The 1951 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 5–11 February 1951.
Janet Morgan won her second title defeating Joan Curry in a repeat of the 1950 final.[1]
Seeds
Draw and results
[2]
First round
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Janet Morgan (*1) |
|
bye
|
| Joan Curry (*2) |
|
bye
|
| Mrs E Vanner |
|
bye
|
| Miss Nelly Glamonna |
|
bye
|
| Mrs H A Downey |
|
bye
|
| Mrs J L C Cox |
|
bye
|
| Mrs R Nagle |
|
bye
|
| Mrs M Richards |
|
bye
|
| Mrs Marjorie Townsend* |
Mrs A E Timson |
9-0 9-2 9-2
|
| Mrs Helen Lacy-Hulbert * |
Miss K A Abbott |
9-2 9-5 9-4
|
| Mrs Margot Harris (*3) |
3/O J M Morgan |
9-1 9-0 9-0
|
| Miss A V M Isaac* |
Mrs T Veith-Brown |
9-2 9-0 9-1
|
| Mrs J E Manning |
Miss S C Palmer |
9-2 9-4 9-4
|
| Miss M H Palmer |
L/Wren A Tate |
9-4 9-0 10-8
|
| Sheila Speight |
Mrs Margaret Dawnay |
9-3 5-9 9-4 9-5
|
| Mrs M B Lewis |
Miss H Selkirk-Wells |
9-0 9-0 9-0
|
| Mrs D Cooper |
Mrs J Mills |
9-0 9-0 9-0
|
| Miss M Gowthorpe |
Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton |
9-5 9-0 9-4
|
| Miss J Capes |
Miss L Jackson |
1-9 9-7 9-1 9-6
|
| Mrs Pat Gotla (née Cowney) |
Miss Rachel Byrne * |
9-5 5-9 9-5 9-7
|
| Mrs J M Hall |
Rosemary Walsh |
9-1 7-9 9-7 10-9
|
| Mrs M Cunneen |
Fru Ellen Kaas |
9-4 9-0 9-2
|
| Mrs H J Stribling |
Mrs G Riggall |
9-7 5-9 5-9 9-1 9-4
|
| Miss Margaret Morgan |
Mrs R B Hawkey |
9-2 9-0 10-9
|
| Miss Katherine Keith-Steele |
Miss Linda Winkel |
9-3 9-6 9-0
|
| Miss P Marshall |
2/O H M Jones |
9-5 9-0 9-7
|
| Miss E Wilson |
Mrs Y Barbor |
9-1 9-0 9-4
|
| Major N Christy |
Miss M Dwelly |
9-2 5-9 10-8 9-3
|
| Mrs Sheila McKechnie |
F/Officer J Pawson |
9-3 9-7 9-5
|
| Mrs B A Powell |
Miss J P Mead |
9-7 9-4 9-1
|
| Mrs Van der Geissen |
Mrs J Evers |
9-3 9-4 3-9 9-5
|
| Miss A L Isaac |
Miss W Josephs |
9-7 6-9 9-3 9-3
|
denotes seed *
Mrs Audrey Bayes (Wal 4*) withdrew because of influenza
Second round
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Morgan |
Downey |
9-1 9-1 9-1
|
| Townsend |
Hall |
9-5 7-9 9-4 9-7
|
| Lacy-Hulbert |
Cunneen |
9-0 9-1 9-1
|
| Harris |
Stribling |
9-4 9-2 9-0
|
| Isaac A V |
Morgan M |
9-3 9-3 5-9 9-3
|
| Curry |
Cox |
9-4 9-2 9-4
|
| Richards |
Nagle |
9-6 6-9 9-3 9-4
|
| Manning |
Keith-Steele |
9-4 9-5 9-1
|
| Vanner |
Glamonna |
w/o
|
| Palmer |
Marshall |
10-8 9-4 9-2
|
| Speight |
Wilson |
9-1 9-0 9-1
|
| Lewis |
Christy |
9-1 2-9 9-3 9-3
|
| Cooper |
McKechnie |
9-0 9-0 9-6
|
| Gowthorpe |
Powell |
9-0 3-9 3 9-2
|
| Capes |
Van der Geissen |
9-0 9-0 9-7
|
| Gotla |
Isaac A L |
9-1 9-1 9-0
|
Third round
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Morgan J |
Vanner |
9-1 9-2 9-1
|
| Speight |
Lacy-Hulbert |
9-4 10-9 9-3
|
| Curry |
Richards |
9-4 9-2 9-1
|
| Gowthorpe |
Harris |
9-3 9-0 2-9 8-10 9-2
|
| Townsend |
Palmer |
9-2 9-6 9-4
|
| Cooper |
Lewis |
9-3 9-3 9-1
|
| Isaac |
Manning |
9-5 9-2 9-3
|
| Gotla |
Capes |
9-3 9-1 9-3
|
Quarter-finals
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Morgan |
Townsend |
9-1 9-0 9-3
|
| Speight |
Cooper |
9-5 9-1 9-0
|
| Curry |
Isaac |
9-4 9-6 9-1
|
| Gowthorpe |
Gotla |
9-7 7-9 1-9 10-8 9-6
|
Semi-finals
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Morgan |
Speight |
9-3 9-1 9-1
|
| Curry |
Gowthorpe |
9-3 9-0 9-2
|
Final
| Player one
|
Player two
|
Score
|
| Morgan |
Curry |
9-1 2-9 9-3 9-4
|
References