1963 Men's British Open Squash Championship

June 2015 May 2026 British Open Squash Championships 25 British Open Championships London, England Lansdowne Club 1962 1964 The 1963 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 26 November – 5 December 1962. Azam Khan was unable to defend his title after struggling to regain fitness following an Achilles tendon injury. Mo Khan won the Open Championship defeating Abdelfattah Abou Taleb in the final. Incredibly Taleb had led the final two sets to one and eight points to one needing just one more point to become champion. Mo Khan however recovered to win the set and then the match in a remarkable comeback. Roshan Khan defeated Aftab Jawaid in the third place play off 9-3 9-6 5-9 4-9 9-3.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1963 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries Seeds 30em PAK Mo Khan PAK Roshan Khan United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb SCO Mike Oddy 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 ENG John Skinner beat ENG Terry Pickering 9-0 6-9 3-9 9-0 9-2 PAK Aftab Jawaid beat ENG Jonathan Smith 7-9 9-5 8-10 9-7 10-9 ENG Brian Wise beat ENG Peter Fuente w/o United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi beat AUS Ken Watson 5-9 9-4 9-5 9-3 ENG Richard Hawkey beat ENG Don Thompson 9-0 6-9 9-7 6-9 9-3 Second qualifying round ENG Tony Gathercole beat ENG Mike Corby 5-9 9-4 6-9 9-7 9-5 SCO George Chisholm beat ENG Richard Hawkey 9-2 9-2 1-9 1-9 10-8 United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi beat ENG Brian Wise 10-9 7-9 9-6 9-7 United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz beat ENG Pat Kirton 9-7 4-9 9-2 10-9 PAK Aftab Jawaid beat ENG John Skinner Main draw First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1 PAK Mo Khan 9 9 9 ENG Jeremy Lyon 0 0 2 United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 9 0 2 9 9 IND Jamal Din 6 9 9 2 1 4 SCO Mike Oddy 3 3 9 3 United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul 9 9 4 9 PAK Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9 United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi 1 2 6 3 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9 ENG Tony Gathercole 3 6 3 United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik 6 9 9 9 WAL Denis Hughes 9 7 6 6 2 PAK Roshan Khan 9 9 9 United Arab Republic Ibrahim Amin 5 1 7 SCO George Chisholm 9 9 5 2 9 ENG Mike Corby+ 7 7 9 9 6 1 PAK Mo Khan 9 9 9 United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 0 0 5 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 1 9 1 9 2 PAK Jawaid 9 6 9 6 9 3 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 2 9 United Arab Republic Shafik 1 0 9 3 2 PAK Roshan Khan 9 9 9 SCO Chisholm 4 5 4 1 PAK Mo Khan 10 9 9 5 PAK Jawaid 8 3 3 3 United Arab Republic Taleb 2 9 9 9 2 PAK Roshan Khan 9 7 0 6 1 PAK Mo Khan 9 5 3 10 9 3 United Arab Republic Taleb 4 9 9 8 6 + Corby gained a lucky losers place by virtue of the withdrawal of Yusuf Khan of India. British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1962 1964 1963 References Category:Men's British Open Squash Championships Men's British Open 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