title: 1947 Women's British Open Squash Championship
text: # 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 |
  