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The 1964 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 15–21 February 1964.Heather Blundell won her third consecutive title defeating Fran Marshall for the third successive year in the final.

Seeds

1. Heather Blundell
2. Fran Marshall
3. Sheila Macintosh
4. Anna Craven-Smith
5. Mary Muncaster
6. Jenny Irving
7. Pat McClenaughan
8. Pauline White

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Anna Craven-Smith	R Cooper	9-0 9-1 9-1
Patricia McClenaughan	P D Gimson	9-1 9-3 9-4
Diane Corbett	Sylvia McClure	9-1 9-5 9-7
B M Horton	B Law	9-3 5-9 9-2 9-1
Helen Plaisted	R B Hawkey	9-3 9-0 9-5
M Ashmore	J Young	6-9 9-7 9-2
Claire Chapman	A M Backhouse	9-0 9-0 9-3
Barbara McMullen	S P Y Whitby	w/o
Ann Price	Barbara Wheen	9-4 9-3 9-0
Ruth Turner	D W Courtney	8-10 9-3 9-5 9-3
J F Leslie	M J Danks	0-9 9-2 9-6 9-3
Peggy Mason	A M Geddes	9-2 9-4 9-7
Daphne Portway	M Rutherford	9-3 3-9 9-3 9-1
A Norval	B Knapp	9-2 9-3 7-9 9-5

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Heather Blundell	Sheila Cooper	9-0 9-0 9-4
Fran Marshall	K J Dempsey	9-0 9-1 9-0
Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)	A Norval	9-0 9-5 9-1
Anna Craven-Smith	Diane Corbett	9-3 9-3 9-2
Mary Muncaster	J F Leslie	9-0 9-5 9-5
Jenny Irving	Jean Wilson	9-1 9-3 9-0
Pat McClenaughan	M Ashmore	9-0 9-0 9-1
Pauline White	Barbara Baxter	5-9 9-7 9-0 9-10 9-6
Ursula Smith	S M Atherden	9-0 9-1 9-0
Helen Plaisted	B M Horton	9-4 9-5 9-4
M Taylor	N A Watkins	9-10 9-5 9-4 9-6
Claire Chapman	Barbara McMullen	9-4 9-6 9-4
Jill Campion	Celeste Dickson	w/o
Ruth Turner	Ann Price	9-6 9-5 9-2
C Johnson	S G Youatt	9-4 9-4 9-5
Daphne Portway	Peggy Mason	9-2 9-0 9-3

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	Johnson	9-0 9-0 9-1
Marshall	Smith	9-0 9-1 9-0
Craven-Smith	Plaisted	6-9 9-1 9-3 9-1
White	Taylor	9-0 9-0 9-0
Macintosh	Portway	9-0 9-2 9-0
Irving	Campion	9-0 9-2 9-1
McClenaughan	Chapman	9-3 9-4 9-4
Muncaster	Turner	10-8 9-0 9-3

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	White	9-0 9-2 9-0
Craven-Smith	McClenaughan	2-9 9-2 9-7 9-7
Marshall	Irving	9-6 9-3 9-3
Muncaster	Macintosh	9-4 6-9 10-8 9-5

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	Craven-Smith	9-4 7-9 9-1 9-3
Marshall	Muncaster	9-4 9-6 9-5

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Blundell	Marshall	9-2 9-2 9-1

References

1. "Times Archives 1964 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Miss Blundell top seed". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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