1947 Women's British Open Squash Championship
# 1947 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1947 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 27 January - 2 February 1947. Joan Curry won her first title defeating Alice Teague in the final.

## Draw and results

### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Miss Joan Curry | | bye |
| Miss Janet Morgan | Mrs Lewis-Shaw | 9-5 9-0 9-0 |
| Mrs Alice Teague | Miss Pat Cowney | 9-0 9-4 9-4 |
| Mrs G F Powell | | bye |
| Miss Margaret Carlisle | Miss C Werner | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Miss Myriam De Borman | Miss Rachel Byrne | 9-7 9-1 9-6 |
| Miss Betty Cooke | Miss J Wilson | 9-3 9-1 9-0 |
| Miss E E Knox | Miss A de Kettenis | 9-1 9-0 9-2 |
| Miss A Taylor | | bye |
| Miss A Gowthorpe | Miss M Dens | 8-10 9-2 9-0 9-2 |
| Miss Barbara Knapp | Miss R Howard | 9-1 9-4 9-3 |
| Mrs V Leaky | | bye |
| Miss M Piper | Miss K M A Steele | 9-3 9-3 10-8 |
| Mrs A Smith | | bye |
| Miss B Cowderoy | | bye |
| Miss V M Ord | | bye |
| Mrs G Pottier | | bye |
| Miss Katherine Keith-Steele | Miss T Caldwell | 9-7 9-3 9-10 9-3 |
| Mrs A F B Standfast | Miss A Pratt | 9-5 10-8 9-3 |
| Mrs S Woodhouse | | bye |
| Mrs J Price | Miss G W James | 9-3 3-9 5-9 9-1 9-6 |
| Miss B Kentfield | Mrs D Morgan | 10-9 9-4 9-5 |
| Miss J Howard | | bye |
| Mrs M van der Elst | | bye |
| Mrs H S Hughes | | bye |
| Mrs J Bleasby | Sqd. Off. M M Sturge | 9-3 9-5 7-9 9-10 9-1 |
| Mrs H A Downey | Miss E Walker | 1-9 7-9 9-5 9-6 9-5 |
| Mrs H J Stribling | Miss I J Trangmer | 9-10 9-1 10-9 9-6 |
| Mrs W D Porter | | bye |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Curry | Pottier | 9-0 9-1 9-1 |
| Morgan | Keith-Steele | 9-0 9-1 9-0 |
| Teague | Standfast | 9-1 9-0 9-3 |
| Powell | Woodhouse | 9-0 9-0 9-0 |
| Carlisle | Price | 9-1 9-3 9-1 |
| Borman | Kentfield | 9-6 9-4 9-4 |
| Cooke | Howard | 9-2 9-5 9-4 |
| Knox | van der Elst | 9-0 9-0 9-4 |
| Taylor | Hughes | 9-0 9-1 9-4 |
| Gowthorpe | Bleasby | 2-9 9-3 9-3 9-0 |
| Knapp | Downey | 9-1 2-9 9-1 9-6 |
| Piper | Stribling | 9-4 9-0 9-0 |
| Ord | Porter | 9-2 9-1 7-9 9-2 |
| Smith | | bye |
| Cowderoy | | bye |
| Leakey | | bye |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Curry | Taylor | 9-0 9-1 9-0 |
| Morgan | Gowthorpe | 9-4 9-0 9-1 |
| Teague | Knapp | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Powell | Leakey | 9-2 9-0 9-2 |
| Piper | Carlisle | 9-5 9-10 9-4 9-4 |
| De Borman | Ord | 9-1 10-8 9-3 |
| Cooke | Cowderoy | 9-0 9-3 9-1 |
| Knox | Smith | 9-2 9-1 9-3 |

### Quarter-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Piper | De Borman | 2-9 9-3 9-7 9-4 |
| Curry | Knox | 6-9 9-1 9-2 9-5 |
| Teague | Morgan | 7-9 3-9 9-2 9-4 9-2 |
| Powell | Cooke | 9-6 9-3 0-9 9-0 |

### Semi-finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Teague | Powell | 8-10 9-1 9-1 9-4 |
| Curry | Piper | 9-1 9-2 9-2 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Curry | Teague | 9-3 10-9 9-5 |
| Preceded by1939 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1947 | Succeeded by1948 |
