The 1955 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 23 March - 28 March. Hashim Khan won his fifth consecutive title defeating his younger brother Azam Khan in a repeat of the 1954 final. Hashim Khan equalled the record number of five wins set by F.D. Amr Bey[1]
British Open Squash Championships | |
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17th British Open Championships | |
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Location | London, England |
Venue | Lansdowne Club |
Seeds
editResults
editFirst round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hashim Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Hawkey + | 0 | 3 | 1 | Hashim Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Giles | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Giles | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
W J Moss | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Hashim Khan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roshan Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | Roshan Khan | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H de B Priestley + | 0 | 0 | 6 | Roshan Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Seymour-Haydon + | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | Seymour-Hayden | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jamal Din | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | Hashim Khan | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Azam Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | Azam Khan | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
W J Ashford | 3 | 4 | 2 | Azam Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denis Hughes + | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Hughes | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Safirullah Khan | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Azam Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roy Wilson + | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | Wilson | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Farhang Mohtadi + | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | Wilson | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
P M H Robinson + | 0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | Doggart | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Doggart + | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
+ amateur
^ seeded
References
edit- ^ "Times Archives 1955 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2015.