1972 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1972 Benson and Hedges British Open Championship was held at the Abbeydale Park Squash Club in Sheffield from 28 January - 5 February 1972.
Jonah Barrington won his fifth title defeating Geoff Hunt in the final. The event was sponsored for the first time by Benson and Hedges.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
34th British Open Championships
Details
LocationSheffield, England
VenueAbbeydale Park
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Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Jonah Barrington   Ahmed Nadi 9-3 9-0 9-1
  Mike de Semlyen   D P Morgan 9-2 9-5 9-3
  Ray Lewis   Don Innes w/o
  Dave Dick   Hisamud Din 9-2 9-4 9-5
  Galal Allam   Sharif Khan w/o
  Ian Nuttall   Aly Aspahani w/o
  Tony Swift   Rob Jolly 9-3 9-6 9-6
  M G Young   Alan Sims 9-5 6-9 9-5 10-8
  Gogi Alauddin   Mike Hepker 9-3 4-9 6-9 9-2 9-2
  David D’Arcy Hughes   Ahmed Safwat 9-1 9-3 9-4
  Terry Pickering   John Palmer 9-4 9-4 9-4
  Ken Binns   Maged Abaza 9-7 8-9 9-5 9-5
  Aftab Jawaid   Moussa Helal 9-7 9- 0 9-5
  John Easter   Rehmatullah Khan 9-7 9-4 9-1
  Paul Millman   Mike Nathanson w/o
  Mohibullah Khan   Amanullah Khan 10-8 9-4 9-0
  Geoff Hunt   Yusuf Khan 9-0 9-2 9-2
  Mike Corby   Alan Colburn 9-3 10-8 8-10 9-7
  Sajjad Muneer   Kim Bruce-Lockhart 9-4 9-5 10-9
  Ian Turley   Brian Wise 9-5 9-2 9-6
  Hiddy Jahan   Tony Gathercole 9-6 9-3 9-2
  Robin Bawtree   K Mahmoud 9-4 9-10 9-4 9-3
  Abdelfattah Abou Taleb   Samir Nadim w/o
  Pat Kirton   M A Mohsen 9-4 9-1 9-5
  Ken Hiscoe   Ken Davidson 9-0 9-1 9-1
  Mohamed Khalifa   Charles Booth 9-1 9-5 9-5
  Mohibullah ‘Mo’ Khan   M Youssef 9-0 9-4 9-1
  Clive Francis   Mike Grundy 9-6 9-3 10-8
  Mohamed Asran   Abdul Rashid 9-0 9-2 9-1
  Robert Anjema   Khan Din 10-8 9-5 9-4
  Philip Ayton   John Richardson 9-3 9-2 8-10 9-10 10-8
  Peter Stokes   Alan Purnell 9-2 5-9 9-3 9-6

Second round

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Player One Player Two Score
  Jonah Barrington   Mike de Semlyen 9-2 9-1 9-3
  Ray Lewis   Dave Dick 9-6 9-4 9-4
  Galal Allam   Ian Nuttall 9-7 9-1 9-7
  Tony Swift   M G Young 9-6 7-9 9-2 9-4
  Gogi Alauddin   David D’Arcy Hughes 9-2 9-2 10-9
  Terry Pickering   Ken Binns 5-9 9-1 9-1 9-1
  Aftab Jawaid   John Easter 4-9 9-3 9-7 10-9
  Paul Millman   Mohibullah Khan 9-1 9-7 9-6
  Geoff Hunt   Mike Corby 8-10 9-3 9-3 9-7
  Sajjad Muneer   Ian Turley 9-1 9-2 9-6
  Hiddy Jahan   Robin Bawtree 9-5 9-7 9-3
  Abdelfattah Abou Taleb   Pat Kirton 9-7 9-3 0-9 4-9 9-7
  Ken Hiscoe   Mohamed Khalifa 9-1 9-4 9-5
  Mohibullah ‘Mo’ Khan   Clive Francis 9-5 9-3 9-3
  Mohamed Asran   Robert Anjema 9-5 9-0 9-2
  Philip Ayton   Peter Stokes 9-1 9-3 9-7

Main draw

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Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   Jonah Barrington 9 9 9
  Ray Lewis 4 0 5 1   Barrington 9 9 9
  Galal Allam 9 9 9   Allam 6 3 7
  Tony Swift 7 7 5 1   Barrington 10 9 9
4   Gogi Alauddin 9 10 9 4   Alauddin 8 7 2
  Terry Pickering 0 5 0 4   Alauddin 9 9 9
5   Aftab Jawaid 9 9 9 5   Jawaid 5 4 4
  Paul Millman 5 7 5 1   Barrington 0 9 10 6 9
2   Geoff Hunt 9 9 9 2   Hunt 9 7 8 9 7
  Sajjad Muneer 1 7 1 2   Hunt 9 10 9 10
7   Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 7   Jahan 7 9 10 1
  Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 7 5 2 2   Hunt 9 10 9
3   Ken Hiscoe 9 9 9 3   Hiscoe 7 9 4
  Mo Khan 3 1 5 3   Hiscoe 9 3 9 9
6   Mohamed Asran 9 9 2 9 6   Asran 6 9 6 3
  Philip Ayton 4 4 9 6

Eighth seed Mohamed Yasin (Pakistan) withdrew before the tournament started.

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1972
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1972 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2015.