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The 1972 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 4–9 March 1972.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her eleventh consecutive title defeating Kathy Malan in the final. This surpassed the previous record of ten wins set by Janet Morgan from 1950 through to 1959.

Seeds

1. Heather McKay (née Blundell)
2. Kathy Malan
3. Fran Marshall
4. Jean Wilson
5. Claire Chapman
6. Margaret Claughton
7. Jane Barham
8. Janice Wainwright (née Townsend)

Draw and results

First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)	Mrs Ann Jee	9-0 9-0 9-0
Miss Kathy Malan	Miss Ann Price	9-0 9-0 9-0
Mrs V Power	J O'Neill	9-1 9-1 9-1
Miss Teresa Lawes	Mrs C R Bourdon	9-0 9-1 9-4
Miss Jean Wilson	Miss Karen Gardner
Miss M Brodie	Ada Bakker
Mrs Fran Marshall
Mrs Claire Chapman
Mrs Margaret Claughton
Miss Jane Barham
Mrs Janice Wainwright (née Townsend)
Miss Sue Cogswell
Mrs Dianne Corbett
Miss Brenda Carmichael
Mrs Alex Cowie
Mrs Ruth Turner
Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
Miss Heather Rhead
Mrs Barbara Sanderson
Mrs Valerie Watson
Miss Theo Veltman
Mrs Irene Rowe
Mrs Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane)
Mrs Marjorie Townsend
Mrs Sue Pexman
Miss Kathy Brabin
Mrs Maureen Morgan
Mrs Bobs Whitehead
Mrs M James
Miss Janet Ledger
Mrs Di Fuller
Miss B Dinsmore

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Lawes	9-2 9-0 9-0
Marshall	Rhead	9-10 9-1 9-4 9-7
Claughton	Sanderson	9-10 9-10 9-3 9-2 9-0
Wainwright	Watson	9-6 10-8 9-10 1-9 9-4
Wilson	Veltman	9-6 9-0 9-6
Cogswell	Brodie	9-4 9-3 9-5
Cowie	Reynolds	6-9 9-2 9-4 9-7
Chapman	Townsend	9-1 9-1 9-1
Corbett	Pexman	9-4 9-7 9-0
Malan	Brabin	9-0 9-0 9-2
Carmichael	Morgan	9-6 3-9 9-5 9-5
Barham	Whitehead	9-3 9-3 9-5
Turner	James	7-9 10-8 9-6 9-4
Macintosh	Ledger	9-3 9-6 9-5
Power	Fuller	10-8 9-6 9-7
Rowe	Dinsmore	9-1 9-4 9-5

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Rowe	9-0 9-0 9-1
Marshall	Cogswell	9-1 9-1 9-2
Malan	Power	9-1 9-0 9-1
Wilson	Cowie	9-0 9-3 10-9
Chapman	Macintosh	9-3 9-2 9-0
Barham	Turner	9-0 9-3 9-10 9-3
Corbett	Claughton	7-9 9-7 9-3 9-1
Wainwright	Carmichael	9-10 9-2 9-1 3-9 9-0

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Chapman	9-1 9-0 9-0
Wilson	Barham	4-9 9-6 9-7 9-4
Malan	Corbett	9-7 9-4 9-1
Marshall	Wainwright	10-8 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Marshall	9-1 9-1 9-3
Malan	Wilson	8-10 9-6 9-6 9-6

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
McKay	Malan	9-1 9-1 9-2

References

1. "Times Archives 1972 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Record 11th title to Heather McKay". Trove.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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