The 1978 Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at Wembley in London from 24 February - 2 March 1978. Heather McKay (née Blundell) announced that she was semi-retired and would not compete in the British Open again after a remarkable run of sixteen consecutive title wins. The 1978 event was won by Sue Newman who defeated Vicky Hoffman in the final.^[1][2]

Seeds

Draw and results

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First round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Sue Cogswell
Sue Newman	Eve Methven	9-3 9-4 9-7
Margaret Zachariah	Vivian Grisogono	9-1 9-5 9-5
Vicki Hoffman	J Jester	9-0 9-0 9-0
Anne Smith	Theo Johnson	9-4 9-3 9-4
Barbara Wall	Tina Dahl	9-0 9-0 9-4
Angela Smith
Lyle Hubinger	E Bowles	9-0 9-3 9-2
Barbara Diggens	Janet Honeycombe	9-0 10-8 9-1
Rhonda Shapland	Fran Marshall	10-8 3-9 9-6 0-3
Jenny Webster
Pam Buckingham
Lesley Moore
Irene Hewitt
J Sutton
Katerina Due-Boje
Robyn Davis
Jane Wood
Deanna Murray
A F Morris
J Malan
J Griffiths
S Dunford
Jayne Ashton
Teresa Lawes
Joyce Maycock

Second round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Cogswell
Newman	Wood	9-4 9-5 9-6
Zachariah	Murray	9-4 9-7 9-2
Hoffman	Dunford	9-4 9-2 9-0
Smith Anne	Malan	9-0 9-1 9-0
Wall	Griffiths	9-3 9-0 9-3
Smith Angela
Hubinger	Morris	9-1 9-2 9-2
Webster	Hewitt	7-9 9-5 9-0 9-3
Buckingham	Sutton	9-2 9-1 9-2
Shapland	Due-Boje	9-4 9-0 9-5
Moore	Davis	9-6 5-9 9-5 9-1
Maycock
Ashton
Diggens
Lawes

Third round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Cogswell	Moore	9-1 9-5 9-0
Newman	Maycock	9-0 9-5 9-1
Zachariah	Shapland	7-9 0-9 2-9
Hoffman	Webster	9-0 9-4 9-3
Smith Anne	Ashton	7-9 10-8 8-10 6-9
Wall	Diggens	1-9 9-6 10-9 9-5
Smith Angela	Lawes	9-3 9-4 9-1
Hubinger	Buckingham	9-2 5-9 9-5 9-4

Quarter finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Cogswell	Hubinger	9-6 9-5 9-3
Newman	Smith Angela	9-2 9-1 9-7
Hoffman	Ashton	9-1 9-0 9-4
Wall	Shapland	3-9 4-9 8-10

Semi finals

Player One	Player Two	Score
Newman	Shapland	9-5 6-9 10-9 9-4
Hoffman	Cogswell	9-6 9-5 9-3

Final

Player One	Player Two	Score
Newman	Hoffman	9-4 9-7 9-2

References