British Junior Open Squash Explained

British Junior Open
Event Name:	British Junior Open
Location:	Birmingham, England
Psa Most Recent Champion(S):	Finnlay Withington
Wsa Most Recent Champion(S):	Amina Orfi

The British Junior Open squash championship is considered the second most prestigious junior open squash championship after the World Junior Squash Championships. It is one of the five Tier 2 events in the WSF World Junior Squash Circuit. British Junior Open is divided into ten categories — Boys Under-19, Boys Under-17, Boys Under-15, Boys Under-13, Boys Under-11, Girls Under-19, Girls Under-17, Girls Under-15, Girls Under-13, and Girls Under-11.^[1]

The Under-19 boys category was known as the Drysdale Cup before 1999;^[2] the Under-16 and Under-14 categories were both held prior to 1999, until being replaced by Under-15 and Under-17 categories respectively. The Under-13 categories were also introduced in the same year. The tournament moved to Birmingham from 2018 onwards, where the Under-11 categories were introduced.^[3]

List of winners by category (Boys)

Prior to 1999

Year	width=200	Under-14 !	width=200	Under-16 !	width=200	Under-19 (Drysdale Cup prior to 1999)
1979	tournament not created	Joakim Hirsch	Glen Brumby
1980	tournament not created	Carol Martini	Stuart Davenport
1981	tournament not created	Nigel Stiles	Chris Dittmar
1982	Robert Graham	Asad Ahmed	Chris Dittmar
1983	Damian Walker		Jamie Hickox
1984	D Simpson		David Lloyd
1985		Damian Walker	Del Harris
1986		Steve Meads	Del Harris
1987			Del Harris
1988	Justin Rennie		Del Harris
1989			Simon Parke
1990	Chris Tomlinson	Justin Rennie	Peter Marshall
1991			Simon Parke
1992	Ahmed Faizy		Juha Raumolin
1993	Ahmed Faizy		Justin Rennie
1994		Ahmed Faizy	Ahmed Barada
1995		Ahmed Faizy	Iain Higgins
1996	Alberto Manso		Ahmed Faizy
1997		Alberto Manso	Ahmed Faizy
1998		Alberto Manso	Ong Beng Hee

After 1999

Year	width=200	Under-11 !	width=200	Under-13 !	width=200	Under-15 !	width=200	Under-17 !	width=200	Under-19
1999	tournament not created	Ramy Ashour	Yasser El Halaby	Grégory Gaultier	Nick Matthew
2000	tournament not created	Ramy Ashour	Omar Refaat	James Willstrop	Karim Darwish
2001	tournament not created	Tarek Momen	Ramy Ashour	Yasser El Halaby	Grégory Gaultier
2002	tournament not created	Mohammed Ali Anwar Reda	Farhan Mehboob	Safeer Ullah Khan	James Willstrop
2003	tournament not created	Aamir Atlas Khan	Tarek Momen	Yasir Butt	Safeer Ullah Khan
2004	tournament not created	Waqar Mehboob	Aamir Atlas Khan	Omar Mosaad	Saurav Ghosal
2005	tournament not created	Farhan Zaman	Shoaib Hassan	Omar Mosaad	Basit Ashfaq
2006	tournament not created	Karim Ali Fathi	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Mohammed Ali Anwar Reda	Ramy Ashour
2007	tournament not created	Nasir Iqbal	Amr Khalid Khalifa	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Omar Mosaad
2008	tournament not created	Osama Khalifa	Karim Ali Fathi	Karim Abdel Gawad	Mohamed El Shorbagy
2009	tournament not created	Amr Aboul Souad	Mahesh Mangaonkar	Amr Khalid Khalifa	Mohamed El Shorbagy
2010	tournament not created	Youssef Mohamed	Shehab Essam	Marwan El Shorbagy	Mohamed El Shorbagy
2011	tournament not created	Eain Yow Ng	Mohamed El Gawarhy	Mazen Gamal	Ali Farag
2012	tournament not created	Ziad Sakr	Israr Ahmed	Shehab Essam	Marwan El Shorbagy
2013	tournament not created	Mohamed El Shamy			Fares Dessouky
2014	tournament not created
2015	tournament not created				Diego Elías
2016	tournament not created				Youssef Soliman
2017	tournament not created	Denis Gilevskiy	Yahya Elnawasany	Marwan Tarek	Velavan Senthilkumar
2018	Ahmed Rashed	Jonah Bryant	Sam Todd	Mostafa Asal	Marwan Tarek
2019	Nickhileswar Moganasundharam	Abdullah Eissa	Ameeshenraj Chandaran	Yahya Elnawasany	Mostafa Asal
2020	Yassin Kouritam	Youssef Salem	Hamza Khan	Sam Todd	Moustafa El Sirty
2021	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19
2022	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Sam Todd
2023	Hazem Sarwat	Carlton Capella	Marwan Asal	Youssef Salem	Finnlay Withington

Boys' champions by country since 1999

As of 2023 edition.

