2003 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 2003 British Open Championships was held at the Albert Hall, Nottingham from 28 September - 5 October 2003.
David Palmer won the title defeating Peter Nicol in the final. There was a reduced field for the main draw with just four qualifying places available.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
65th British Open Championships
Details
LocationNottingham, England
VenueAlbert Hall, Nottingham
← 2002
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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
  Tommy Berden   Ibrahim Gul 15-9 15-3 15-0
  Nick Matthew   Joey Barrington 15-9 15-9 11-15 17-15
  Del Harris   Michael Elford 15-4 15-7 15-4
  Stephen Meads   Ron Aerts 15-13 15-1 15-6
  Dan Jenson   Mohammas Nasir Farooq 15-8 15-10 15-4
  Bradley Ball   Rizwan Farooq 15-6 15-11 15-4
  Davide Bianchetti   Abdul Razzaq 15-6 15-5 15-2
  Olli Tuominen   Sam Miller 15-5 15-6 15-4
  Farrukh Zaman   Peter Pastijn 13-15 15-5 15-7 15-17 15-7
  Adrian Grant   Duncan Walsh 15-4 15-7 15-9
  James Willstrop   Neil Reddington 15-6 15-5 15-7
  Renan Lavigne   Arshad Iqbal Burki 15-11 15-4 15-6
  John Rooney   Shahid Zaman 17-15 15-8 15-10

Second qualifying round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Simon Parke   John Rooney 15-11 15-10 15-2
  Alex Gough   Tommy Berden 15-8 13-15 15-9 15-9
  Nick Taylor   Stephen Meads 15-13 17-14 14-17 15-6
  Del Harris   Nick Matthew 15-13 ret
  Bradley Ball   Dan Jenson 15-9 15-7 10-15 15-9
  Olli Tuominen   Davide Bianchetti 15-14 15-8 15-12
  Adrian Grant   Farrukh Zaman 15-8 15-11 15-10
  James Willstrop   Renan Lavigne 15-10 15-11 15-13

Final qualifying round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Olli Tuominen   Adrian Grant 15-9 15-13 15-5
  Alex Gough   Del Harris 15-10 15-10 12-6 ret
  Nick Taylor   Bradley Ball 15-12 15-10 15-4
  James Willstrop   Simon Parke 15-7 15-12 15-10

Main draw

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   Peter Nicol 15 15 15
  Martin Heath 6 10 4 1   Nicol 15 17 15
Q   Alex Gough 12 10 15 13 7   Beachill 8 15 8
7   Lee Beachill 15 15 12 15 1   Nicol 12 11 17 15 15
4   Jonathon Power 15 15 15 4   Power 15 15 14 13 13
  Mark Chaloner 9 10 5 4   Power 10 15 15 15
Q   James Willstrop 15 15 15 Q   Wiilstrop 15 8 9 9
8   Joseph Kneipp 9 10 9 1   Nicol 13 13 8
5   Anthony Ricketts 17 15 15 2   Palmer 15 15 15
Q   Nick Taylor 16 6 8 5   Ricketts 15 8 15 10 15
  Mansoor Zaman 11 3 15 3   White 5 15 5 15 7
3   John White 15 15 17 5   Ricketts 15 12 14 15 12
6   Ong Beng Hee 11 10 7 2   Palmer 9 15 15 8 15
Q   Olli Tuominen 15 15 15 Q   Tuominen 9 8 13
  Amr Shabana 12 9 8 2   Palmer 15 15 15
2   David Palmer 15 15 15
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (Nottingham)

2003
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 2003 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2015.