1961 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
23rd British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueRoyal Automobile Club

The 1961 Open Championship was held at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London from 29 November – 4 December 1960.
Once again the Open championship was held during the previous December to avoid a clash with the professional championship. This method would be used until 1969.
Azam Khan won his third consecutive title beating Mo Khan in the final. A third place play off also took place in which Roshan Khan defeated Denis Hughes 9-3 9-0 9–3.[1]

Seeds

  1. Azam Khan
  2. Mo Khan
  3. Roshan Khan
  4. Dardir El Bakary

Hanif Khan
Mike Oddy
Ibrahim Amin

Jamal Din

Draw and results

[2]

Section 1

First round Second round Quarter finals Semi finals
1 Azam Khan
bye 1 Azam Khan 9 9 9
Gul Rehman Rehman 1 0 2
bye 1 Azam Khan 9 9 9
Jamal Din Jamal Din 1 1 4
bye Jamal Din 9 9 9
D W Harman Harman 3 3 2
bye 1 Azam Khan 9 9 9
Denis Hughes + 9 9 9 Hughes 0 3 2
Ali Akbar Khan 3 6 7 Hughes 8 10 9 9
Hanif Khan ^ Hanif Khan 10 9 5 7
bye Hughes 4 9 9 2 9
Ibrahim Amin + ^ 9 9 9 Amin 9 5 6 9 4
Humphrey Truman + 7 2 6 Amin 9 9 9
David Hodgson + 9 9 9 Hodgson 1 3 2
J C Gordon + 1 6 7

Section 2

First round Second round Quarter round Semi finals
2 Mo Khan
bye 2 Mo Khan 9 9 9
P G Harris + 8 9 9 9 Harris 3 0 0
George Chisholm + 10 5 5 5 2 Mo Khan 9 9 9
Mike Oddy + 9 9 0 5 9 Oddy 4 5 7
Tewfik Shafik + 5 2 9 9 5 Oddy 9 7 9 0 9
Jeremy Lyon + 4 9 1 10 9 Lyon 4 9 3 9 2
Khan Din 9 3 9 8 2 2 Mo Khan 9 9 9
3 Roshan Khan 3 Roshan Khan 7 0 0
bye 3 Roshan Khan 10 9 4 9
Nazarullah Khan Nazarullah Khan 8 1 9 5
bye 3 Roshan Khan 9 0 9 4 9
Dardir El Bakary ^ El Bakary 2 9 6 9 2
bye El Bakary w/o
Richard Hawkey Richard Hawkey scr
bye

+ amateur
^ seeded

Semi-finals & Final

Semi-finals Final
              
1 Azam Khan 9 9 9
x Denis Hughes 0 3 2
1 Azam Khan 6 9 9 0 9
2 Mo Khan 9 1 4 9 2
2 Mo Khan 9 9 9
3 Roshan Khan 7 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1961 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2015.