# 1983 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1983 Women's Davies & Tate British Open Squash Championships was held at the Assembly Rooms in Derby from 6–14 April 1983. The event was won for the fourth consecutive year by Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman) who defeated Lisa Opie in a repeat of the 1982 final. Vicki Cardwell made the shock announcement that she was going to retire after the 1983 World Open. The Australian was serving a two-year team events ban in her home country following misconduct in the 1981 Women's World Open Squash Championship.

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Vicki Cardwell | Kerry Cawthorn | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Paula Anderson | S Abou El Magd | 9-1 9-1 9-1 |
| Alex Cowie | Gillian Winkler | 4-9 9-2 9-3 9-3 |
| Annette Pilling | Flavia Roberts | 9-1 9-3 4-9 10-9 |
| Sue Cogswell | Alison Cruikshank | 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
| Heather Wallace | B Bentham | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Barbara Diggens | Kim Faclier | 10-9 9-1 9-2 |
| Wendy Berry | S Lindsay | 5-9 9-2 9-7 7-9 9-5 |
| Martine Le Moignan | S Moore | 9-7 9-0 9-3 |
| Cath Bellemore | Carol Foulkes | 9-5 9-3 9-3 |
| Renee Auchamp | Karen Lever | 7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5 |
| Felicity Hargreaves | Sandra Wrench | 9-6 9-1 9-1 |
| Susan Devoy | Nicki Spurgeon | 9-7 5-9 9-1 9-2 |
| Claire Oxley | Sheila White | 9-2 9-0 9-1 |
| Alison Cumings | Tracy Cunliffe | 9-0 9-0 9-2 |
| Karen Butterworth | Barbara Lowans | 9-5 10-9 9-0 |
| Lisa Opie | Debby Ashby | 9-1 9-7 9-4 |
| Jayne Ashton | J Wilding | 9-7 9-1 9-3 |
| Jan Miller | Suzanne Burgess | 9-6 9-0 9-2 |
| Jacky Parsons | T Tikil | 9-1 9-5 9-0 |
| Robyn Blackwood | Donna Caldwell | 9-7 9-7 9-4 |
| Rebecca Best | Barbara Sanderson | 9-4 9-4 9-3 |
| Ruth Strauss | Deanna Murray | 3-9 9-2 9-2 9-5 |
| Melanie Warren-Hawkes | Wendy Cole | 9-7 9-6 9-7 |
| Angela Smith | Joyce Tuomey | 9-5 9-1 9-2 |
| L Houghton | Jill Benfield | 9-5 9-2 9-2 |
| Carin Clonda | G Hill | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Susan Carter | S Kipping | 9-4 7-9 9-5 9-3 |
| Rhonda Thorne | P Lusby | 9-2 9-0 9-0 |
| Jane Freeman | Magriet Luchs | 7-9 9-4 5-9 1-9 9-4 |
| Lynne Ferry | Eryi Emmanuel | 9-3 9-6 9-6 |
| Rae Anderson | Lucy Soutter | 9-7 7-9 9-3 9-5 |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Cardwell | Anderson P | 9-3 9-0 9-4 |
| Cowie | Pilling | |
| Cogswell | Wallace | 9-2 9-1 9-3 |
| Diggens | Berry | 9-0 9-0 9-1 |
| Le Moignan | Bellemore | 9-1 9-0 9-4 |
| Aucamp | Hargreaves | 9-1 9-2 9-3 |
| Devoy | Oxley | 9-1 9-2 9-1 |
| Cumings | Butterworth | 9-2 9-5 9-0 |
| Opie | Ashton | 9-5 9-5 9-4 |
| Miller | Parsons | 9-4 9-0 9-1 |
| Blackwood | Best | 9-1 9-4 9-3 |
| Strauss | Warren-Hawkes | 9-3 9-7 9-1 |
| Smith | Houghton | 9-2 9-1 9-4 |
| Clonda | Carter | 9-4 9-0 9-5 |
| Thorne | Freeman | 10-8 9-0 9-0 |
| Ferry | Anderson R | 9-2 9-3 9-7 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Cardwell | Cowie | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Cogswell | Diggens | 1-9 9-4 9-4 9-1 |
| Le Moignan | Aucamp | 9-1 9-3 9-4 |
| Devoy | Cumings | 5-9 6-9 9-6 9-1 9-6 |
| Opie | Miller | 9-0 5-9 9-5 9-2 |
| Blackwood | Strauss | 9-6 9-1 9-5 |
| Smith | Clonda | 9-5 7-9 8-10 9-3 9-5 |
| Thorne | Ferry | 9-1 10-8 9-3 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Cardwell | Cogswell | 9-1 9-3 9-2 |
| Le Moignan | Devoy | 9-6 9-0 3-9 9-2 |
| Opie | Blackwood | 9-2 9-4 9-4 |
| Smith | Thorne | 4-9 9-7 4-9 9-6 9-3 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Cardwell | Le Moignan | 9-1 9-2 9-10 9-3 |
| Opie | Smith | 0-9 9-5 9-6 9-7 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| Cardwell | Opie | 9-10 9-6 9-4 9-5 |