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1966 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
28th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
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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]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First qualifying round

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

Second qualifying round

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

Main draw

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

Third Place

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United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul beat United Arab Republic 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.