British Open Squash Championships
26th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club

The 1964 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 25 November - 4 December 1963.
Roshan Khan seeded four pulled out of the main draw with an elbow injury to be replaced by lucky loser Sami Nadim. Abdelfattah Abou Taleb defeated Mike Oddy in the final. Aftab Jawaid won the third place play off by beating defending champion Mo Khan 9-6 5-9 5-9 10-8 9-1.[1]

Seeds

Draw and results

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First qualifying round

United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi beat England Peter Fuente w/o
England John Skinner beat England Terry Pickering 3-9 9-1 9-10 9-3 9-1
England Arthur Catherine beat England Henry Macintosh 4-9 6-9 9-7 9-4 9-7
England Richard Hawkey beat England John Mocatte 9-5 9-3 9-4
United Arab Republic Maged Abaza beat Australia Ken Watson 2-9 9-6 9-1 9-0
United Arab Republic Samir Nadim beat Scotland George Chisholm 9-6 9-5 10-9
England Jeremy Lyon beat England Tony Gathercole 6-9 9-1 9-3 9-4
United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz beat England Pat Kirton 9-0 9-3 9-1
England Mike Corby beat Pakistan Sharif Khan 9-5 9-7 9-3

Second qualifying round

England Lyon beat United Arab Republic Nadim 9-1 1-9 5-9 10-9 10-8
England Catherine beat England Richard Hawkey 9-7 9-3 5-9 5-9 9-5
England Gerald Massy beat United Arab Republic Abaza 9-3 9-0 9-1
England Skinner beat United Arab Republic Afifi 9-5 9-0 10-9
United Arab Republic Aziz beat England Corby 9-6 9-1 4-9 9-6

Main draw

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 Pakistan Mo Khan 9 9 9
England Gerald Massy 7 4 3 1 Pakistan Mo Khan 9 4 9 9
United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik 9 9 9 United Arab Republic Shafik 1 9 5 5
England John Skinner 2 0 3 1 Pakistan Mo Khan 1 6 2
Scotland Mike Oddy 9 9 9 Scotland Oddy 9 9 9
United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 3 1 4 Scotland Oddy 9 9 9
United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul 1 9 5 9 9 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 5 5 3
3 Australia Ken Hiscoe 9 5 9 5 5 Scotland Oddy 3 7 0
2 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 10 9 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 9
England Jeremy Lyon 7 8 2 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 9
England Arthur Catherine 0 2 8 United Arab Republic Amin 3 2 0
United Arab Republic Ibrahim Amin 9 9 10 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 9
Wales Denis Hughes 2 9 7 1 Pakistan Jawaid 3 7 1
Pakistan Aftab Jawaid 9 5 9 9 Pakistan Jawaid 10 9 7 10
Pakistan Muhammad Yasin 9 9 9 Pakistan Yasin 9 6 9 8
United Arab Republic Samir Nadim 2 4 0

References

  1. "Times Archives 1963 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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