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The 1937 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Queen's Club, West Kensington in London from 25–31 January 1937.
Margot Lumb won her third consecutive title defeating Mrs Sheila McKechnie in the final.

Seeds

1. Margot Lumb
2. Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke
3. Sheila McKechnie
4. Elizabeth Knox

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Margot Lumb		bye
Hon Miss Anne Lytton-Milbanke		bye
Miss T King		bye
Miss E Brett		bye
Miss Valerie Dalton-White		bye
Miss M Riddell		bye
Miss H Melsome		bye
Mrs G A Murray		bye
Mrs Sheila McKechnie	Mrs W D Porter	9-5 9-0 9-7
Miss Elizabeth Knox	Mrs Judith Backhouse	8-10 9-1 9-2 9-5
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Miss Marjorie Raphael	w/o
Mrs M G Robertson	Miss Ruth Luard	9-1 9-1 9-4
Miss E Windsor-Aubrey	Mrs H J Stribling	9-2 9-4 10-9
Miss U Harris	Miss Daphne Colegrave	9-3 9-0 9-7
Miss Elizabeth Glascock	Miss S M Holroyd	9-6 5-9 9-6 9-0
Miss D C Wilcox	Miss Elizabeth Manson Bahr	9-2 9-3 9-4
Miss N L Kelman	Mrs A Knight	9-7 3-9 10-8 9-4
Miss M Fraser	Mrs Diana Petitpierre	9-2 9-3 9-1
Miss G Edwards	Miss P Brown	w/o
Miss M Grant	Miss Peggy Runge	9-6 9-3 9-0
Mrs Stella Blaxland-Levick	Miss Ursula Foljambe	9-2 9-4 9-0
Mrs P L Hervey	Miss N Steven	9-0 9-2 9-5
Miss A Connell	Miss D F Cearns	10-8 9-6 9-3
Mrs A Vickers	Miss Mary McLintock	w/o
Miss H M H Smeeton	Mrs S M Green	w/o
Mrs Phyllis Philcox	Miss R Vickers	9-5 9-5 9-4
Miss Joan Marquis	Miss C Babington-Smith	9-6 9-6 9-4
Mrs F C Thompson	Mrs S B Pakenham	9-1 9-6 1-9 9-4
Miss Berenice Lumb	Miss E Caldwell	9-7 9-5 9-6
Mrs Violet St Clair Morford	Mrs D E Patten	9-1 9-3 9-4
Miss C Vickers	Miss Joan Huntsman	9-2 9-2 9-2
Miss Olga Klingenberg	Miss K B Jackson	9-2 9-0 9-7

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb M	Brett	9-1 9-0 9-1
Lytton-M	Dalton-W	9-2 9-5 9-0
McKechnie	Blaxland-L	9-5 9-4 9-1
Knox	Hervey	6-9 9-0 9-2 9-4
Dawnay	Connell	9-1 9-3 9-4
Robertson	Vickers	9-4 9-0 9-2
Windsor-Aubrey	Smeeton	9-3 9-0 9-6
Harris	Philcox	2-9 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-0
King	Murray	9-10 3-3 ret
Glascock	Marquis	9-1 10-9 9-4
Wilcox	Thompson	5-9 9-7 9-2 99-3
Kelman	Lumb B	9-2 10-8 9-6
Fraser	Morford	9-2 9-6 0-9 7-9 9-0
Riddell	Melsome	9-1 9-1 9-1
Edwards	Vickers	9-2 9-2 9-3
Grant	Klingenberg	9-2 3-9 9-5 9-4

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	King	9-1 9-0 9-5
McKechnie	Glascock	9-0 9-1 9-0
Robertson	Wilcox	9-0 9-4 9-4
Windsor-A	Kelman	9-6 9-4 9-7
Knox	Fraser	9-5 9-5 0-9 9-1
Lytton-M	Riddell	9-1 9-2 9-2
Dawnay	Edwards	4-9 9-7 9-3 9-2
Harris	Grant	7-9 9-1 9-3 1-9 9-0

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	Dawnay	9-3 9-1 9-4
McKechnie	Robertson	9-4 9-4 9-5
Lytton-M	Windsor-Aubrey	9-1 9-0 9-7
Knox	Harris	9-3 9-3 9-0

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	Knox	9-0 9-0 9-2
McKechnie	Lytton-M	9-2 9-3 1-9 9-5

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Lumb	McKechnie	9-3 9-2 9-0

References

1. "Times Archives 1937 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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