1966 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
28th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1965
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Seeds

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Draw and results

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First qualifying round

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Player One Player Two Score
  John Skinner   Don Thompson 9-1 9-1 9-3
  Nigel Faulks   Mike Hill 4-9 3-9 9-6 9-5 9-7
  Sherif Afifi   Tom Hendry 9-4 9-4 9-7
  George Chisholm   Mike Corby w/o
  Jonathan Smith   Pat Kirton 1-9 6-9 9-3 9-0 9-0
  Sharif Khan   Mike Breckon 9-6 9-4 3-9 9-1
  Denis Hughes   Clive Francis 10-8 9-2 9-3
  Samir Nadim   Richard Hawkey 9-3 10-8 9-4
  Maged Abaza   Brian Wise 9-5 9-1 9-0

Second qualifying round

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Player One Player Two Score
  John Skinner   Samir Nadim 9-4 9-8 4-9 9-2
  John Ward   Henry Macintosh 9-3 9-6 9-1
  Sherif Afifi   Nigel Faulks 9-5 9-6 6-9 9-4
  Maged Abaza   David Brazier w/o
  Jonathan Smith   Arthur Catherine 10-8 9-1 9-2
  Sharif Khan   George Chisholm 9-3 9-3 9-6
  Peter Stokes   Ken Davidson 9-6 5-9 9-7 9-4
  Denis Hughes   Tony Gathercole w/o

Main draw

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9
  Peter Stokes 2 7 1 1   Taleb 9 9 9
5   Gerald Massy 9 6 5 ret   Smith 7 6 7
  Jonathan Smith 6 9 9 w/o 1   Taleb 6 9 7 9 9
3   Tewfik Shafik 1 4 9 9 9 3   Shafik 9 7 9 2 3
  Sharif Khan 9 9 0 7 7 3   Shafik 9 9 9
7   Jonah Barrington 9 9 9 7   Barrington 6 6 6
  Denis Hughes 5 2 7 1   Taleb 9 5 9 9
2   Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9 3   Jawaid 6 9 3 1
  John Ward 4 1 2 2   Jawaid 6 9 9 9
  Maged Abaza 4 4 4 6   Lyon 9 0 1 6
6   Jeremy Lyon 9 9 9 2   Jawaid 9 9 9
4   Kamal Zaghloul 5 9 9 9 4   Zaghloul 7 4 6
  John Skinner 9 1 3 2 4   Zaghloul 9 9 9
8   Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 5 6 9 8   Aziz 2 4 3
  Sherif Afifi 5 6 9 9 1

Third Place

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  Kamal Zaghloul beat   Tewfik Shafik 8-10 9-2 9-7 8-10 9-5 9-0 0-9 9-1 9-6

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1966
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1966 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2015.