# 1985 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1985 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at East Grinstead, West Sussex with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 15–23 April 1985. The event was won for the second consecutive year by Susan Devoy who defeated Martine Le Moignan in the final.

## Seeds

* Susan Devoy
* Martine Le Moignan
* Lisa Opie
* Jan Miller
* Rhonda Thorne - withdrew from tournament
* Alison Cumings
* Lucy Soutter
* Heather Wallace

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Susan Devoy | Samantha Langley | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Senga Macfie | Joanne Ferry | 10-8 9-1 9-1 |
| Nicki Spurgeon | Sarah Stone | 9-1 9-1 9-7 |
| Frances Candy | Brona Conway | 9-6 9-7 5-9 9-2 |
| Heather Wallace | Babette Hoogendoorn | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| Donna Gurran | Sandra Wrench | 9-0 9-7 9-7 |
| Robyn Blackwood | Wendy Cole | 9-2 9-0 9-0 |
| Ruth Strauss | Barbara Hartmann | 9-2 9-6 10-8 |
| Jan Miller | Fiona Geaves | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Debbie Turnbull | Hilary Tudor | 9-2 94- 9-5 |
| Mary Byrne | B Boddington | 9-4 9-0 9-5 |
| Robyn Belford | Joyce Toumey | 9-4 9-1 9-0 |
| Angela Smith | Linda McClure | 9-3 9-4 9-4 |
| Karen Butterworth | Barbara Lowans | 9-2 9-4 9-1 |
| Robyn Friday | Cindy Robarts | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Noel Tracey | T Davey | 9-5 7-9 10-8 9-2 |
| Martine Le Moignan | Lynn Ferry | 9-1 9-1 9-3 |
| Barbara Diggens | Janet Partington | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
| Suzanne Burgess | Heather Rutt | 9-4 9-5 9-0 |
| Carol Kennewell | Rebecca Best | 9-0 9-3 9-5 |
| Lucy Soutter | Jane Parker | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Tracy Cunliffe | Susan Lawrence | 9-0 9-5 9-0 |
| Liz Irving | Claire Candy | 9-3 10-8 5-9 9-7 |
| Donna Caldwell | Carol Machin | 9-1 9-0 9-3 |
| Lisa Opie | Joyce Leach | 9-2 9-0 9-0 |
| Alex Cowie | | |
| Sue Cogswell | Mandy Sommers | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Michelle Toon | Flavia Roberts | 9-0 9-7 9-10 4-9 9-4 |
| Alison Cumings | Eryi Emmanuel | 9-2 9-1 9-1 |
| Carin Clonda | Annette Pilling | 9-0 9-5 9-3 |
| Rae Anderson | Sheila White | 9-1 9-3 9-3 |
| Sharon Bradey | Melanie Warren-Hawkes | 5-9 3-9 9-2 9-5 9-7 |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Macfie | 9-3 9-0 9-1 |
| Spurgeon | Candy | 9-7 9-2 9-0 |
| Wallace | Gurran | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Blackwood | Strauss | 1-9 9-4 9-3 6-9 |
| Miller | Turnbull | 9-5 9-2 9-2 |
| Byrne | Belford | 9-7 9-1 6-9 6-9 9-4 |
| Smith | Butterworth | 9-0 9-3 3-9 9-6 |
| Friday | Tracey | 9-0 9-1 9-0 |
| Le Moignan | Diggens | 9-1 9-0 9-3 |
| Burgess | Kennewell | 9-7 9-0 6-9 9-1 |
| Soutter | Cunliffe | 9-6 9-4 9-5 |
| Irving | Caldwell | 10-8 9-6 0-9 4-9 9-5 |
| Opie | Cowie | 9-5 9-3 9-6 |
| Cogswell | Toon | 9-1 9-2 7-9 10-8 |
| Cumings | Clonda | 9-2 9-3 9-2 |
| Anderson | Bradey | 9-5 9-0 9-6 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Spurgeon | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Wallace | Blackwood | 9-4 9-0 9-2 |
| Miller | Byrne | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Smith | Friday | 9-1 9-3 10-9 |
| Le Moignan | Burgess | 9-3 9-4 9-4 |
| Soutter | Irving | 9-5 8-10 9-2 9-0 |
| Opie | Cogswell | 7-9 5-9 9-6 9-1 10-9 |
| Cumings | Anderson | 9-3 9-7 9-4 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Wallace | 9-4 3-9 10-8 9-1 |
| Miller | Smith | 9-2 9-1 9-7 |
| Le Moignan | Soutter | 4-9 6-9 9-6 9-1 9-3 |
| Opie | Cumings | 9-5 4-9 7-9 10-9 9-3 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Miller | 9-2 9-0 9-5 |
| Le Moignan | Opie | 10-9 9-7 9-7 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Devoy | Le Moignan | 9-6 5-9 9-6 9-5 |