1953 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
15th British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Lansdowne Club
 1952 1954 

The 1953 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 25 March - 2 April. Hashim Khan won his third consecutive title defeating Roy Wilson in the final.[1]

Azam Khan the younger brother of Hashim Khan made his first appearance at the tournament.

Seeds

Pakistan Hashim Khan

Egypt Mahmoud Karim
England Roy Wilson

England Alan Fairbairn

Results

[2]

First RoundQuarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal
Pakistan Hashim Khan ^ 9 9 9
Scotland Ian de Sales la Terriere + 5 0 5 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 9 9
England Jack Giles 9 9 9 England Giles 4 5 3
Wales H G Davies 1 7 1 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 4 9 8 9
Pakistan Azam Khan 9 9 9 Pakistan Azam Khan 6 9 7 10 4
England Alan Fairbairn + ^ 2 6 3 Pakistan Azam Khan w/o
England Alan Seymour-Hayden + 9 9 9 England Seymour-Haydon scr
England Leslie Keeble 6 4 6 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 8 9 9
England Roy Wilson ^ + 9 10 9 England Wilson 2 10 1 0
Scotland D W D Shaw + 7 9 2 India Abdul Bari 9 1 2 9 2
India Abdul Bari 9 9 9 England Wilson 2 9 9 1 9
Iran Matthew Farhang Mohtadi 7 3 5 England Wilson 1 9 9 9
Pakistan Safirullah 9 10 2 10 Pakistan Safirullah 9 7 3 4
England Peter Doggart + 2 9 9 8 Pakistan Safirullah w/o
Egypt Mahmoud Karim ^ 8 10 9 10 Egypt Mahmoud Karim scr
South Africa Dr Gavin Hildick-Smith 10 8 4 8

+ amateur
^ seeded

Preceded by
1952
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1953
Succeeded by
1954

References

  1. "Times Archives 1953 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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