The winner of the first edition was Carol Owens , who defeated Cassie Campion 8:10, 9: 4, 6: 9, 9: 4 and 9: 3 in the duel between the two top seeded players in the final .
The field of participants in the women's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. The best eight players were seeded. A wildcard was not awarded.