British Open Squash Championships
39th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley Squash Centre

The 1977 Lucas Industries British Open Championships was held at Wembley Squash Centre in London from 26 March - 4 April 1977.
Geoff Hunt won his fourth title defeating Cameron Nancarrow in the final. The Pakistan government did not allow their leading players to compete because South African players lined up in the field.[1]

Seeds

Draw and results

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Final

Australia Geoff Hunt beat Australia Cameron Nancarrow 9-4 9-4 8-10 9-4

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
1 Australia Geoff Hunt
bye 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9
England Arthur Hough 9 2 6 9 10 England Hough 1 0 3
Egypt Sherif Aly 6 9 9 6 9 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9
16 England Bryan Patterson 9 9 9 England O'Connor 3 4 2
England N Preston 0 7 5 16 England Patterson 9 9 9 7 2
England Barry O'Connor 9 9 9 England O'Connor 4 10 4 9 9
England Paul Millman 4 1 4 1 Australia Hunt 9 10 5 2 7
8 Australia Kevin Shawcross 9 9 9 9 New Zealand Brownlee 4 1 4
England David Mason 5 7 4 8 Australia Shawcross 9 9 9
Sweden Mikael Hellstrom 6 9 9 9 Sweden Hellstrom 4 4 4
England Terry Mabbitt 9 6 7 4 8 Australia Shawcross 9 9 10 7 1
9 New Zealand Bruce Brownlee 9 9 9 9 New Zealand Brownlee 4 10 8 9 9
United States Bill Andruss 2 2 1 9 New Zealand Brownlee 9 9 6 Semi-finals
Pakistan Amanullah Khan 9 9 9 Pakistan Khan A 0 7 0 ret
England Pat Kirton 6 4 3 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9
4 EnglandRepublic of Ireland Jonah Barrington 9 9 9 4 Republic of Ireland England Barrington 5 2 0
United States Eliot Berry 5 3 7 4 England Republic of Ireland Barrington 9 9 9
Australia Wayne Skinner 9 9 9 Australia Skinner 1 4 1
England P Tibbs 1 0 6 4 Republic of Ireland England Barrington 10 9 9
13 Egypt Abbas Kaoud 9 9 9 13 Egypt Kaoud 9 4 3
England P White 7 6 0 13 Egypt Kaoud 9 9 9
England Cliff Roe 9 9 9 England Roe 6 6 4
Canada David Morgan 2 0 2 4 Republic of Ireland England Barrington 10 9 5 9
5 South Africa Roland Watson 9 9 9 5 South Africa Watson 8 1 9 6
Australia Dean Williams 4 5 6 5 South Africa Watson 9 2 9 10
England Ian Robinson 9 9 9 England Robinson 5 9 1 9
India I Din 3 2 1 5 South Africa Watson 9 5 9 9
12 England John Easter 9 9 9 12 England Easter 2 9 4 2
Nigeria Mark M'Fuk 2 0 1 12 England Easter 9 9 9
Scotland Kim Bruce-Lockhart 9 4 9 9 Scotland Bruce-Lockhart 0 5 2
South Africa W Oakley 3 9 3 7

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
3 Australia Cam Nancarrow 9 9 10
England G Hodgetts 3 1 8 3 Australia Nancarrow 9 9 7 9
England Bryan Pearson 9 9 9 England Pearson 6 6 9 2
Egypt Galal Allam 6 0 0 3 Australia Nancarrow 7 9 9 9
14 Pakistan Rehmatullah Khan 9 9 9 14 Pakistan Khan R 9 6 5 2
England Paul Wright 4 3 1 14 Pakistan Khan R 9 9 9
Egypt Mohamed Khalifa 1 9 10 9 Egypt Khalifa 0 1 0
England Mike Thurgur 9 4 9 0 3 Australia Nancarrow 9 7 9 9
6 Australia Ken Hiscoe 9 9 9 11 England Leslie 4 9 3 5
Jersey Denis Pennington 1 3 7 6 Australia Hiscoe 9 9 9
Sweden Leif Leiner 4 9 9 10 Sweden Leiner 5 6 3
England Mike Grundy 9 4 1 8 6 Australia Hiscoe 4 4 9 8
11 England Jonathan Leslie 9 4 8 9 10 11 England Leslie 9 9 7 10
Egypt Moussa Helal 6 9 10 7 8 England Leslie 9 9 9 Semi-finals
Sweden Lars Kvant 9 9 9 Sweden Kvant 7 0 0
Australia Ross Thorne 1 0 4 3 Australia Nancarrow 9 9 6 9
2 Egypt Ahmed Safwat 9 9 9 2 Egypt Safwat 1 6 9 1
England Nigel Giffin 0 0 1 2 Egypt Safwat 9 9 9
South Africa Alan Colburn 9 9 9 South Africa Colburn 4 1 1
England Tony Swift 7 1 6 2 Egypt Safwat 9 9 9
15 New Zealand Murray Lilley 9 9 9 15 New Zealand Lilley 7 7 2
England Clive Francis 4 5 1 15 New Zealand Lilley 9 9 9
Egypt Mohamed Awad 9 9 9 Egypt Awad 6 6 2
Egypt H Nasser 3 3 4 2 Egypt Safwat 9 9 9
7 Egypt Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 9 10 Egypt Asran 5 2 7
South Africa Bob Shay 1 2 1 7 Egypt Aziz
New Zealand Craig Blackwood New Zealand Blackwood
  7 Egypt Aziz 7 9 9 3
10 Egypt Mohamed Asran 9 10 9 10 Egypt Asran 9 2 10 9
Sweden Bosse Boström 8 0 2 10 Egypt Asran 9 9 7 9
Australia Frank Donnelly 9 6 10 3 10 Australia Donnelly 1 2 9 1
Guernsey John Le Lievre 6 9 8 9 9

References

  1. "Times Archives 1977 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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