# 1984 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1984 Hi-Tec Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 4–10 April 1984. Susan Devoy won her first title defeating Lisa Opie in the final.

## Seeds

Rhonda Thorne (2)
Susan Devoy (3/4)
Martine Le Moignan (3/4)
Angela Smith (5/8)
Alison Cumings (5/8)
Robyn Blackwood (5/8)
Sue Cogswell (5/8)
Jan Miller (9/16)
Jayne Ashton (9/16)
Carin Clonda (9/16)
Ruth Strauss (9/16)
Heather Wallace (9/16)
Rae Anderson (9/16)
Renee Aucamp (9/16)

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Lisa Opie | Kim Johnstone | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Rhonda Thorne | Flavia Roberts | 9-0 9-3 9-1 |
| Susan Devoy | Kerry Cawthorn | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Martine Le Moignan | Mariëtte Remijnse | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Angela Smith | Frances Candy | 9-5 9-2 9-3 |
| Alison Cumings | Averil Murphy | 9-2 9-0 9-4 |
| Robyn Blackwood | Sheila White | 9-4 9-2 9-0 |
| Sue Cogswell | Wendy Cole | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Jan Miller | Barbara Lowans | 9-2 9-3 9-6 |
| Jayne Ashton | Wendy Berry | 9-2 9-2 9-5 |
| Carin Clonda | Jill Benfield | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Ruth Strauss | L Gillam | 9-5 9-4 4-9 9-6 |
| Heather Wallace | Tracy Cunliffe | 10-8 9-2 6-9 9-5 |
| Rae Anderson | P Larkin | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Renee Aucamp | Donna Caldwell | 9-4 9-1 10-9 |
| Lynne Ferry | P Wignall | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Michelle Toon | Debbie Turnbull | 1-9 9-5 9-6 9-4 |
| Claire Oxley | Mary Byrne | 9-0 9-1 9-3 |
| Robyn Belford | Carolyn Mett | 9-2 9-1 9-4 |
| Cath Bellemore | Debby Ashby | 9-2 9-1 3-9 9-0 |
| Tracey Smith | Katerina Due-Boje | 9-3 4-9 9-6 9-2 |
| Karen Butterworth | Lorraine Harlow | 9-4 9-6 9-4 |
| Sandra Wrench | Oona Prendiville | 10-8 9-0 6-9 10-8 |
| Donna Gurran | Senga Macfie | 9-5 9-0 9-2 |
| Barbara Diggens | Annette Pilling | 9-3 9-3 9-5 |
| Alex Cowie | Joyce Tuomey | 9-5 9-0 9-3 |
| Lucy Soutter | Melanie Warren-Hawkes | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Joanne Williams | Janet Partington | 4-9 9-0 9-7 9-7 |
| Barbara Wall | Rebecca Best | 8-10 9-7 10-8 9-4 |
| Liz Irving | Fiona Geaves | 9-0 9-2 9-6 |
| Liz Brown | Mandy Sommers | 9-0 9-0 10-8 |
| Nicky Spurgeon | Marietta Peters | 9-2 9-2 9-0 |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Miller | Toon | 9-3 9-0 9-0 |
| Smith A | Oxley | 9-6 9-5 9-6 |
| Cogswell | Belford | 4-9 9-6 9-7 9-0 |
| Le Moignan | Bellemore | 9-3 9-3 10-8 |
| Opie | Smith T | 9-1 9-2 5-9 9-7 |
| Thorne | Butterworth | 9-3 9-3 9-5 |
| Devoy | Wrench | 9-0 9-1 9-2 |
| Blackwood | Gurran | 9-3 9-5 10-8 |
| Spurgeon | Cumings | 8-10 9-7 9-4 2-9 9-5 |
| Ashton | Diggens | 10-8 8-10 9-4 7-9 9-3 |
| Clonda | Cowie | 6-9 7-9 9-3 10-8 9-5 |
| Brown | Strauss | 9-6 9-3 9-7 |
| Wallace | Williams | 4-9 9-0 9-7 9-7 |
| Soutter | Ferry | 9-4 10-8 9-5 |
| Anderson | Wall | 10-9 10-9 9-2 |
| Aucamp | Irving | 3-9 9-1 9-6 9-4 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Miller | Spurgeon | 4-9 9-4 9-3 9-0 |
| Smith | Ashton | 9-5 10-8 0-9 9-5 |
| Cogswell | Clonda | 6-9 9-7 9-1 9-3 |
| Le Moignan | Brown | 9-1 9-0 9-3 |
| Opie | Wallace | 9-5 9-1 9-0 |
| Thorne | Soutter | 9-2 9-2 9-2 |
| Devoy | Anderson | 9-5 9-2 9-1 |
| Blackwood | Aucamp | 9-5 9-5 9-0 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Le Moignan | Miller | 9-3 9-1 9-5 |
| Opie | Smith | 9-5 9-1 10-8 |
| Thorne | Cogswell | 9-5 9-4 9-3 |
| Devoy | Blackwood | 9-4 9-3 9-4 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Thorne | 4-9 9-4 9-3 9-0 |
| Opie | Le Moignan | 8-10 9-5 10-9 9-3 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Opie | 5-9 9-0 9-7 9-1 |
| Preceded by1983 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1984 | Succeeded by1985 |