1965 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
27th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
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The 1965 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 9–16 December 1964.
Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his second consecutive title defeating Ibrahim Amin in the final.
Roshan Khan seeded five pulled out of the main draw.[1]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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Section 1

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9
England Nigel Faulks 3 5 2 1 United Arab Republic Taleb 10 9 9
England Gerald Massy 5 9 9 9 England Massy 8 2 3
Pakistan Khan Din 9 5 5 3 1 United Arab Republic Taleb 1 6 2
South Africa David Woods 9 4 9 10 South Africa Woods 2 1 3
United Arab Republic Samir Nadim 4 9 4 8 South Africa Woods 9 9 9
England Richard Hawkey 9 4 3 9 9 England Richard Hawkey 5 4 4
England Henry Macintosh 1 9 9 5 6 1 United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 9
3 United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik 7 3 9 9 9 3 United Arab Republic Shafik 2 3 3
England Brian Harris 9 9 1 0 2 3 United Arab Republic Shafik 9 9 10
United Arab Republic Sherif Afifi 6 10 2 9 9 United Arab Republic Afifi 4 8 9
New Zealand Charlie Waugh 9 8 9 7 2 3 United Arab Republic Shafik 9 9 9
7 United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul 3 9 9 9 7 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 7 4 0
Scotland George Chisholm 9 7 2 7 7 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 1 9 5 9 9
Pakistan Sharif Khan 9 9 9 Pakistan Sharif Khan 9 5 9 5 3
England Mike Hill 3 6 0

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
2 Pakistan Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9
England I G Davies 4 2 4 2 Pakistan Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9
Wales David Jude 9 9 6 10 Wales Jude 0 0 3
Pakistan Gul Rehman 4 5 9 8 2 Pakistan Jawaid 9 9 9
6 England Jeremy Lyon 9 9 9 6 England Lyon 0 6 4
England John Ward 0 0 3 6 England Lyon 9 9 9
England Mike Corby 9 9 6 9 England Corby 7 0 6
England John Skinner 6 4 9 4 2 Pakistan Jawaid 9 4 9 6 6
4 United Arab Republic Ibrahim Amin 9 9 9 4 United Arab Republic Amin 1 9 6 9 9
England Clive Francis 7 2 6 4 United Arab Republic Amin 9 9 9
England David Brazier 9 9 9 9 England Brazier 7 2 0
Australia Ken Watson 10 4 7 6 4 United Arab Republic Amin 9 2 9 9
8 United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 7 6 9 9 10 8 United Arab Republic Aziz 6 9 6 7
Wales Denis Hughes 9 9 8 1 8 8 United Arab Republic Aziz 9 9 10
England Pat Kirton 9 9 9 England Kirton 7 0 9
England Arthur Catherine 2 1 2

Third Place

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United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb beat United Arab Republic Ibrahim Amin 9-0 0-9 9-1 9-6

Final

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United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik beat Pakistan Aftab Jawaid 9-3 2-9 9-5 3-9 10-8

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1965
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1965 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2015.