Country	U-11	U-13	U-15	U-17	U-19	Total
	3	13	14	16	13	59
	0	4	5	2	2	13
	0	3	1	2	4	10
	1	1	2	1	0	5
	0	0	1	0	2	3
	0	0	0	1	1	2
	0	0	0	1	1	2
	0	0	0	0	1	1
	0	1	0	0	0	1
	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total	4	23	23	23	23	96

List of winners by category (Girls)

Prior to 1999

Year	width=200	Under-14 !	width=200	Under-16 !	width=200	Under-19
1980	tournament not created		Alison Cumings
1981	tournament not created		Ruth Strauss
1982	tournament not created		Suzanne Burgess
1983	tournament not created		Lucy Soutter
1984	tournament not created		Lucy Soutter
1985	tournament not created	Carolyn Mett	Tracy Cunliffe
1986	tournament not created		Senga Macfie
1987	tournament not created	Melissa Fryer	Donna Vardy
1988	tournament not created		Donna Vardy
1989	tournament not created		Donna Vardy
1990	tournament not created		Cassie Jackman
1991			Cassie Jackman
1992	Laura Hamilton	Pamela Pancis	Sabine Schoene
1993			Sabine Schoene
1994			Jenny Tranfield
1995			Jade Wilson
1996		Simone Leifels	Tracey Shenton
1997			Kim Hannes-Teunen
1998			Tania Bailey

After 1999

Year	width=200	Under-11 !	width=200	Under-13 !	width=200	Under-15 !	width=200	Under-17 !	width=200	Under-19
1999	tournament not created	Sara Badr	Omneya Abdel Kawy	Nicol David	Elisabet Sadó Garriga
2000	tournament not created	Sara Badr	Omneya Abdel Kawy	Manuela Zehnder	Nicol David
2001	tournament not created	Raneem El Weleily	Sara Badr	Michelle Quibell	Omneya Abdel Kawy
2002	tournament not created	Shahenga Osama	Raneem El Weleily	Kasey Brown	Omneya Abdel Kawy
2003	tournament not created	Alia Balbaa	Raneem El Weleily	Joshna Chinappa	Omneya Abdel Kawy
2004	tournament not created	Heba El Torky	Annie Au	Raneem El Weleily	Omneya Abdel Kawy
2005	tournament not created	Nour El Tayeb	Heba El Torky	Raneem El Weleily	Joshna Chinappa
2006	tournament not created	Tan Yan Xin	Heba El Torky	Camille Serme	Lina El Tannir
2007	tournament not created	Nour El Sherbini	Olivia Blatchford	Heba El Torky	Raneem El Weleily
2008	tournament not created	Nour El Sherbini	Nour El Tayeb	Dipika Pallikal	Camille Serme
2009	tournament not created	Yathreb Adel	Nour El Sherbini	Nour El Tayeb	Low Wee Wern
2010	tournament not created	Mayar Hany	Yathreb Adel	Nour El Tayeb	Nour El Sherbini
2011	tournament not created	Habiba Mohamed	Salma Hany	Emily Whitlock	Nour El Tayeb
2012	tournament not created	Habiba Mohamed	Nouran Gohar	Yathreb Adel	Nour El Sherbini
2013	tournament not created				Emily Whitlock
2014	tournament not created				Yathreb Adel
2015	tournament not created	Jessica Keng			Nouran Gohar
2016	tournament not created	Sana Mahmoud			Nouran Gohar
2017	tournament not created	Salma El Tayeb	Nour Abouelmakrim	Hana Motaz Ayoub	Hania El Hammamy
2018	Amina Orfi	Sehveetrraa Kumar	Aira Azman	Aifa Azman	Sivasangari Subramaniam
2019	Anahat Singh	Amina Orfi	Salma El Tayeb	Marina Stefanoni	Hania El Hammamy
2020	Harleein Tan	Amina Orfi	Fayrouz Abouelkheir	Sana Mahmoud Ibrahim	Jana Shiha
2021	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19
2022	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Not played due to COVID-19	Torrie Malik
2023	Talia Sherif	Habiba Rizk	Anahat Singh	Madison Ho	Amina Orfi