1985 Women's World Open Squash Championship

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Women's World Open 1985
5th WISPA World Squash Championship
Location Flag of Ireland.svg   Dublin, Ireland
Date(s)August 25–30, 1985
WISPA World Tour
Category World Open
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champion Flag of New Zealand.svg Susan Devoy
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runner-up Flag of England.svg Lisa Opie
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Semi-finalists Flag of Guernsey.svg Martine Le Moignan
Flag of England.svg Lucy Soutter
  1983 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 1987  

The 1985 Women's 7-Up World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1985 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Dublin in Ireland during August 1985. Susan Devoy won the World Open title, defeating Lisa Opie in the final. [1] [2]

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of New Zealand.svg Susan Devoy (Champion)
  2. Flag of Guernsey.svg Martine Le Moignan (Semifinals)
  3. Flag of Guernsey.svg Lisa Opie (Final)
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Miller (Quarterfinals)

Draw and results

Second roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finals
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Susan Devoy 9 9 9
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Barbara Hartmann 0 0 0 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Devoy 6 9 9 9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tracey Smith 9 9 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Smith T 9 1 2 2
Flag of the United States.svg Gail Ramsay 0 4 3 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Devoy 9 9 9
Flag of England.svg Angela Smith 9 10 2 10 9 Flag of England.svg Smith 3 4 0
Flag of England.svg Alex Cowie 10 8 9 8 4 Flag of England.svg Smith A 9 8 9 9
Flag of New Zealand.svg Donna Gurran 7 7 9 9 10 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gurran 4 10 7 0
Flag of New Zealand.svg Robyn Blackwood 9 9 5 2 8 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Devoy 9 9 9
Flag of England.svg Lucy Soutter 9 9 9 Flag of England.svg Soutter 2 5 1
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg S Bromhead 1 1 0 Flag of England.svg Soutter 9 7 9 4 9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carin Clonda 9 9 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clonda 5 9 7 9 6
Flag of England.svg Tracy Cunliffe 3 2 5 Flag of England.svg Soutter 9 10 9
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Miller 9 9 9 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Miller 0 8 3
Flag of England.svg Sheila White 6 5 1 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Miller 5 6 9 9 9 Final
Flag of Ireland.svg Mary Byrne 5 9 9 6 9 Flag of Ireland.svg Byrne 9 9 0 1 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danielle Drady 9 5 2 9 3 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Devoy 9 9 10
2 Flag of Guernsey.svg Martine Le Moignan 9 9 9 3 Flag of Guernsey.svg Opie 4 5 8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michelle Martin 0 0 2 2 Flag of Guernsey.svg Le Moignan 9 9 9
Flag of England.svg Fiona Geaves 9 9 10 Flag of England.svg Geaves 0 3 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joyce Maycock 2 5 8 2 Flag of Guernsey.svg Le Moignan 3 9 9 9
Flag of Scotland.svg Heather Wallace 9 9 9 Flag of Scotland.svg Wallace 9 1 2 6
Flag of Ireland.svg Caroline McCullough 0 0 4 Flag of Scotland.svg Wallace 9 9 7 9
Flag of England.svg Sue Cogswell 9 8 10 10 Flag of England.svg Cogswell 6 5 9 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Fitzgerald 6 10 8 8 2 Flag of Guernsey.svg Le Moignan 6 9 3 5
3 Flag of Guernsey.svg Lisa Opie 9 9 9 3 Flag of Guernsey.svg Opie 9 7 9 9
Flag of New Zealand.svg Gillian Oakley 1 1 1 3 Flag of Guernsey.svg Opie 9 10 9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robyn Friday 9 9 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Friday 3 9 5
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Dawn Olsen 1 1 0 3 Flag of Guernsey.svg Opie 9 9 5 9
Flag of England.svg Alison Cumings 9 9 9 Flag of England.svg Cumings 2 4 9 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sally-Anne Robbie 3 0 3 Flag of England.svg Cumings 9 9 9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Diane Davis 9 9 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Davis 5 7 5
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Magriet Luchs 4 1 1

Notes

Susan Devoy won her first World Open and would go on to win four in total.

See also

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References

  1. "Womens Squash World Open 1985".
  2. "World Open Squash". Sydney Morning Herald page 23.
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1985
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