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The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951.
Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.

Seeds

1. Janet Morgan
2. Joan Curry
3. Margot Harris
4. Audrey Bates - withdrew

A V M Isaac
Marjorie Townsend
Helen Lacy-Hulbert

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Janet Morgan (*1)		bye
Joan Curry (*2)		bye
Mrs E Vanner		bye
Miss Nelly Glamonna		bye
Mrs H A Downey		bye
Mrs J L C Cox		bye
Mrs R Nagle		bye
Mrs M Richards		bye
Mrs Marjorie Townsend*	Mrs A E Timson	9-0 9-2 9-2
Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert *	Miss K A Abbott	9-2 9-5 9-4
Mrs Margot Harris (*3)	3/O J M Morgan	9-1 9-0 9-0
Miss A V M Isaac*	Mrs T Veith-Brown	9-2 9-0 9-1
Mrs J E Manning	Miss S C Palmer	9-2 9-4 9-4
Miss M H Palmer	L/Wren A Tate	9-4 9-0 10-8
Sheila Speight	Mrs Margaret Dawnay	9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5
Mrs M B Lewis	Miss H Selkirk-Wells	9-0 9-0 9-0
Mrs D Cooper	Mrs J Mills	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss M Gowthorpe	Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton	9-5 9-0 9-4
Miss J Capes	Miss L Jackson	1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6
Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	Miss Rachel Byrne *	9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7
Mrs J M Hall	Rosemary Walsh	9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9
Mrs M Cunneen	Fru Ellen Kaas	9-4 9-0 9-2
Mrs H J Stribling	Mrs G Riggall	9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4
Miss Margaret Morgan	Mrs R B Hawkey	9-2 9-0 10-9
Miss Katherine Keith-Steele	Miss Linda Winkel	9-3 9-6 9-0
Miss P Marshall	2/O H M Jones	9-5 9-0 9-7
Miss E Wilson	Mrs Y Barbor	9-1 9-0 9-4
Major N Christy	Miss M Dwelly	9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3
Mrs Sheila McKechnie	F/Officer J Pawson	9-3 9-7 9-5
Mrs B A Powell	Miss J P Mead	9-7 9-4 9-1
Mrs Van der Geissen	Mrs J Evers	9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5
Miss A L Isaac	Miss W Josephs	9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3

denotes seed *
Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Downey	9-1 9-1 9-1
Townsend	Hall	9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7
Lacy-Hulbert	Cunneen	9-0 9-1 9-1
Harris	Stribling	9-4 9-2 9-0
Isaac A V	Morgan M	9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3
Curry	Cox	9-4 9-2 9-4
Richards	Nagle	9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4
Manning	Keith-Steele	9-4 9-5 9-1
Vanner	Glamonna	w/o
Palmer	Marshall	10-8 9-4 9-2
Speight	Wilson	9-1 9-0 9-1
Lewis	Christy	9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3
Cooper	McKechnie	9-0 9-0 9-6
Gowthorpe	Powell	9-0 3-9 3 9-2
Capes	Van der Geissen	9-0 9-0 9-7
Gotla	Isaac A L	9-1 9-1 9-0

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Vanner	9-1 9-2 9-1
Speight	Lacy-Hulbert	9-4 10-9 9-3
Curry	Richards	9-4 9-2 9-1
Gowthorpe	Harris	9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2
Townsend	Palmer	9-2 9-6 9-4
Cooper	Lewis	9-3 9-3 9-1
Isaac	Manning	9-5 9-2 9-3
Gotla	Capes	9-3 9-1 9-3

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Townsend	9-1 9-0 9-3
Speight	Cooper	9-5 9-1 9-0
Curry	Isaac	9-4 9-6 9-1
Gowthorpe	Gotla	9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Speight	9-3 9-1 9-1
Curry	Gowthorpe	9-3 9-0 9-2

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Curry	9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4

References

1. "Times Archives 1951 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

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