1989 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Women's World Open 1989
7th WISPA World Squash Championship
LocationNetherlands Warmond, Netherlands
Date(s)March 5–19, 1989
WISPA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Prize money$40,000
Results
ChampionGuernsey Martine Le Moignan
Runner-upNew Zealand Susan Devoy
Semi-finalistsAustralia Liz Irving
Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald
← 1987 New Zealand Australia 1990 →

The 1989 Women's NCM World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1989 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Warmond in the Netherlands between 5 March and 19 March 1989. Martine Le Moignan won the World Open title, defeating Susan Devoy in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

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  1. New Zealand Susan Devoy (final)
  2. Guernsey Lisa Opie (third round)
  3. Guernsey Martine Le Moignan (champion)
  4. Australia Liz Irving (semifinals)
  5. Australia Michelle Martin (quarter-final)
  6. Australia Robyn Lambourne (quarter-final)
  7. England Alison Cumings (quarter-final)
  8. England Lucy Soutter (third round)
  9. Australia Danielle Drady (quarter-final)
  10. Australia Robyn Belford (second round)
  11. Netherlands Babette Hoogendoorn (third round)
  12. New Zealand Joanne Williams (second round)
  13. England Fiona Geaves (second round)
  14. Australia Sharon Bradey (first round)
  15. Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald (semifinals)
  16. Republic of Ireland Rebecca Best (third round)

Draw and results

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Finals

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Semi-finals Final
              
1 New Zealand Devoy 5 10 9 9
4 Australia Irving 9 9 6 2
1 New Zealand Devoy 9 4 8 8
3 Guernsey Le Moignan 4 9 10 10
3 Guernsey Le Moignan 9 9 0 5 9
15 Australia Fitz-Gerald 4 5 9 9 1

Top half

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First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
1 New Zealand Susan Devoy 9 9 9
Republic of Ireland Jill McCaughey 1 0 0 1 New Zealand Devoy 9 9 9
Spain Lali Valles 9 2 9 9 9 Spain Valles 2 4 5
New Zealand Fleur Townsend 0 9 10 7 2 1 New Zealand Devoy 9 9 9 9
16 Republic of Ireland Rebecca Best w/o 16 Republic of Ireland Best 10 3 2 2
Republic of Ireland Brona Conway scr 16 Republic of Ireland Best 9 9 10
West Germany Andrea Holbe 6 9 9 5 10 West Germany Holbe 7 4 8
Finland Nina Taimiaho 9 2 1 5 8 1 New Zealand Devoy 10 6 9 9
9 Australia Danielle Drady 9 9 9 9 Australia Drady 8 9 1 7
England Jeanine Leatherbarrow 0 2 1 9 Australia Drady 9 9 9
England Angela Smith 5 9 9 9 England Smith 0 2 0
West Germany Daniela Grzenia 9 4 0 6 9 Australia Drady 6 10 9 9
8 England Lucy Soutter 9 9 4 9 8 England Soutter 9 9 1 5
Australia Susan Carter 0 6 9 5 8 England Soutter 9 9 9 Semi-finals
England Carolyn Mett 7 9 9 9 England Mett 1 6 1
England Ruth Strauss 9 6 0 1 1 New Zealand Devoy 5 10 9 9
4 Australia Liz Irving 9 9 9 4 Australia Irving 9 9 6 2
France Catherine Lebossé 3 5 5 4 Australia Irving 9 9 9
West Germany Beate Müller 10 3 9 9 West Germany Mueller 0 2 4
Netherlands Hugoline van Hoorn 9 9 2 2 4 Australia Irving 8 9 9 9 9
England Suzanne Horner 9 9 9 England Horner 10 10 5 5 2
England Sue Wright 3 2 1 England Horner 5 9 9 9
13 England Fiona Geaves 9 9 9 13 England Geaves 9 6 2 4
Netherlands H Florissen 1 4 2 4 Australia Irving 9 9 10
5 Australia Michelle Martin 9 9 9 5 Australia Martin 7 5 8
Finland Minna Sinervo 6 0 3 5 Australia Martin 9 9 9
England Samantha Langley-Foster 9 10 9 England Langley-Foster 3 1 1
Australia Rae Anderson 5 9 4 5 Australia Martin 5 9 9 9
Australia Vicki Cardwell 9 9 9 Australia Cardwell 9 6 6 1
Finland Tuula Myllyniemi 3 0 1 Australia Cardwell 1 2 1
14 New Zealand Joanne Williams 9 9 9 12 New Zealand Williams 9 9 9
Wales Tracey Thomas 2 3 4

