# 1986 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1986 Hi-Tec Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at East Grinstead and the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 14–22 April 1986. Susan Devoy won her third consecutive title defeating Lisa Opie in the final.

## Seeds

* Susan Devoy
* Lucy Soutter
* Lisa Opie
* Martine Le Moignan
* Heather Wallace
* Alison Cumings
* Liz Irving
* Suzanne Burgess
* Angela Smith
* Carin Clonda
* Tracey Smith
* Vicki Cardwell
* Robyn Friday
* Rae Anderson
* Carol Kennewell
* Donna Gurran

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Susan Devoy | Sue Wright | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Lucy Soutter | Rachael Taylor | 9-5 9-0 9-1 |
| Lisa Opie | Keera Scanlan | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Martine Le Moignan | Joyce Leach | 9-2 9-1 9-0 |
| Heather Wallace | Samantha Langley | 9-1 9-3 9-1 |
| Alison Cumings | Janet Partington | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Liz Irving | Carol Foulkes | 9-0 9-2 9-6 |
| Suzanne Burgess | Heather Rutt | 9-3 9-3 9-5 |
| Angela Smith | Paula Anderson | 9-1 9-4 0-9 9-7 |
| Carin Clonda | Frances Candy | 9-3 9-0 9-7 |
| Tracey Smith | Sarah Stone | 9-6 9-0 9-2 |
| Vicki Cardwell | Sandra James | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Robyn Friday | Wendy Cole | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |
| Rae Anderson | Carol Machin | 10-8 9-6 9-2 |
| Carol Kennewell | Wendy Berry | 9-0 9-2 9-7 |
| Donna Gurran | Joyce Tuomey | 9-5 9-1 9-0 |
| Melanie Warren-Hawkes | Lesley Moore | 9-0 9-7 9-1 |
| Liz Brown | Janice Cook | 7-9 9-1 9-1 9-3 |
| Karen Butterworth | Tuula Myllyniemi | 9-6 9-4 3-9 8-10 9-3 |
| Barbara Diggens | Barbara Lowans | 9-0 9-3 6-9 9-3 |
| Claire Oxley | Susan Lawrence | 9-1 9-3 9-3 |
| Senga Macfie | Pauline Nicholl | 9-4 7-9 9-7 9-6 |
| Mary Jo Reid | Annette Pilling | 9-6 10-8 9-4 |
| Ruth Strauss | Deanna Murray | 9-1 9-3 9-1 |
| Rebecca Best | Noel Tracey | 10-8 9-2 6-9 9-3 |
| Marjorie Burke | Flavia Roberts | 9-3 2-9 9-2 9-2 |
| Alex Cowie | Jane Reeves | 9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| Donna Caldwell | Sandra Wrench | 9-3 9-2 9-5 |
| Fiona Geaves | S Burfoot | 9-1 9-5 9-1 |
| Michelle Toon | Susanne Nyberg | 9-1 9-2 9-3 |
| Jill Benfield | Sheila White | 9-1 9-7 9-4 |
| Sharon Bradey | Claire Candy | 9-1 9-0 9-2 |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Warren-Hawkes | 9-4 9-0 9-7 |
| Soutter | Benfield | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Opie | Caldwell | 9-1 9-1 9-6 |
| Le Moignan | Oxley | 9-3 9-0 9-3 |
| Wallace | Reid | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Cumings | Burke | 9-0 9-6 9-3 |
| Irving | Geaves | 9-3 9-2 9-6 |
| Burgess | Butterworth | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Smith A | Strauss | 9-5 8-10 9-2 5-9 5-9 |
| Clonda | Macfie | 2-9 8-10 6-9 |
| Smith T | Bradey | 9-7 4-9 9-1 9-4 |
| Cardwell | Troon | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Friday | Diggens | 9-4 9-5 9-1 |
| Anderson | Brown | 10-8 5-9 10-8 1-9 6-9 |
| Kennewell | Best | 9-2 9-6 3-9 9-5 |
| Gurran | Cowie | 9-2 9-3 0-9 8-10 9-3 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Brown | 9-3 9-4 9-1 |
| Soutter | Cardwell | 9-7 9-7 9-6 |
| Opie | Gurran | 9-2 9-0 9-5 |
| Le Moignan | Macfie | 9-2 9-3 9-2 |
| Wallace | Strauss | 9-0 9-7 9-3 |
| Cumings | Kennewell | 9-5 7-9 9-0 9-0 |
| Irving | Smith T | 9-1 5-9 9-1 9-6 |
| Burgess | Friday | 9-7 9-3 9-5 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Burgess | 9-4 9-0 9-0 |
| Soutter | Irving | 9-4 3-9 10-8 9-1 |
| Opie | Cumings | 9-2 8-10 10-8 9-7 |
| Le Moignan | Wallace | 10-8 9-3 9-7 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Le Moignan | 9-6 10-8 9-3 |
| Soutter | Opie | 9-5 10-9 1-9 3-9 2-9 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Opie | 9-4 9-2 9-3 |
| Preceded by1985 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1986 | Succeeded by1987 |