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The 1962 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 18–24 February 1962. Heather Blundell won her first title defeating Fran Marshall in the final.

Seeds

1. Fran Marshall
2. Heather Blundell
3. Claire Hargreaves
4. Pauline White

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
G A Pears	M Cunneen	w/o
Third-Officer S J Hogg	M Ashmore	9-0 9-1 9-0
Ann Price	Marjorie Townsend	2-9 9-3 8-10 9-5 9-1
A Norval	R B Hawkey	5-9 9-1 9-5 9-0
D M Holman	A M Backhouse	4-9 9-4 9-2 9-2
B M Horton	S P Whitby	9-2 9-1 9-1
Ruth Turner	S G Young	9-1 9-3 9-3
Jennifer Crane	Daphne Portway	9-2 9-0 9-2
K J Dempsey	N A Watkins	9-6 9-4 9-1
R Cooper	Sheila Cooper	9-4 9-0 9-2

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Fran Marshall	J C Hodson	9-0 9-4 9-1
Heather Blundell	J E A Lanning	9-1 9-2 9-2
Claire Hargreaves	K C L Abbott	9-2 9-2 9-3
Pauline White	C E Harrison	9-4 9-1 9-4
Mary Muncaster	J Arckedekne-Butler	9-0 9-1 9-5
Jennifer Crane	K J Dempsey	9-2 10-8 9-7-9 9-3
Ann Price	Third Officer S J Hogg	7-9 10-8 9-0 9-3
Bobs Whitehead	Miss W Courtney	9-2 9-1 9-6
Barbara Wheen	B J Holt	9-1 9-5 9-2
D Attwood	D Escott	9-5 9-3 5-9 9-4
Anna Craven-Smith	G A Pears	9-7 9-4 9-4
Ruth Turner	B M Horton	9-1 9-2 9-3
Jill Campion	J M Goodin	2-9 10-8 9-1 9-3
D M Holman	A Norval	9-6 10-8 9-4
Marion Lloyd	B A Thomas	9-1 9-5 9-2
R Cooper	M Taylor	9-3 9-1 9-0

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	Lloyd	9-0 9-4 9-3
Marshall	Wheen	9-1 9-1 9-1
Price	Holman	1-9 10-9 9-5 9-0
Hargreaves	Cooper	9-4 9-3 9-0
Muncaster	Campion	9-4 9-3 9-3
Whitehead	Attwood	9-1 9-0 9-2
White	Craven-Smith	1-9 9-5 5-9 9-7 10-8
Crane	Turner	9-4 9-5 9-3

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	Muncaster	9-7 9-4 9-6
Marshall	Whitehead	9-1 9-5 9-3
Price	White	w/o
Hargreaves	Crane	9-3 9-2 10-8

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	Hargreaves	9-2 9-2 9-3
Marshall	Price	9-0 9-1 9-0

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	Marshall	9-6 9-5 9-4

References

1. "Times Archives 1962 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Miss Blundell wins squash". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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