The 1976 Women's World Open Squash Championship was the inaugural women's edition of the 1976 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the Stafford Courts in Brisbane in

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from 18–23 August 1976.

Heather McKay Heather Pamela McKay (née Blundell) (born 31 July 1941) is a retired Australian squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game, and possibly also Australia's greatest-ever sportswoman. Sh ...

won the World Open title, defeating

Marion Jackman Marion Jackman (née Hawcroft) is an Australian retired squash player. Jackman began playing squash in 1962 and, having retired temporarily several times, finally stopped playing in 2003. In the early years of her career, Jackman played in t ...

in the final in just 22 minutes. McKay picked up $2,000 (the biggest winning cheque of her career) for winning the competition.

Results

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

Women's World Open
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