# 1976 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1976 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 27 February - 4 March 1976. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fifteenth consecutive title defeating Sue Newman in the final.

## Seeds

* Heather McKay (née Blundell)
* Sue Newman
* Sue Cogswell
* Angela Smith
* Teresa Lawes
* Irene Hewitt
* Jane Courtney
* Karen Gardner

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Sue Cogswell | M Robinson | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Angela Smith | Deanna Murray | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Teresa Lawes | J Sheasby | 9-5 9-2 9-2 |
| Irene Hewitt | Alix Bostock | 9-2 9-6 9-4 |
| Jane Courtney | E Gubbay | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Karen Gardner | Ruth Turner | 9-4 9-3 9-0 |
| Alex Cowie | Miss Pam Haig | 9-1 9-4 9-4 |
| Tessa Lawrence | Soraya Haye | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |
| Barbara Diggens | Ann Price | 9-2 9-0 9-7 |
| Mrs Sue Paton | Barbara Sanderson | 9-2 9-3 9-6 |
| Theo Johnson | J Francis | 9-7 9-2 10-8 |
| Carol Machin | J Griffith | 9-1 9-1 9-4 |
| Fran Marshall | Janet Ledger | 9-0 9-2 9-2 |
| Miss D Prosser | J Flood | 9-0 9-2 9-1 |
| Lesley Moore | S Findlay | 9-5 9-0 9-0 |
| Jane Poynder | Bobs Whitehead | 9-3 9-5 9-7 |
| Patricia Millman | Lynn Crosbie | 10-9 9-0 6-9 9-2 |
| J Graydon | Joyce Tuomey | 7-9 9-2 9-3 9-3 |
| P H Campbell | C Wood | 9-2 10-8 9-3 |
| Dianne Corbett | Clair Richards | 9-2 9-2 9-4 |
| Deborah Holland | G Jafier | 9-3 9-0 9-2 |
| Jane Ashton | P Lenehan | 9-1 9-3 9-4 |
| Faith Sinclair | Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane) | 10-8 9-0 9-6 |
| Dorothy Armstrong | C Sullivan | 9-3 9-4 9-5 |
| Vivian Grisogono | S Dunford | 9-3 9-7 9-4 |
| Joyce Maycock | | bye |
| Heather McKay | | bye |
| Sue Newman | | bye |
| A F Morris | | bye |
| Claire Chapman | | bye |
| J Macey | | bye |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Newman | Moore | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Cogswell | Poynder | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Smith | Millman | 9-2 9-1 9-0 |
| Lawes | Morris | 9-1 9-2 9-6 |
| Hewitt | Graydon | 9-0 9-1 9-2 |
| Courtney | Campbell | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Gardner | Corbett | 9-4 9-3 9-2 |
| Cowie | Holland | 9-10 10-8 9-6 1-9 8-10 |
| Diggens | Macey | 8-10 9-2 9-2 9-4 |
| Paton | Ashton | 7-9 9-7 9-3 10-8 |
| Johnson | Sinclair | 9-3 9-6 9-2 |
| Machin | Lawrence | 9-4 9-5 9-7 |
| Chapman | Armstrong | 9-7 9-3 5-9 9-4 |
| Marshall | Grisogono | 9-6 9-2 9-7 |
| Maycock | Prosser | 10-9 9-1 9-0 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Paton | 9-2 9-2 9-1 |
| Newman | Johnson | 9-5 9-5 9-2 |
| Cogswell | Machin | 9-5 9-0 9-? |
| Lawes | Chapman | 9-7 9-1 9-1 |
| Gardner | Holland | 9-4 9-5 9-0 |
| Diggens | Courtney | 9-10 10-9 9-3 9-4 |
| Smith | Maycock | 2-9 9-2 10-8 9-? |
| Hewitt | Marshall | 9-1 9-2 5-9 10-8 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Gardner | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Newman | Diggens | 9-1 9-2 9-4 |
| Lawes | Smith | 9-5 9-3 7-9 5-9 10-8 |
| Cogswell | Hewitt | 10-8 0 10-8 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Lawes | 9-2 9-1 9-1 |
| Newman | Cogswell | 9-0 9-10 9-6 4-9 9-6 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Newman | 9-2 9-4 9-2 |
| Preceded by1975 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1976 | Succeeded by1977 |