1960 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
22nd British Open Championships
Details
Location	London, England
Venue	Royal Automobile Club
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The 1960 Open Championship was held at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London from 2–7 December 1959.
The Open championship was moved to December to avoid a clash with the professional championship. However to confuse matters instead of waiting until December 1960 the authorities decided to hold the tournament in December 1959 despite the fact that it had already been held in March 1959.
Azam Khan retained his title beating Roshan Khan in final. Roshan slipped in the second rally of the final hurting himself, he played well until 4-1 behind in the first game but then faded very badly and could not move fluently which led to Azam going through the motions of wrapping up the easy victory.^[1]

Seeds

Azam Khan

Mo Khan
Roshan Khan
Hashim Khan
Mike Oddy
Ibrahim Amin

Dardir El Bakary

Draw & Results

^[2]

Section 1

First round									Second round									Quarter finals									Semi finals
	Azam Khan ^
	bye									Azam Khan	9	9	9
	Richard Hawkey +									Hawkey	1	7	0
	bye																		Azam Khan	9	9	9
	Dardir El Bakary ^																		El Bakary	2	5	2
	bye									El Bakary	9	9	9
	Kendal Jarvis +									Jarvis	4	2	6
	bye																											Azam Khan	9	5	9	9
	Nasrullah Khan	9	9	9																								Hashim Khan	5	9	6	6
	Jeremy Lyon +	1	0	7						Nasrullah Khan	3	10	9	9
	Khan Din	10	1	9	0	9				Khan Din	9	9	5	4
	Tewfik Shafik ^ +	9	9	1	9	3													Nasrullah Khan	6	5	6
	bye																		Hashim Khan	9	9	9
	Hashim Khan ^									Hashim Khan	6	9	9	9
	bye									Hughes	9	4	3	6
	Denis Hughes +

Section 2

First round									Second round									Quarter round									Semi finals
	Roshan Khan ^
	bye									Roshan Khan	9	9	9
	Terry Pickering									Pickering	2	6	4
	bye																		Roshan Khan	9	9	2	9
	Jamal Din																		Jamal Din	7	4	9	7
	bye	2	3	4						Jamal Din	9	6	9	9
	Ibrahim Amin ^ +									Amin	2	9	4	4
	bye																											Roshan Khan	6	9	9	9
	Mike Oddy ^ +	9	9	9																								Oddy	9	6	2	3
	Ali Akbar Khan	2	3	4						Oddy	9	9	9
	D W Harman	3	9	9	9					Harman	2	2	3
	W J Moss	9	7	4	0														Oddy	9	6	9	9
	Mo Khan ^																		Mo Khan	3	9	3	0
	bye									Mo Khan	9	9	9
	Hanif Khan									Hanif Khan	3	2	2
	bye

+ amateur
^ seeded

Semi-finals & Final

	Semi-finals									Final
	Azam Khan		9	5	9	9
	Hashim Khan		6	9	6	6
										Azam Khan		9	9	9
										Roshan Khan		1	0	0
	Roshan Khan		6	9	9	9
	Mike Oddy		9	6	2	3

References

1. "Times Archives 1960 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.