# 1975 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1975 Women's Langham Life Assurance British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 28 February - 6 March 1975. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her fourteenth consecutive title defeating Marion Jackman in the final. The domination shown by Heather McKay was evident in the fact that she remained unbeaten in any competition since December 1962.

## Seeds

* Heather McKay (née Blundell)
* Marion Jackman
Sue Cogswell
Sue Newman
Margaret Zachariah
Jean Wilson
Teresa Lawes

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Heather McKay | Mary Rust | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Marion Jackman | D Allen | 9-2 9-1 9-3 |
| Sue Cogswell | Geraldine Barniville | 7-9 9-4 9-3 8-10 9-3 |
| Sue Newman | Di Fuller | 9-4 9-3 9-2 |
| Margaret Zachariah | A H Morris | 9-2 9-0 9-2 |
| Chris van Nierop | E Popplewell | 9-1 9-4 9-3 |
| Lyle Hubinger | A Manley | 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
| Jane Courtney | J Cartwright | 9-1 9-0 9-2 |
| Teresa Lawes | Soraya Haye | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Jean Wilson | Ann Price | 9-0 9-5 9-2 |
| Karen Gardner | P Leneham | 9-1 9-0 9-4 |
| Carol Murray | S Vesperinan | 9-2 9-2 9-5 |
| Fran Marshall | Jane Pritchett | 9-7 9-1 9-2 |
| Claire Chapman | V Corbett | 9-4 9-0 9-6 |
| Valerie Bridgens | L Morrison | 9-4 9-7 9-4 |
| Clair Richards | J McColl | 2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
| Dorothy Armstrong | L M Pyke | 9-4 9-6 9-4 |
| Deanna Murray | Jayne Ashton | 6-9 9-7 9-6 9-2 |
| Lesley Moore | Jane Poynder | 6-9 9-4 9-3 9-2 |
| Janet Ward | S Parker | 9-2 9-3 9-0 |
| Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane) | H James | 9-6 9-2 9-3 |
| Irene Hewitt | H Campbell | 9-4 9-0 9-6 |
| Ann Jee | J Macey | 9-4 9-0 9-3 |
| S Dunford | Vivian Grisogono | 9-4 8-10 9-6 9-3 |
| Sue Pexman | Barbara Sanderson | 2-9 6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2 |
| S Peach | J Lynas | 9-6 9-4 9-3 |
| Dianne Corbett | S Findlay | 9-2 7-9 9-0 9-0 |
| J Sheasby | Janet Ledger | 9-1 9-7 6-9 9-6 |
| Janice Wainwright | Ruth Turner | 9-6 9-1 9-0 |
| Carol Machin | S Warnes | 9-2 4-9 9-6 9-1 |
| Theo Veltman | | |
| Joyce Maycock | | |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Richards | w/o |
| Jackman | Maycock | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| Cogswell | Armstrong | 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
| Newman | Murray | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| Zachariah | Moore | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| van Nierop | Ward | 9-0 9-2 9-1 |
| Hubinger | Reynolds | 9-2 9-2 9-2 |
| Courtney | Hewitt | 5-9 9-6 7-9 5-9 |
| Lawes | Jee | 9-4 5-9 9-1 9-2 |
| Wilson | Dunford | 9-1 9-0 9-4 |
| Gardner | Pexman | 9-2 9-4 9-7 |
| Murray C | Peach | 9-2 9-4 9-2 |
| Marshall | Corbett | 9-5 9-4 9-2 |
| Chapman | Sheasby | 9-5 9-1 0-9 9-3 |
| Bridgens | Wainwright | 4-9 9-5 9-7 2-9 9-0 |
| Veltman | Machin | 5-9 9-2 9-0 9-7 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Murray | 9-1 9-0 9-0 |
| Jackman | Bridgens | 9-1 9-3 9-10 9-1 |
| Newman | Gardner | 9-2 9-1 9-5 |
| Zachariah | Veltman | 4-9 9-5 9-2 9-0 |
| Van Nierop | Lawes | 9-6 9-5 2-9 9-2 |
| Hewitt | Marshall | 9-1 9-5 5-9 9-1 |
| Hubinger | Wilson | 9-6 9-7 9-0 |
| Cogswell | Chapman | 10-8 9-1 9-3 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Van Nierop | 9-1 9-2 9-0 |
| Jackman | Hewitt | 9-5 9-2 9-2 |
| Newman | Hubinger | 9-5 9-1 10-8 |
| Zachariah | Cogswell | 9-1 9-5 9-3 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Zachariah | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Jackman | Newman | 7-9 9-4 9-10 9-1 9-6 |

### Third-place play-off

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Newman | Zachariah | 9-1 9-6 6-9 9-7 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| McKay | Jackman | 9-3 9-1 9-5 |
| Preceded by1974 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1975 | Succeeded by1976 |