1964 Men's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:26
Series:British Open Championships
Location:London, England
Venue:Lansdowne Club
Prevseason:1963
Nextseason:1965

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]

Draw and results

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First qualifying round

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

Second qualifying round

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

Main draw

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Times Archives 1963 Open Championship. Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 16 May 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.