The 1964 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 25 November - 4 December 1963.
Roshan Khan seeded four pulled out of the main draw with an elbow injury to be replaced by lucky loser Sami Nadim. Abdelfattah Abou Taleb defeated Mike Oddy in the final. Aftab Jawaid won the third place play off by beating defending champion Mo Khan 9-6 5-9 5-9 10-8 9-1.[1]
| British Open Squash Championships | |
|---|---|
| 26th British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Lansdowne Club |
Seeds edit
Draw and results edit
First qualifying round edit
Sherif Afifi beat 
Peter Fuente w/o
John Skinner beat Terry Pickering 3-9 9-1 9-10 9-3 9-1
Arthur Catherine beat Henry Macintosh 4-9 6-9 9-7 9-4 9-7
Richard Hawkey beat John Mocatte 9-5 9-3 9-4
Maged Abaza beat 
Ken Watson 2-9 9-6 9-1 9-0
Samir Nadim beat 
George Chisholm 9-6 9-5 10-9
Jeremy Lyon beat Tony Gathercole 6-9 9-1 9-3 9-4
Aly Abdel Aziz beat Pat Kirton 9-0 9-3 9-1
Mike Corby beat 
Sharif Khan 9-5 9-7 9-3
Second qualifying round edit
Lyon beat Nadim 9-1 1-9 5-9 10-9 10-8
Catherine beat Richard Hawkey 9-7 9-3 5-9 5-9 9-5
Gerald Massy beat Abaza 9-3 9-0 9-1
Skinner beat Afifi 9-5 9-0 10-9
Aziz beat Corby 9-6 9-1 4-9 9-6
Main draw edit
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mo Khan
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Massy
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Mo Khan
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tewfik Shafik
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Shafik
| 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Skinner
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Mo Khan
| 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Oddy
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Oddy
| 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aly Abdel Aziz
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Oddy
| 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kamal Zaghloul
| 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | Zaghloul
| 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ken Hiscoe
| 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | Oddy
| 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Abdelfattah Abou Taleb
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | Taleb
| 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeremy Lyon
| 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | Taleb
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Catherine
| 0 | 2 | 8 | Amin
| 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ibrahim Amin
| 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | Taleb
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Denis Hughes
| 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | Jawaid
| 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aftab Jawaid
| 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | Jawaid
| 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muhammad Yasin
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Yasin
| 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samir Nadim
| 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Times Archives 1963 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2015.