1966 Men's British Open Squash Championship

Championship June 2015 May 2026 British Open Squash Championships 28 British Open Championships London, England Lansdowne Club 1965 1967 The 1966 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 13–22 December 1965. Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his third consecutive title defeating Aftab Jawaid. The competition came under criticism for the modern day physicality which increased the chances of players getting injured, in the first round Ward was taken to hospital following a head injury received whilst playing Jawaid. The champion Taleb also came under fire for his aggressive attitude, particularly in the final.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1966 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries Seeds 30em United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb PAK Aftab Jawaid United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul ENG Gerald Massy ENG Jeremy Lyon IRE Jonah Barrington United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz Draw and results https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 16 May 2015 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ live First qualifying round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG John Skinner ENG Don Thompson 9-1 9-1 9-3ENG Nigel Faulks ENG Mike Hill 4-9 3-9 9-6 9-5 9-7United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi ENG Tom Hendry 9-4 9-4 9-7SCO George Chisholm ENG Mike Corby w/oENG Jonathan Smith ENG Pat Kirton 1-9 6-9 9-3 9-0 9-0PAK Sharif Khan ENG Mike Breckon 9-6 9-4 3-9 9-1WAL Denis Hughes ENG Clive Francis 10-8 9-2 9-3United Arab Republic Samir Nadim ENG Richard Hawkey 9-3 10-8 9-4United Arab Republic Maged Abaza ENG Brian Wise9-5 9-1 9-0 Second qualifying round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreENG John Skinner United Arab Republic Samir Nadim 9-4 9-8 4-9 9-2ENG John Ward ENG Henry Macintosh 9-3 9-6 9-1United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi ENG Nigel Faulks 9-5 9-6 6-9 9-4United Arab Republic Maged Abaza ENG David Brazier w/oENG Jonathan Smith ENG Arthur Catherine 10-8 9-1 9-2PAK Sharif Khan SCO George Chisholm 9-3 9-3 9-6WAL Peter Stokes ENG Ken Davidson 9-6 5-9 9-7 9-4WAL Denis Hughes ENG Tony Gathercole w/o Main draw First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9 WAL Peter Stokes 2 7 1 5 ENG Gerald Massy 9 6 5 ret ENG Jonathan Smith 6 9 9 w/o 3 United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik 1 4 9 9 9 PAK Sharif Khan 9 9 0 7 7 7 IRE Jonah Barrington 9 9 9 WAL Denis Hughes 5 2 7 2 PAK Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9 ENG John Ward 4 1 2 United Arab Republic Maged Abaza 4 4 4 6 ENG Jeremy Lyon 9 9 9 4 United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul 5 9 9 9 ENG John Skinner 9 1 3 2 8 United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 5 6 9 United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi 5 6 9 9 1 1 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 9 ENG Smith 7 6 7 3 United Arab Republic Shafik 9 9 9 7 IRL Barrington 6 6 6 2 PAK Jawaid 6 9 9 9 6 ENG Lyon 9 0 1 6 4 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 9 9 9 8 United Arab Republic Aziz 2 4 3 1 United Arab Republic Taleb 6 9 7 9 9 3 United Arab Republic Shafik 9 7 9 2 3 2 PAK Jawaid 9 9 9 4 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 7 4 6 1 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 5 9 9 3 PAK Jawaid 6 9 3 1 Third Place United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul beat United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik 8-10 9-2 9-7 8-10 9-5 9-0 0-9 9-1 9-6 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1965 1967 1966 References Men's British Open Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Category:Squash competitions in London