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Women's World Open 1987
6th WISPA World Squash Championship
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Date(s)	September 29 - October 6, 1987
WISPA World Tour
Category	World Open
Prize money	$30,000
Results
Champion	Susan Devoy
Runner-up	Lisa Opie
Semi-finalists	Liz Irving Vicki Cardwell
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The 1987 Women's Honda World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1987 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the Henderson Squash Club and YMCA Stadium in Auckland in New Zealand between September 29 and October 6, 1987. Susan Devoy won her second World Open title, defeating Lisa Opie in a repeat of the 1985 final.

Seeds

1. Susan Devoy (champion)
2. Lisa Opie (final)
3. Vicki Cardwell nee Hoffman (semifinals)
4. Lucy Soutter (quarterfinals)
5. Martine Le Moignan (quarterfinals)
6. Liz Irving (semifinals)
7. Alison Cumings (quarterfinals)
8. Robyn Friday (quarterfinals)
9. Suzanne Burgess (third round)
10. Heather Wallace (fourth round)
11. Sarah Fitzgerald (fourth round)
12. Michelle Martin (fourth round)
13. Joanne Williams (fourth round)
14. Angela Smith (fourth round)
15. Danielle Drady (fourth round)
16. Mary Byrne (third round)

Results

First round (29 Sep)

Player One	Player Two	Score
A Jonsson	Julie Belsham	3-0
L Noel	M Galloway	3-0
Alison Cruickshank	Marjolein Houtsma	3-0
Tinna Backlund	Robyn Prentice	3-2
Diane Ellis	Guri Lenth	3-0
Gail Pimm	Carolyn Viggers	3-0
Hugoline Van Hoorn	Tracey Thomas	3-0
Fleur Townsend	Nathalie Cornet	3-0
Carol Laing	Diana Staley	3-0
Sharon Stevenson	Lena Fridén	3-1
A Holden	E Rameka	3-0
Sian Johnson	Freda Walker	3-2
Eva Svenby	Kay Jackson	3-1
Cecilie Schjander	Sarah Kearney	3-0
Corinne Castets	Lynora Hati	w/o
Magriet Luchs	G Keegan	3-0
Tina Dahl	Debbie Turnbull	3-0
Debra Shaw	Sachi Akiyama	3-0
Catherine Lebossé	Justine Marriott	3-1
Nancy Cranbury	Judy Burgess	3-0
Karen Read	Joan Sutherland	3-1
Andrea Holbe	Linda McClure	3-2
Astrid Åbyholm	J Smith	3-0
C Hayes	Joyce Leach	3-0
Machiko Miyagishima	Angela Toal	3-1
Jaclyn Hawkes	Sarah Fury	3-0
Sharyn Taylor	Miyuki Fukutomi (née Adachi)	3-0
Joyce Maycock	Eva Körschgen	3-0
Sabine Vinci	H Booth	3-0
Jean Tapp	Mariëtte Remijnse	3-2
Jenny Webster	A Levy	3-0
Alex Cowie	Caroline Collins	3-0

Second round (30 Sep)

