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1963 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
25th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
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The 1963 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 26 November - 5 December 1962.
Azam Khan was unable to defend his title after struggling to regain fitness following an Achilles tendon injury. Mo Khan won the Open Championship defeating Abdelfattah Abou Taleb in the final. Incredibly Taleb had led the final two sets to one and eight points to one needing just one more point to become champion. Mo Khan however recovered to win the set and then the match in a remarkable comeback. Roshan Khan defeated Aftab Jawaid in the third place play off 9-3 9-6 5-9 4-9 9-3.[1]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First qualifying round

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England John Skinner beat England Terry Pickering 9-0 6-9 3-9 9-0 9-2
Pakistan Aftab Jawaid beat England Jonathan Smith 7-9 9-5 8-10 9-7 10-9
England Brian Wise beat England Peter Fuente w/o
United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi beat Australia Ken Watson 5-9 9-4 9-5 9-3
England Richard Hawkey beat England Don Thompson 9-0 6-9 9-7 6-9 9-3

Second qualifying round

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England Tony Gathercole beat England Mike Corby 5-9 9-4 6-9 9-7 9-5
Scotland George Chisholm beat England Richard Hawkey 9-2 9-2 1-9 1-9 10-8
United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi beat England Brian Wise 10-9 7-9 9-6 9-7
United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz beat England Pat Kirton 9-7 4-9 9-2 10-9
Pakistan Aftab Jawaid beat England John Skinner

Main draw

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 Pakistan Mo Khan 9 9 9
England Jeremy Lyon 0 0 2 1 Pakistan Mo Khan 9 9 9
United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 9 0 2 9 9 United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 0 0 5
India Jamal Din 6 9 9 2 1 1 Pakistan Mo Khan 10 9 9
4 Scotland Mike Oddy 3 3 9 3 5 Pakistan Jawaid 8 3 3
United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul 9 9 4 9 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 1 9 1 9 2
Pakistan Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9 Pakistan Jawaid 9 6 9 6 9
United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi 1 2 6 1 Pakistan Mo Khan 9 5 3 10 9
3 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9 3 United Arab Republic Taleb 4 9 9 8 6
England Tony Gathercole 3 6 3 3 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 2 9
United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik 6 9 9 9 United Arab Republic Shafik 1 0 9 3
Wales Denis Hughes 9 7 6 6 3 United Arab Republic Taleb 2 9 9 9
2 Pakistan Roshan Khan 9 9 9 2 Pakistan Roshan Khan 9 7 0 6
United Arab Republic Ibrahim Amin 5 1 7 2 Pakistan Roshan Khan 9 9 9
Scotland George Chisholm 9 9 5 2 9 Scotland Chisholm 4 5 4
England Mike Corby+ 7 7 9 9 6

+ Corby gained a lucky losers place by virtue of the withdrawal of Yusuf Khan of India.

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1963
Succeeded by

References

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  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.