1989 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Women's World Open 1989
7th WISPA World Squash Championship
Location	Warmond, Netherlands
Date(s)	March 5–19, 1989
WISPA World Tour
Category	World Open
Prize money	$40,000
Results
Champion	Martine Le Moignan
Runner-up	Susan Devoy
Semi-finalists	Liz Irving Sarah Fitz-Gerald

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

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

Draw and results

Finals

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

Top half

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

Bottom half

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

Notes

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

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

External links

• Womens World Open

Preceded by Auckland (New Zealand) 1987

World Open Netherlands (Warmond) 1989

Succeeded by Sydney (Australia) 1990