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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.

Seeds

1. Sue Cogswell
2. Sue Newman
3. Margaret Zachariah
4. Vicki Hoffman
5. Anne Smith
6. Barbara Wall
7. Angela Smith
8. Lyle Hubinger

Draw and results

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

1. "Times Archives 1978 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "1978 british Open". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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