Bottom half

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First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
3 Guernsey Martine Le Moignan 9 9 9
Hong Kong Julie Hawkes 1 3 2 3 Guernsey Le Moignan 9 9 9
Netherlands Nicole Beumer 9 9 7 9 Netherlands Beumer 1 1 2
Republic of Ireland Caroline Collins 6 6 9 7 3 Guernsey Le Moignan 9 9 9
New Zealand Donna Newton 9 9 9 Australia Newton 4 0 0
Canada Amanda Paton 5 2 2 New Zealand Newton 9 9 9
14 Australia Sharon Bradey scr New Zealand Hui 0 1 3
New Zealand A Hui w/o 3 Guernsey Le Moignan 9 9 9
6 Australia Robyn Lambourne 9 9 9 6 Australia Lambourne 7 2 2
England Helen Macfie 0 1 1 6 Australia Lambourne 9 9 9
Wales Sarah Fury 10 3 5 9 10 Wales Fury 3 1 2
England Melanie Warren-Hawkes 8 9 9 1 8 6 Australia Lambourne 7 9 9 5 9
11 Netherlands Babette Hoogendoorn 9 9 9 11 Netherlands Hoogendoorn 9 4 1 9 5
New Zealand Annette Owen 1 3 0 11 Netherlands Hoogendoorn 9 9 9 Semi-finals
West Germany Sabine Schöne 6 9 West Germany Schoene 7 5 2
Canada Heather Wallace 9 5 ret 3 Guernsey Le Moignan 9 9 0 5 9
15 Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald 9 9 9 15 Australia Fitz-Gerald 4 5 9 9 1
New Zealand Gillian Oakley 0 0 3 15 Australia Fitz-Gerald 9 9 9
England Donna Vardy 9 9 9 England Vardy 2 2 5
Sweden Camilla Dora 1 0 1 15 Australia Fitz-Gerald 9 9 7 0 9
2 England Lisa Opie 9 9 9 2 England Opie 6 5 9 9 6
Israel Claire Levine 0 1 5 2 England Opie 9 9 9
Scotland Shirley Brown 9 9 5 9 9 Scotland Brown 1 4 0
France Corinne Castets 4 10 9 5 1 15 Australia Fitz-Gerald 6 9 9 3 10
7 England Alison Cumings 9 9 9 7 England Cumings 9 7 1 9 8
Canada Shelley Harvey 1 0 2 7 England Cumings 9 9 9
Netherlands Marjolein Houtsma 9 9 7 9 Netherlands Houtsma 3 3 0
France Sabine Amigorena 1 7 9 7 7 England Cumings 9 9 9
England Liz Brown 9 9 7 9 England Brown 0 5 6
England Flavia Roberts 4 2 9 5 England Brown 9 9 10
10 Australia Robyn Belford 9 9 9 10 Australia Belford 2 4 8
England Rebecca Macree 4 5 6

Notes

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World number one Susan Devoy suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Martine Le Moignan in the final.
Robyn Lambourne was formerly Robyn Friday.
Liz Irving defeated Sarah Fitz-Gerald 9-5 9-2 9-1 in the third place play off.

References

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  1. ^ Halpin, Larry (1989). The SRA Annual 1989-90. SRA Ltd. ISBN 0-900698-12-8.
  2. ^ "Womens Squash World Open 1989".
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Preceded by World Open
Netherlands (Warmond)

1989
Succeeded by