1968 Women's British Open Squash Championship
# 1968 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1968 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 16–22 February 1968. Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her seventh consecutive title by defeating Bev Johnson in the final.

## Seeds

* Heather McKay
* Bev Johnson
* Ann Price
* Sheila Macintosh
* Mrs Gay Erskine
* Mrs Jill Eckstein
* Sylvia McClure
* Miss Denise Holton

## Draw and results

### First round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Heather McKay (née Blundell) | A Williams | 9–0 9–1 9–0 |
| Bev Johnson | R Riley | 9–5 9–4 9–0 |
| Ann Price | P A Brown | 9–0 9–1 9–0 |
| Mrs Gay Erskine | E Lendrum | 9–2 9–7 9–1 |
| Mrs Jill Eckstein | A Geddes | 9–0 9–0 9–0 |
| Sylvia McClure | E Taylor | 9–2 9–0 9–6 |
| R F Turner | E Carnegie | 4–9 9–7 4–9 9–6 9–1 |
| A Norval | Tessa Lawrence | 9–7 3–9 10–9 9–6 |
| Peggy Mason | Daphne Portway | 3–9 9–4 1–9 10–9 |
| Margaret Burke | Di Fuller | 9–6 9–7 9–4 |
| Miss Marcia Roche | J Whitehead | 9–3 9–1 9–1 |
| I V Sanderson | M A Young | 9–1 9–1 9–1 |
| Sheila Cooper | K Gardner | 9–5 9–1 9–6 |
| Claire Chapman | J Mortlock | 9–3 9–4 9–1 |
| Miss Cathy Van Veen | V Manning | 9–0 9–0 9–4 |
| Sheila Ervin | E M Boswell | 9–0 9–6 9–1 |
| Ursula Smith | S Broadway | 9–3 9–1 9–1 |
| M Makower | J Hedges | w/o |
| A Bixler | C Heath | 9–7 9–7 9–1 |
| Dianne Corbett | Janet Ledger | 9–0 9–2 9–2 |
| Mary Alan | Bobs Whitehead | 6–9 1–9 1–8 ret |
| Bronwyn Barton | Goldie Edwards | 9–6 1–9 9–4 10–8 |

### Second round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) | Miss Marcia Roche | 9–3 5–9 9–7 2–9 7–9 |

### Third round

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| McKay | Barton | 9–0 9–0 9–3 |
| Johnson | McMullen | 9–0 9–3 9–0 |
| Price | Allnut | 3–9 0–9 9–1 6–9 |
| Erskine | Cooper | 9–2 9–2 9–7 |
| Eckstein | Chapman | 1–9 9–0 6–9 9–3 9–6 |
| McClure | Van Veen | 0–9 8–10 3–9 |
| Holton | Ervin | 9–1 9–0 9–2 |
| Roche | Burke | 9–5 9–5 9–5 |

### Quarter–finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| McKay | Holton | 9–2 9–0 9–0 |
| Johnson | Van Veen | 9–1 9–0 0–9 9–2 |
| Allnut | Eckstein | 9–7 9–6 9–7 |
| Erskine | Roche | 9–5 3–9 9–6 9–6 |

### Semi–finals

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Heather McKay | Gay Erskine | 9–0 9–0 9–0 |
| Bev Johnson | Allnut | 9–10 9–4 9–2 9–1 |

### Final

| Player one | Player two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Heather McKay | Bev Johnson | 9–0 9–0 9–0 |
| Preceded by1967 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1968 | Succeeded by1969 |
