bye |
| Mrs J Hall | | bye |
| Miss M Piper | | bye |
| Mrs M G Magniac | | bye |
| Miss R Howard | | bye |
| Miss P Sutherland | | bye |
| Mrs Alice Teague | Mrs D Hobson | 9-4 9-2 9-0 |
| Miss Margaret Carlisle | Miss J Taylor | 9-2 9-0 9-2 |
| Mrs Margot Harris | Miss M E Sarel | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Miss Myriam De Borman | Miss P R Read | 9-1 9-4 9-0 |
| Mrs Betty Hilton | Miss U Trott | 9-1 9-6 9-5 |
| Miss Betty Cooke | Mrs L E Lefevre | w/o |
| Peggy Dawson-Scott | Mrs J L C Cox | 10-8 9-1 3-9 9-5 |
| Miss Pat Cowney | Miss P A Morse | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Mrs Violet St Clair Morford | Mrs W D Porter | 9-3 2-9 9-5 9-3 |
| Mrs V Leakey | Miss Valerie Cooper | 9-4 9-2 9-7 |
| Miss Rachel Byrne | Miss Nelly Glamonna | 9-2 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs H Bleasby | Mrs Ginette Germaine | 9-0 9-6 9-1 |
| Miss D Salter | Miss D Castle | 7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5 |
| Mrs H J Stribling | Mrs G Pottier | 9-1 9-6 9-4 |
| Mrs Margaret Dawnay | Miss J M Broad | 9-0 9-6 7-9 9-5 |
| Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton | Mrs Lulu Boon | 9-6 10-9 9-3 |
| Miss Meg Buxton-Knight | Miss Sheila Speight | 9-0 9-3 0-9 6-2 ret |
| Mrs D F Morgan | Miss K Abbott | 9-7 9-3 9-7 |
| Miss V Ord | Mrs E Van der Elst | 9-4 9-5 10-8 |
| Mrs R Rathbone | Mrs J Price | 4-9 10-8 9-5 9-6 |
| Miss H A Downey | Mrs A F B Standfast | w/o |
| Rosemary Walsh | Miss Katherine Keith-Steele | 9-4 9-0 9-3 |
| Miss K A M Steele | Miss S C Palmer | 9-4 9-5 10-8 |
| Miss G James | Miss M A Travers | 3-9 9-5 5-9 9-2 10-8 |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Curry | Palmer | 9-4 9-3 9-5 |
| J Morgan | Hall | 9-1 9-3 9-6 |
| Teague | Salter | 9-0 9-4 9-3 |
| Carlisle | Stribling | 9-4 9-1 9-2 |
| Harris | Dawnay | 9-6 9-5 10-8 |
| De Borman | de Courcy-Hamilton | 9-4 9-3 9-0 |
| Hilton | Buxton-Knight | 9-1 9-1 4-9 9-3 |
| Cooke | D F Morgan | 9-2 9-4 9-1 |
| Dawson-Scott | Ord | 9-5 9-3 9-4 |
| Cowney | Rathbone | 5-9 9-3 6-9 5 9-6 |
| St Clair Morford | Dawney | 1-9 9-5 9-2 5-9 9-5 |
| Piper | Howard | 9-4 9-1 9-2 |
| Leakey | Walsh | 9-3 9-3 10-8 |
| Byrne | Steele | 9-2 9-6 9-2 |
| Magniac | Sutherland | 9-6 9-3 9-3 |
| Bleasby | James | 4-9 9-2 3-9 9-1 9-4 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Curry | Magniac | 9-2 9-7 9-5 |
| Morgan | Piper | 9-1 10-8 6-9 9-1 |
| Teague | Byrne | 9-0 9-4 9-1 |
| Carlisle | Dawson-Scott | 9-0 9-3 9-5 |
| Hilton | Harris | 9-2 9-4 9-2 |
| De Borman | Cowmey | 10-8 9-7 9-9 |
| Bleasby | Leakey | 9-3 9-3 1-9 5-9 9-5 |
| Cooke | St Clair-Morford | 9-2 9-2 9-2 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Hilton | 9-1 9-0 7-9 9-2 |
| Curry | Cooke | 3-9 9-1 9-2 9-3 |
| Teague | Bleasby | 9-5 9-2 9-1 |
| Carlisle | De Borman | 9-7 9-2 9-5 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Teague | 9-1 7-9 9-6 9-1 |
| Curry | Carlisle | 9-2 9-3 9-4 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Curry | Morgan | 9-5 9-0 9-10 6-9 10-8 |
| Preceded by1947 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1948 | Succeeded by1949 |