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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

References

1. "Times Archives 1947 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

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