1968 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1968 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 12–20 December 1967.
Jonah Barrington won his second consecutive title defeating Abdelfattah Abou Taleb in the final.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
30th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club

Seeds

  1. Republic of Ireland Jonah Barrington
  2. United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb
  3. United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul
  4. England Jeremy Lyon
  5. England David Brazier
  6. Wales Denis Hughes
  7. England Pat Kirton
  8. United Arab Republic Ahmed Nadi

Draw and results

[2]

First round

England Mike Thurgur beat England M McDonald 9-2 10-9 9-0
England Clive Francis beat England John Upton 9-4 9-4 9-2
United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz beat Australia J L Moore 9-0 9-2 9-6
England Mike Hill beat England John Skinner 5-9 9-2 9-2 9-6
England Nigel Broomfield beat England Patrick Keenan 9-2 9-5 9-1
England Richard Boddington beat United Arab Republic Samir Nadim 9-5 9-10 9-4 5-9 9-3
England Chris Stahl beat England Richard White 9-2 9-6 6-9 9-4
England Nigel Faulks beat England J S Barton 9-5 6-9 9-1 9-5
South Africa Barry Jones beat Wales T D Phillips 4-9 10-8 9-5 6-9 9-1
England Peter Richards beat England Philip E Goodwin 9-7 9-3 ret
England John Ward beat Wales Peter Stokes 9-4 9-3 8-10 2-0 9-6
England Don Innes beat England Paul Millman 4-9 9-6 10-9 9-0
England John Easter beat England Chris Orriss 9-2 9-3 4-9 9-5
England Alan Sims beat England Arthur Catherine 9-6 2-9 9-7 9-5
England Peter Chalk beat England John Ward 4-9 9-7 9-1 9-10 9-6
Wales Michael Griffiths beat England Richard Hawkey 9-7 9-5 4-9 10-8

Second round

England Mike Thurgur beat South Africa Barry Jones 9-3 6-9 9-5 9-6
England Clive Francis beat England Peter Richards 4-9 7 10-9 9-6
United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz beat England John Ward 9-4 9-2 3-9 9-7
England Mike Hill beat England Don Innes 9-1 9-5 6-9 9-7
England Nigel Broomfield beat England John Easter 9-2 9-3 9-1
England Richard Boddington beat England Alan Sims 9-5 9-2 9-2
England Chris Stahl beat England Peter Chalk 9-6 9-5 2-9 9-7
Wales Michael Griffiths beat England Nigel Faulks 5-9 9-6 9-6

Main draw

Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 England Republic of Ireland Jonah Barrington 9 9 9
England Mike Hill 7 3 5 1 England Republic of Ireland Barrington 9 9 9
5 England David Brazier 9 9 9 5 England Brazier 2 7 5
Wales Michael Griffiths 0 1 4 1 England Republic of Ireland Barrington 9 9 9
3 United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul 5 9 9 8 9 3 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 2 2 0
England Chris Stahl 9 2 4 10 6 3 United Arab Republic Zaghloul 9 2 9 4 9
7 England Pat Kirton 9 2 9 6 3 England Boddington 7 9 5 9 3
England Richard Boddington 7 9 5 9 9 1 England Republic of Ireland Barrington 9 9 9
2 United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 9 9 9 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 6 0 3
England Clive Francis 4 4 3 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 8 9 9 5 9
6 Wales Denis Hughes 8 10 6 9 9 6 Wales Hughes 10 2 5 9 3
United Arab Republic Aly Abdel Aziz 10 8 9 1 5 2 United Arab Republic Taleb 5 9 7 9 9
4 England Jeremy Lyon 9 9 9 4 England Lyon 9 4 9 4 2
England Mike Thurgur 1 7 6 4 England Lyon 9 10 9
England Nigel Broomfield 1 8 9 2 8 United Arab Republic Nadi 0 8 7
8 United Arab Republic Ahmed Nadi 9 9 4 9

Third Place

England Jeremy Lyon beat United Arab Republic Kamal Zaghloul 5-9 9-2 9-6 9-3

References

  1. "Times Archives 1968 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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