1977 Men's British Open Squash Championship

none June 2015 May 2026 British Open Squash Championships 39 British Open Championships London, England Wembley Squash Centre 1976 1978 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.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1977 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries The Pakistan government banned their players from playing due to South Africa's apartheid situation and the participation of South African players. However, two players, Rehmatullah Khan and his brother Aminullah Khan held dual national passports (British and Pakistani) and duly competed.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005765/19770210/415/0035 Pakistan Pair Defy Squash Ban Evening News (London) 10 February 1977 35 British Newspaper Archive subscription 24 May 2026 Seeds 30em AUS Geoff Hunt EGY Ahmed Safwat AUS Cameron Nancarrow IRE Jonah Barrington RSA 1928 Roland Watson AUS Ken Hiscoe EGY Aly Abdel Aziz AUS Kevin Shawcross NZL Bruce Brownlee EGY Mohammed Asran ENG Jonathan Leslie ENG John Easter EGY Abbas Kaoud PAK Rehmatullah Khan NZL Murray Lilley ENG Bryan Patterson Draw and results https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 23 May 2015 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ live Final AUS Geoff Hunt beat AUS Cameron Nancarrow 9-4 9-4 8-10 9-4 Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals 1 AUS Geoff Hunt bye ENG Arthur Hough 9 2 6 9 10 EGY Sherif Aly 6 9 9 6 9 16 ENG Bryan Patterson 9 9 9 ENG N Preston 0 7 5 ENG Barry O'Connor 9 9 9 ENG Paul Millman 4 1 4 8 AUS Kevin Shawcross 9 9 9 ENG David Mason 5 7 4 SWE Mikael Hellstrom 6 9 9 9 ENG Terry Mabbitt 9 6 7 4 9 NZL Bruce Brownlee 9 9 9 USA Bill Andruss 2 2 1 PAK Amanullah Khan 9 9 9 ENG Pat Kirton 6 4 3 4 ENGIRE Jonah Barrington 9 9 9 USA Eliot Berry 5 3 7 AUS Wayne Skinner 9 9 9 ENG P Tibbs 1 0 6 13 EGY Abbas Kaoud 9 9 9 ENG P White 7 6 0 ENG Cliff Roe 9 9 9 CAN David Morgan 2 0 2 5 RSA 1928 Roland Watson 9 9 9 AUS Dean Williams 4 5 6 ENG Ian Robinson 9 9 9 IND I Din 3 2 1 12 ENG John Easter 9 9 9 Nigeria Mark M'Fuk 2 0 1 SCO Kim Bruce-Lockhart 9 4 9 9 RSA 1928 W Oakley 3 9 3 7 1 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 ENG Hough 1 0 3 16 ENG Patterson 9 9 9 7 2 ENG O'Connor 4 10 4 9 9 8 AUS Shawcross 9 9 9 SWE Hellstrom 4 4 4 9 NZL Brownlee 9 9 6 PAK Khan A 0 7 0 ret 4 ENG IRE Barrington 9 9 9 AUS Skinner 1 4 1 13 EGY Kaoud 9 9 9 ENG Roe 6 6 4 5 RSA 1928 Watson 9 2 9 10 ENG Robinson 5 9 1 9 12 ENG Easter 9 9 9 SCO Bruce-Lockhart 0 5 2 1 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 ENG O'Connor 3 4 2 8 AUS Shawcross 9 9 10 7 1 9 NZL Brownlee 4 10 8 9 9 4 IRE ENG Barrington 10 9 9 13 EGY Kaoud 9 4 3 5 RSA 1928 Watson 9 5 9 9 12 ENG Easter 2 9 4 2 1 AUS Hunt 9 10 5 2 7 9 NZL Brownlee 4 1 4 4 IRE ENG Barrington 10 9 5 9 5 RSA 1928 Watson 8 1 9 6 1 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 4 IRE ENG Barrington 5 2 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals 3 AUS Cam Nancarrow 9 9 10 ENG G Hodgetts 3 1 8 ENG Bryan Pearson 9 9 9 EGY Galal Allam 6 0 0 14 PAK Rehmatullah Khan 9 9 9 ENG Paul Wright 4 3 1 EGY Mohamed Khalifa 1 9 10 9 ENG Mike Thurgur 9 4 9 0 6 AUS Ken Hiscoe 9 9 9 Jersey Denis Pennington 1 3 7 SWE Leif Leiner 4 9 9 10 ENG Mike Grundy 9 4 1 8 11 ENG Jonathan Leslie 9 4 8 9 10 EGY Moussa Helal 6 9 10 7 8 SWE Lars Kvant 9 9 9 AUS Ross Thorne 1 0 4 2 EGY Ahmed Safwat 9 9 9 ENG Nigel Giffin 0 0 1 RSA 1928 Alan Colburn 9 9 9 ENG Tony Swift 7 1 6 15 NZL Murray Lilley 9 9 9 ENG Clive Francis 4 5 1 EGY Mohamed Awad 9 9 9 EGY H Nasser 3 3 4 7 EGY Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 9 RSA 1928 Bob Shay 1 2 1 NZL Craig Blackwood 10 EGY Mohamed Asran 9 10 9 SWE Bosse Boström 8 0 2 AUS Frank Donnelly 9 6 10 3 10 Guernsey John Le Lievre 6 9 8 9 9 3 AUS Nancarrow 9 9 7 9 ENG Pearson 6 6 9 2 14 PAK Khan R 9 9 9 EGY Khalifa 0 1 0 6 AUS Hiscoe 9 9 9 SWE Leiner 5 6 3 ENG Leslie 9 9 9 SWE Kvant 7 0 0 2 EGY Safwat 9 9 9 RSA 1928 Colburn 4 1 1 15 NZL Lilley 9 9 9 EGY Awad 6 6 2 7 EGY Aziz NZL Blackwood 10 EGY Asran 9 9 7 9 AUS Donnelly 1 2 9 1 3 AUS Nancarrow 7 9 9 9 14 PAK Khan R 9 6 5 2 6 AUS Hiscoe 4 4 9 8 11 ENG Leslie 9 9 7 10 2 EGY Safwat 9 9 9 15 NZL Lilley 7 7 2 7 EGY Aziz 7 9 9 3 10 EGY Asran 9 2 10 9 3 AUS Nancarrow 9 7 9 9 11 ENG Leslie 4 9 3 5 2 EGY Safwat 9 9 9 10 EGY Asran 5 2 7 3 AUS Nancarrow 9 9 6 9 2 EGY Safwat 1 6 9 1 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1976 1978 1977 References Category:Men's British Open Squash Championships Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Category:Squash competitions in London