# 1949 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1949 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 10–16 January 1949. Joan Curry won her third title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.

## Seeds

Janet Morgan
Betty Hilton
Margaret Carlisle
Margot Harris
Myriam De Borman

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Janet Morgan * | bye |
| Joan Curry * | Miss T Stevenson | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
| Mrs Betty Hilton* | Sqd. Off. M M Sturge | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| Miss Margaret Carlisle* | Mrs D Hobson | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs Margot Harris * | Miss U Trott | 9-6 9-2 9-4 |
| Miss Myriam De Borman* | Miss M J Mayer | 9-2 9-2 9-0 |
| Miss G W James | Miss M A Travers | w/o |
| Miss Betty Cooke * | Miss K Abbot | 9-3 9-1 9-2 |
| Miss Audrey Bates | Junior Cdr. Daphne Portway | 9-3 9-7 9-2 |
| Miss Pat Cowney | Mrs M B Lewis | 9-4 9-5 9-1 |
| Mrs D F Morgan | Mrs A E Timson | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |
| Mrs M S Armytage-MacDonald | Miss D Castle | 7-6 ret hurt |
| Sheila Speight | Miss S C Palmer | 9-1 9-6 9-4 |
| Mrs J L C Cox | Mrs M Pacquet | 9-7 9-0 9-0 |
| Miss A L Isaac | Mrs E Van der Elst | w/o |
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend | Mrs F M Edmonds | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Mrs J Hall | Mrs G E Baker | 9-1 9-7 9-0 |
| Rosemary Walsh | Miss K M A Steele | 9-7 9-6 9-1 |
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert | Mrs H J Stribling | 9-10 9-1 9-6 10-8 |
| Miss M A Iling | Miss J M Broad | 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6 |
| Miss A V M Isaac | Mrs M Richards | 9-0 9-2 9-2 |
| Mrs M Anthony-Davies | Mrs W D Porter | 9-6 9-4 9-1 |
| Mrs M M Bourne | Mrs Alice Teague* | w/o |
| Miss A A Hodges | Miss Kay Tuckey | 9-4 10-8 9-7 |
| Miss M H Palmer | Miss Nelly Glamonna | 9-2 9-6 9-6 |
| Miss V Ord | 2/O N A Swainson | 5-9 9-4 9-7 9-4 |
| Mrs Violet St Clair Morford | Miss P R Sutherland | 9-7 9-5 9-10 9-4 |
| Mrs J B Parker | Mrs D Liddell | w/o |
| Mrs M Van Laer | Miss R McClenaghan | 9-0 9-1 5-9 10-8 |
| Mrs A Mostyn | Mrs H A Downey | 6-9 9-2 7-9 9-2 9-1 |
| Mrs J Rathbone | Peggy Dawson-Scott | w/o |
| Mrs J Pottier | Sub. M Walker ATS | 9-7 6-9 6-9 9-4 9-3 |
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### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Curry | Hall | 9-2 9-5 9-4 |
| Morgan J | Walsh | 9-1 9-1 9-0 |
| Hilton | Lacy-Hulbert | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Carlisle | Iling | 9-0 9-2 9-0 |
| Harris | A L Isaac | 9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| De Borman | Anthony-Davies | 9-2 9-0 9-3 |
| James | Bourne | 10-8 5 6 |
| Cooke | Hodges | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Bates | Palmer | 9-2 9-3 9-1 |
| Cowney | Ord | 9-0 9-4 9-6 |
| Morgan D F | St Clair Morford | 9-2 9-7 4-9 9-7 |
| Armytage-M | Parker | 9-1 9-0 9-5 |
| Speight | Van Laer | 9-0 9-3 9-2 |
| Cox | Mostyn | 9-4 9-6 9-4 |
| A V M Isaac | Rathbone | 9-7 3-9 0-9 9-3 9-7 |
| Townsend | Pottier | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Curry | Bates | 9-4 9-1 9-2 |
| Morgan J | Isaac | 9-3 9-2 9-3 |
| Hilton | Townsend | 9-2 4-9 9-2 9-4 |
| Carlisle | Cowney | 9-0 9-4 6-9 9-1 |
| Harris | Cox | 9-2 9-1 9-2 |
| De Borman | Armytage-M | 9-7 6-9 9-5 9-2 |
| James | Speight | 4-9 9-4 10-8 9-2 |
| Cooke | Morgan D F | 9-5 9-1 9-6 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Harris | 9-0 9-3 9-2 |
| Curry | De Borman | 9-1 9-1 9-7 |
| Hilton | James | 9-4 9-4 9-3 |
| Carlisle | Cooke | 9-0 9-6 9-2 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Morgan | Hilton | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
| Curry | Carlisle | 0-9 9-2 9-0 9-0 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Curry | Morgan | 2-9 9-3 10-8 9-0 |
| Preceded by1948 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1949 | Succeeded by1950 |