1977 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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]

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

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Draw and results

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Final

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

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

1977
Succeeded by

References

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  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.