title: 1996 Women's British Open Squash Championship
text: # 1996 Women's British Open Squash Championship
  
  The 1996 Leekes British Open Squash Championships was held at the Welsh Institute of Sport with the later stages being held at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff from 1–7 April 1996. The event was won by Michelle Martin for the fourth consecutive year defeating Sarah Fitzgerald in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Michelle Martin
  * Sarah Fitzgerald
  * Liz Irving
  * Cassie Jackman
  * Carol Owens
  * Suzanne Horner (née Burgess)
  * Sabine Schoene
  * Fiona Geaves
  * Sue Wright
  * Jane Martin
  * Claire Nitch
  * Philippa Beams
  * Rebecca Macree
  * Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman)
  * Leilani Marsh
  
  ## Draw and results
  
  ### Qualifying round
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alison Wray | Sarah Cook | 5–9 9–4 6–9 9–5 9–3 |
  | Tracey Shenton | Claire Fleetwood | 9–0 9–5 10–8 |
  | Angelique Clifton-Parks | Hugoline Van Hoorn | 5–9 9–6 9–6 9–2 |
  | Janie Thacker | Salma Shabana | 10–8 9–7 9–1 |
  | Sabine Baum | Danielle Drady | 9–4 10–9 1–9 10–8 |
  | Rachael Grinham | Stephanie Brind | 9–2 9–5 5–9 9–6 |
  | Donna Vardy | Corinne Castets | 7–9 9–6 9–3 9–6 |
  | Janine Hickey | Pauline Nicholl | 4–9 3–9 9–6 7–6 ret |
  
  ### First round
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Michelle Martin | Angelique Clifton Parks | 9–1 9–0 9–2 |
  | Sarah Fitzgerald | Natarsha Tippett | 9–0 9–2 9–0 |
  | Liz Irving | Sabine Baum | 9–0 9–5 9–0 |
  | Cassie Jackman | Linda Charman | 9–4 9–0 9–5 |
  | Carol Owens | Janine Hickey | 9–1 0–8 9–5 |
  | Suzanne Horner | Alison Wray | 4–9 9–0 9–0 9–0 |
  | Sabine Schoene | Toni Weeks | 9–4 9–4 9–3 |
  | Fiona Geaves | Janie Thacker | 9–5 9–1 9–6 |
  | Sue Wright | Donna Vardy | 9–1 9–3 9–1 |
  | Jane Martin | Heather Wallace | 9–2 9–2 9–2 |
  | Claire Nitch | Senga Macfie | 9–3 9–6 9–0 |
  | Philippa Beams | Tracey Shenton | 9–1 9–2 9–5 |
  | Robyn Cooper | Rachael Grinham | 9–3 9–2 9–7 |
  | Rebecca Macree | Donia Leeves | 9–6 9–4 9–5 |
  | Vicki Cardwell (née Hoffman) | Meeghan Bell | 9–7 9–2 10–8 |
  | Leilani Marsh | Jade Wilson | 9–3 9–2 9–5 |
  
  ### Second round
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Martin M | Cooper | 9–1 9–3 9–3 |
  | Horner | Nitch | 9–4 9–2 0–9 9–7 |
  | Martin J | Schoene | 9–5 9–2 7–9 9–6 |
  | Irving | Beams | 9–2 9–2 9–0 |
  | Fitzgerald | Wright | 3–9 9–7 9–5 10–9 |
  | Owens | Marsh | 9–4 9–2 9–2 |
  | Geaves | Macree | 9–5 9–0 9–0 |
  | Jackman | Cardwell | 9–1 9–5 9–6 |
  
  ### Quarter-finals
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Martin M | Horner | 9–6 9–1 9–3 |
  | Martin J | Irving | 9–2 6–9 5–9 9–7 9–2 |
  | Fitzgerald | Owens | 9–2 9–3 9–1 |
  | Geaves | Jackman | 4–9 9–3 6–9 9–6 9–4 |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Martin M | Martin J | 9–4 9–7 9–4 |
  | Fitzgerald | Geaves | 9–7 9–2 9–1 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Player One | Player Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Martin | Fitzgerald | 9–4 9–7 9–5 |
  