The 1948 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 19–25 January 1948.
Joan Curry won her second title defeating Janet Morgan in the final.^[1]

Seeds

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Joan Curry		bye
Janet Morgan		bye
Miss M H Palmer		bye
Mrs J Hall		bye
Miss M Piper		bye
Mrs M G Magniac		bye
Miss R Howard		bye
Miss P Sutherland		bye
Mrs Alice Teague	Mrs D Hobson	9-4 9-2 9-0
Miss Margaret Carlisle	Miss J Taylor	9-2 9-0 9-2
Mrs Margot Harris	Miss M E Sarel	9-0 9-0 9-2
Miss Myriam De Borman	Miss P R Read	9-1 9-4 9-0
Mrs Betty Hilton	Miss U Trott	9-1 9-6 9-5
Miss Betty Cooke	Mrs L E Lefevre	w/o
Peggy Dawson-Scott	Mrs J L C Cox	10-8 9-1 3-9 9-5
Miss Pat Cowney	Miss P A Morse	9-0 9-2 9-0
Mrs Violet St Clair Morford	Mrs W D Porter	9-3 2-9 9-5 9-3
Mrs V Leakey	Miss Valerie Cooper	9-4 9-2 9-7
Miss Rachel Byrne	Miss Nelly Glamonna	9-2 9-0 9-0
Mrs H Bleasby	Mrs Ginette Germaine	9-0 9-6 9-1
Miss D Salter	Miss D Castle	7-9 9-3 9-5 9-5
Mrs H J Stribling	Mrs G Pottier	9-1 9-6 9-4
Mrs Margaret Dawnay	Miss J M Broad	9-0 9-6 7-9 9-5
Miss Carroll de Courcy-Hamilton	Mrs Lulu Boon	9-6 10-9 9-3
Miss Meg Buxton-Knight	Miss Sheila Speight	9-0 9-3 0-9 6-2 ret
Mrs D F Morgan	Miss K Abbott	9-7 9-3 9-7
Miss V Ord	Mrs E Van der Elst	9-4 9-5 10-8
Mrs R Rathbone	Mrs J Price	4-9 10-8 9-5 9-6
Miss H A Downey	Mrs A F B Standfast	w/o
Rosemary Walsh	Miss Katherine Keith-Steele	9-4 9-0 9-3
Miss K A M Steele	Miss S C Palmer	9-4 9-5 10-8
Miss G James	Miss M A Travers	3-9 9-5 5-9 9-2 10-8

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Curry	Palmer	9-4 9-3 9-5
J Morgan	Hall	9-1 9-3 9-6
Teague	Salter	9-0 9-4 9-3
Carlisle	Stribling	9-4 9-1 9-2
Harris	Dawnay	9-6 9-5 10-8
De Borman	de Courcy-Hamilton	9-4 9-3 9-0
Hilton	Buxton-Knight	9-1 9-1 4-9 9-3
Cooke	D F Morgan	9-2 9-4 9-1
Dawson-Scott	Ord	9-5 9-3 9-4
Cowney	Rathbone	5-9 9-3 6-9 5 9-6
St Clair Morford	Dawney	1-9 9-5 9-2 5-9 9-5
Piper	Howard	9-4 9-1 9-2
Leakey	Walsh	9-3 9-3 10-8
Byrne	Steele	9-2 9-6 9-2
Magniac	Sutherland	9-6 9-3 9-3
Bleasby	James	4-9 9-2 3-9 9-1 9-4

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Curry	Magniac	9-2 9-7 9-5
Morgan	Piper	9-1 10-8 6-9 9-1
Teague	Byrne	9-0 9-4 9-1
Carlisle	Dawson-Scott	9-0 9-3 9-5
Hilton	Harris	9-2 9-4 9-2
De Borman	Cowmey	10-8 9-7 9-9
Bleasby	Leakey	9-3 9-3 1-9 5-9 9-5
Cooke	St Clair-Morford	9-2 9-2 9-2

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Hilton	9-1 9-0 7-9 9-2
Curry	Cooke	3-9 9-1 9-2 9-3
Teague	Bleasby	9-5 9-2 9-1
Carlisle	De Borman	9-7 9-2 9-5

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Teague	9-1 7-9 9-6 9-1
Curry	Carlisle	9-2 9-3 9-4

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Curry	Morgan	9-5 9-0 9-10 6-9 10-8

References