# 1939 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1939 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 28 February – 6 March 1939. Margot Lumb won her fifth consecutive title by defeating Susan Noel in the final. Due to the outbreak of World War II, Margot Lumb was unable to defend her title and missed the opportunity to increase her number of victories over the next seven years.

## Seeds

Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke
Miss Susan Noel
Miss Betty Cooke
Miss Eleonora Sears
Miss Elizabeth Pearson
Miss Ann Page

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Miss Margot Lumb + | Miss D C Wilcox | 9–0 9–2 9–0 |
| Miss F J Russell | Miss A Maclagan | w/o |
| Miss M Riddell | Miss N L Kelman | 5–9 9–3 9–6 9–3 |
| Miss M Johnson Taylor | Miss Berenice Lumb | 9–7 0–9 4–9 9–3 9–7 |
| Miss Helen Stone | Mrs E G Chalmers | 9–0 9–2 9–0 |
| Miss Valerie Dalton-White | Mrs D Whitehorn | 9–3 9–1 9–6 |
| Miss Barbara Williams + | Mrs I A Knox | 9–4 7–9 9–0 9–4 |
| Miss Elizabeth Pearson + | Miss M H Palmer | 9–6 9–6 4–9 9–6 |
| Miss F Berrill | Miss P L Hervey | 4–9 1–9 9–7 9–3 9–6 |
| Miss Elizabeth Knox | Mrs Violet St Clair Morford | 9–0 9–5 9–1 |
| Mrs W D Porter | Miss Ursula Foljambe | 9–0 4–9 1–9 9–2 10–8 |
| Miss E M Walker | Mrs E M Jarrett | 6–9 9–5 9–4 9–3 |
| Miss E B Sandercock | Mrs F M Traill | 9–4 9–6 9–6 |
| Lady Katharine Cairns | Mrs Judith Backhouse | 9–0 9–3 ret |
| Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke + | Mrs Olga MacInnes | 9–0 9–0 9–1 |
| Mrs A H Luttrell | Miss Betty Cooke + | w/o |
| Miss Margaret Bostwick | Mrs H Langman | 9–4 9–5 9–4 |
| Miss Elizabeth Glascock | Miss L Prest | w/o |
| Miss Joan Marquis | Miss S Toyne | 9–4 9–0 9–4 |
| Miss J Howard | Mrs D M Sinclair | 10–8 9–4 9–7 |
| Miss Frieda Scharman | Miss Marianne Toyne | 9–4 10–8 9–2 |
| Miss Anne Page + | Miss M Murdoch | 9–0 9–5 9–0 |
| Mrs A Vickers | Miss W Peile | 9–5 9–1 4–9 9–4 |
| Miss E M Browning | Miss B J Blanks | w/o |
| Mrs Margaret Dawnay | Miss A H Baker | 9–4 9–2 9–0 |
| Miss T King | Miss B E M Brett | 9–4 9–7 7–9 9–7 |
| Miss Eleonora Sears + | Miss Marjorie Raphael | 9–5 8–10 7–9 9–5 9–5 |
| Mrs E P Sewell | Mrs Penelope Durlac | 9–2 10–8 9–4 |
| Mrs R C Riseley | Miss I D Edwards | 9–1 9–1 2–9 5–9 9–2 |
| Miss R Berens | Miss S C Palmer | 9–3 7–9 1–9 9–2 10–8 |
| Miss Margaret Trehearne | Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr | 9–1 9–2 9–5 |
| Miss Susan Noel + | Mrs H J Stribling | 9–1 9–2 9–3 |
+ denotes seed

### Second round

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Lumb | Russell | 9–4 9–5 9–2 |
| Dalton-White | B Williams | 9–1 7–9 9–3 9–0 |
| Pearson | Berrill | 9–5 9–1 9–2 |
| Lytton-M | Cairns | 9–1 9–5 3–9 2–9 9–6 |
| Page | King | 7–9 9–5 9–2 9–7 |
| Vickers | Sears | 9–7 7–9 9–1 5–9 9–1 |
| Noel | Trehearne | 9–1 9–7 6–9 9–6 |
| Knox | Porter | 9–1 9–4 9–5 |
| Walker | Sandercock | 9–4 9–2 5–9 9–0 |
| Berens | Riseley | 9–5 9–2 9–4 |
| Sewell | Browning | 9–2 9–2 9–0 |
| Howard | Scharman | 9–7 9–4 9–2 |
| Glascock | Marquis | 9–5 9–1 9–3 |
| Bostwick | Luttrell | 9–7 9–1 9–0 |
| Dawnay | Riddell | 9–0 9–4 9–1 |
| Johnson–Taylor | Stone | 9–3 9–7 7–9 9–4 |

### Third round

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Lumb | Dawnay | 9–3 9–4 9–1 |
| Dalton–White | Johnson-Taylor | 6–9 9–4 6–9 9–0 9–3 |
| Knox | Pearson | 9–4 4–9 9–6 9–5 |
| Lytton-M | Walker | 9–0 9–3 9–1 |
| Glascock | Bostwick | 9–3 4–9 9–5 9–4 |
| Page | Howard | 9–1 9–3 9–5 |
| Sewell | Vickers | 10–8 10–9 4–9 9–4 |
| Noel | Berrens | 9–0 9–3 9–3 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Lumb | Dalton-White | 9–6 9–5 9–0 |
| Lytton–M | Knox | 4–9 5–9 9–2 9–6 9–0 |
| Page | Glascock | 10–9 9–3 4–9 9–6 |
| Noel | Sewell | 9–0 9–0 9–3 |

### Semi-finals

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Lumb | Lytton-M | 9–6 5–9 9–5 9–2 |
| Noel | Page | 9–0 9–4 9–2 |

### Final

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Lumb | Noel | 9–6 9–1 9–7 |
| Preceded by1938 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1939 | Succeeded by1947 |