1959 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1959 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 20–26 February 1959. Janet Morgan announced that she was to retire on medical advice after the 1959 Championship; she duly won an incredible tenth consecutive title defeating Sheila Macintosh (née Speight) for the fourth successive year in the final. Later in the year Morgan retired and married becoming Janet Bisley and the following year Macintosh would finally have the chance to compete without having to play Morgan.

Seeds
• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Janet Morgan

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Rosemary Deloford

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿D C Herman

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿M E Gowthorpe

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Marjorie Townsend

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Ruth Turner

• #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿R Cooper

First round
denotes seed (*)