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The 1953 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 15–22 February 1953.
Janet Morgan won her fourth consecutive title defeating Marjorie Townsend in the final.

Seeds

1. Janet Morgan

Marjorie Townsend
Sheila Speight
M E Gowthorpe
Audrey Bates
Alice Teague
Charlotte Prizer
A V M Isaac
Barbara Laussat Clement
M Short
Blanche Day
Barbara Banks
Pat Gotla née Cowney
Maitland-Griggs
Joan Kock

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Janet Morgan (1*)		bye
Mrs Marjorie Townsend*		bye
Miss S C Palmer		bye
Miss M J Williams		bye
Sheila Speight *	Miss Barbara Knapp	9-3 9-2 9-0
Miss Rosermay Walsh	Mrs D M Cooper	9-1 9-5 3-9 9-5
Miss M E Gowthorpe*	Mrs R A Johnson	w/o
Mrs Alice Teague*	Mrs J L C Cox	9-2 9-1 9-6
Miss Audrey Bates*	Mrs D Rich	9-6 9-3 9-1
Mrs Margot Harris	Miss P Smith	9-3 9-2 9-1
Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert	Mrs R B R Wilson	9-5 9-5 9-5
Miss M M Hazell	Miss J Mallen	9-6 9-3 9-6
Miss A Cloke	Miss Joan Kock*	4-9 10-8 9-2 9-5
Miss B Holworthy	Mrs Ruth Turner *	w/o
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Miss V M J McLernon	9-4 9-3 9-0
Mrs Charlotte Prizer*	Miss Rachel Byrne	w/o
Miss J P Mead	Miss J M Hall	9-2 2-9 3-9 9-4 9-6
Miss A V M Isaac*	Miss M M Sturge	9-10 9-7 9-5 9-3
Mrs E Mostyn	Mrs S Bowyer	9-0 9-1 9-1
Mrs Barbara Laussat Clement *	Miss H A Tucker	9-1 9-2 8-10 9-7
Major Daphne Portway	Miss J Watkins	9-5 3-9 9-4 9-3
Miss K A C Martin	Mrs R B Hawkey	9-4 9-6 9-0
Mrs R Nagle	Mrs M A Williams	6-9 9-6 9-4 9-2
Mrs M Short*	Miss Barraclough	w/o
Mrs Blanche Day*	Miss E Fosbroke-Hobbes	9-1 8-10 9-6 9-4
Miss K A Abbott	Mrs Frances Pilling	9-4 9-1 9-0
Mrs G Riggall	Mrs G W Band	9-5 9-0 9-5
Miss Margaret Morgan	Mrs B A Powell	5-9 9-1 9-6 9-7
Mrs J B Watson	Mrs Maitland-Griggs*	9-4 3-9 9-4 9-1
Miss J Stevens	Captain M E Maclagan	9-6 9-4 9-4
Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney)*	Miss Barbara Banks*	9-2 9-10 9-0 9-4
Mrs H Bleasby	Miss W Peile	w/o

seed *

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Palmer	w/o
Townsend	Williams	9-4 9-2 9-3
Speight	Mostyn	9-3 3-9 9-4 10-8
Walsh	Clement	9-4 9-3 9-5
Gowthorpe	Portway	9-4 9-3 9-4
Teague	Martin	9-1 9-0 9-0
Bates	Nagle	9-2 9-1 9-3
Harris	Short	9-0 9-0 9-4
Lacy-Hulbert	Day	9-4 9-1 9-1
Hazell	Abbott	9-4 9-6 9-0
Cloke	Riggall	0-9 9-5 9-4 7-9 9-4
Holworthy	Morgan M	0-9 5 6-9 3 10-8
Dawnay	Watson	3-9 9-3 9-6 9-1
Prizer	Stevens	9-5 9-3 9-1
Mead	Gotla	10-8 5-9 9-6 9-7
Isaac AV M	Bleasby	7-9 9-7 9-5 9-0

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Lacy-Hulbert	9-5 9-1 9-2
Townsend	Hazell	9-5 9-4 9-1
Speight	Cloke	9-0 9-1 9-1
Walsh	Holworthy	9-2 9-4 9-7
Gowthorpe	Dawnay	9-2 9-0 9-3
Teague	Prizer	9-0 9-3 9-0
Bates	Mead	9-1 9-2 9-5
Harris	Isaac	10-9 9-2 9-4

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Gowthorpe	9-5 9-1 9-2
Townsend	Teague	2-9 8-10 9-0 9-5 10-8
Speight	Bates	9-4 6-9 9-1 9-0
Walsh	Harris	9-1 7-9 9-5 9-5

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Speight	9-6 9-1 9-6
Townsend	Walsh	9-4 5-9 9-6 9-3

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Townsend	9-4 9-2 9-4

References

1. "Times Archives 1953 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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