Player One	Player Two	Score
Susan Devoy	A Jonsson	9-0 9-0 9-0
Shirley Brown	L Noel	9-1 9-1 9-3
Joanne Williams	Alison Cruickshank	9-7 9-2 9-0
Beate Müller	Tinna Backlund	9-2 10-8 9-4
Alison Cumings	Diane Ellis	9-1 9-1 9-1
Flavia Roberts	Gail Pimm	9-2 9-4 5-9 5-9 1-9
Mary Byrne	Hugoline Van Hoorn	10-9 9-0 9-3
Fiona Geaves	Fleur Townsend	9-1 9-2 9-4
Lucy Soutter	Carol Laing	9-0 9-0 9-0
Barbara Hammerschmidt	Sharon Stevenson	4-9 8-10 0-9
Suzanne Burgess	A Holden	9-4 9-0 9-0
Rebecca Best	Sian Johnson	9-1 9-1 9-2
Liz Irving	Eva Svenby	9-1 9-2 9-4
Alicia McConnell	Cecilie Schjander	9-0 9-3 9-1
Sarah Fitzgerald	Corinne Castets	9-1 9-4 9-1
Donna Gurran	Magriet Luchs	9-6 9-0 9-2
Babette Hoogendoorn	Tina Dahl	9-0 9-4 9-3
Angela Smith	Debra Shaw	9-3 9-4 9-0
Marjorie Burke	Catherine Lebossé	7-9 9-3 9-2 9-3
Martine Le Moignan	Nancy Cranbury	9-1 9-1 9-0
Melanie Warren-Hawkes	Karen Read	9-0 9-4 9-0
Heather Wallace	Andrea Holbe	9-5 9-1 9-1
Carin Clonda	Astrid Åbyholm	5-9 2-9 8-10
Vicki Cardwell	C Hayes	9-0 9-1 9-0
Cheryl Te Kani	Machiko Miyagishima	9-2 9-2 9-6
Danielle Drady	Jaclyn Hawkes	9-0 9-1 9-6
Sharon Bradey	Sharyn Taylor	9-5 9-9 9-0
Robyn Friday	Joyce Maycock	9-2 9-4 9-1
Susanne Nyberg	Sabine Vinci	9-6 9- 7 9-6
Michelle Martin	Jean Tapp	9-1 9-4 9-5
Marie Pearson	Jenny Webster	10-8 9-5 9-3
Lisa Opie	Alex Cowie	9-1 9-6 9-1

Third round to final

	Third round									Fourth round									Quarter-finals									Semi-finals
	1	Devoy	9	9	9
		Brown	0	0	0					1	Devoy	9	6	9	9
	13	Williams	9	9	9					13	Williams	0	5	4
		Muller	0	3	1														1	Devoy	9	9	9
	7	Cumings	9	9	9														7	Cumings	4	4	1
		Pimm	3	1	1					7	Cumings	9	9	9
	16	Byrne	9	0	7	2					Geaves	1	3	1
		Geaves	3	9	9	9																						1	Devoy	9	9	9
	6	Irving	9	9	9	9																						6	Irving	3	4	2
		McConnell	10	5	4	2				6	Irving	9	7	9	9
	11	Fitzgerald	8	9	9	9				11	Fitzgerald	6	9	5	6
		Gurran	10	2	1	3													6	Irving	9	9	6	9
	4	Soutter	9	9	9														4	Soutter	3	3	9	7
		Stevenson	0	0	1					4	Soutter	9	9	9														Final
	9	Burgess	9	4	4	6					Best	1	3	1
		Best	3	9	9	9																						1	Devoy	9	10	9
	2	Opie	9	9	9																							2	Opie	3	8	2
		Pearson	0	0	2					2	Opie	9	9	9
	12	Martin	10	9	9					12	Martin	5	4	3
		Nyberg	8	0	0														2	Opie	3	9	9
	8	Friday	9	9	9														8	Friday	3	6	3
		Bradey	3	4	4					8	Friday	9	9	9
	15	Drady	9	9	9					15	Drady	4	0	0
		Te Kani	7	0	3																							2	Opie	10	9	8	4	9
	3	Cardwell	9	9	9																							3	Cardwell	8	5	10	9	3
		Abyholm	0	0	0					3	Cardwell	9	9	9
	10	Wallace	9	9	9					10	Wallace	2	1	0
		Warren-Hawkes	3	1	4														3	Cardwell	2	10	1	10	9
	5	Le Moignan	9	9	9														5	Le Moignan	9	9	9	8	3
		Burke	0	0	1					5	Le Moignan	9	9	9
	14	Smith	9	10	10					14	Smith	5	1	7
		Hoogendoorn	5	9	2	8

Notes

Susan Devoy won her second World Open and would go on to win four in total.

References

1. "Womens Squash World Open 1987".
2. "Draw and Results" (PDF). Squash New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2015-09-12.

External links

• Womens World Open

• 1987 in squash
• World Squash Championships
• Squash tournaments in New Zealand
• 1987 in New Zealand sport
• 1987 in women's squash
• International sports competitions hosted by New Zealand
• 1987 in New Zealand women's sport