1965 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1965 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 9–16 December 1964.
Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his second consecutive title defeating Ibrahim Amin in the final.
Roshan Khan seeded five pulled out of the main draw.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
27th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1964
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Seeds edit

Draw and results edit

[2]

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1   Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9
  Nigel Faulks 3 5 2 1   Taleb 10 9 9
  Gerald Massy 5 9 9 9   Massy 8 2 3
  Khan Din 9 5 5 3 1   Taleb 1 6 2
  David Woods 9 4 9 10   Woods 2 1 3
  Samir Nadim 4 9 4 8   Woods 9 9 9
  Richard Hawkey 9 4 3 9 9   Richard Hawkey 5 4 4
  Henry Macintosh 1 9 9 5 6 1   Taleb 9 9 9
3   Tewfik Shafik 7 3 9 9 9 3   Shafik 2 3 3
  Brian Harris 9 9 1 0 2 3   Shafik 9 9 10
  Sherif Afifi 6 10 2 9 9   Afifi 4 8 9
  Charlie Waugh 9 8 9 7 2 3   Shafik 9 9 9
7   Kamal Zaghloul 3 9 9 9 7   Zaghloul 7 4 0
  George Chisholm 9 7 2 7 7   Zaghloul 1 9 5 9 9
  Sharif Khan 9 9 9   Sharif Khan 9 5 9 5 3
  Mike Hill 3 6 0

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
2   Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9
  I G Davies 4 2 4 2   Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9
  David Jude 9 9 6 10   Jude 0 0 3
  Gul Rehman 4 5 9 8 2   Jawaid 9 9 9
6   Jeremy Lyon 9 9 9 6   Lyon 0 6 4
  John Ward 0 0 3 6   Lyon 9 9 9
  Mike Corby 9 9 6 9   Corby 7 0 6
  John Skinner 6 4 9 4 2   Jawaid 9 4 9 6 6
4   Ibrahim Amin 9 9 9 4   Amin 1 9 6 9 9
  Clive Francis 7 2 6 4   Amin 9 9 9
  David Brazier 9 9 9 9   Brazier 7 2 0
  Ken Watson 10 4 7 6 4   Amin 9 2 9 9
8   Aly Abdel Aziz 7 6 9 9 10 8   Aziz 6 9 6 7
  Denis Hughes 9 9 8 1 8 8   Aziz 9 9 10
  Pat Kirton 9 9 9   Kirton 7 0 9
  Arthur Catherine 2 1 2

Third Place edit

  Abdelfattah Abou Taleb beat   Ibrahim Amin 9-0 0-9 9-1 9-6

Final edit

  Tewfik Shafik beat   Aftab Jawaid 9-3 2-9 9-5 3-9 10-8

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1965
Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1965 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2015.