The 1957 Ladies Open Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 18 to 23 February.
Janet Morgan won her eighth consecutive title defeating Sheila Speight in a repeat of the 1956 final.^[1]

Seeds

Draw and results

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First round

Player one	Player two	Score
Janet Morgan (1)	B A Powell	9-4 9-0 9-1
Sheila Speight (2)	H E Bond	9-3 9-0 9-3
Marjorie Townsend (3)	J Kinghorn	9-4 9-1 9-6
Ruth Turner (4)	A Roynon	9-4 9-1 9-2
Rosemary Deloford (5)	J M Goodin	9-4 9-2 9-4
D C Herman (6)	P Creek	9-1 9-0 9-3
Jill Campion (7)	R B Hawkey	9-3 10-8 9-0
Margaret Morgan (8)	N A Watkins	9-2 9-1 9-3
Pat Gotla (née Cowney)	R Nagle	9-2 9-4 9-2
M C Willcox	Captain M U Walker	w/o
J B Watson	Peggy White	10-8 10-8 5-9 9-7
Barbara Laussat Clement	A Cloke	9-0 9-2 9-7
R Cooper	E L Curtis	9-0 9-0 9-1
Ann Wetzel	T Stevenson	9-5 9-5 9-4
Ann Mitham	K Abbott	9-4 9-4 9-5
B Davidson	Louisa Manly-Power	9-7 1-9 7-9 10-8 9-5
J M Gilley	S Jones	9-6 9-2 9-5
Frances Pilling	P Flower	9-0 4-9 1-9 9-6 9-3
Peggy Carrott	V J Foster	9-5 9-3 9-2
J M Hall	C E Harrison	9-0 8-10 9-6 9-4
M E Gowthorpe	M M Hazell	9-4 9-3 9-5
Daphne Portway	L Malone	10-9 9-5 1-9 9-5
R L Pottinger	Charlotte Prizer	7-9 9-5 9-2 9-6
E Foden	P Gates	9-2 9-1 1-9 9-4
G Macpherson	P Colyer	10-8 9-6 3-9 9-7
Carol Haussermann	P H Smallwood	9-5 9-1 9-7
J Jamin	J Dannatt	w/o
J Butler	S Shand	2-9 7-9 9-5 9-5 9-2
J McCormick	N Sage	9-3 9-0 9-2
Ann Price	A Shephard	9-0 9-7 9-1
B Lewis	S Cook	9-3 10-8 9-0
Betty Constable	J Covell	9-3 9-4 9-4

denotes seed *

Second round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Davidson	9-7 9-0 9-1
Speight	Gilley	9-4 9-0 9-2
Townsend	Pilling	9-0 9-0 9-3
Turner	Carrott	9-2 9-1 9-0
Deloford	Hall	9-1 9-1 9-5
Herman	Gowthorpe	10-8 2 3
Campion	Portway	9-2 9-4 9-6
Morgan M	Pottinger	9-4 9-1 9-2
Gotla	Foden	9-4 9-1 9-1
Willcox	Macpherson	4-9 10-9 9-5 7-9 9-7
Watson	Haussermann	9-2 9-1 9-3
Clement	Jamin	9-0 9-10 9-0 9-1
Cooper	Butler	9-5 9-1 9-2
Wetzel	McCormick	9-2 8-10 9-6 10-8
Mitham	Price	9-2 9-3 10-8
Betty Constable	Lewis	9-4 9-2 9-1

Third round

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Cooper	9-3 9-4 9-1
Speight	Gotla	9-1 9-4 9-3
Turner	Willcox	9-0 9-0 9-1
Campion	Watson	6-9 9-2 9-1 9-1
Deloford	Clement	9-1 9-1 9-2
Morgan M	Wetzel	6-9 9-5 9-6 9-4
Herman	Betty Constable	9-7 9-3 9-2
Townsend	Mitham	9-3 9-3 9-5

Quarter-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan J	Deloford	9-2 9-2 7-9 9-4
Speight	Morgan M	9-3 9-3 9-5
Turner	Herman	10-9 9-0 9-2
Campion	Townsend	9-0 5-9 6-9 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Turner	9-6 9-5 9-7
Speight	Campion	9-5 9-0 9-3

Final

Player one	Player two	Score
Morgan	Speight	4-9 9-5 9-1 9-6

References