1973 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1973 Benson & Hedges British Open Championships was held at Abbeydale Park in Sheffield from 27 January - 2 February 1973.
Jonah Barrington won his sixth title defeating Gogi Alauddin in the final. This sixth success took him to just one behind the record set by Hashim Khan, but it was also to be the last title victory for Barrington.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
35th 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   Bryan Patterson 9-0 9-7 9-6
  Gogi Alauddin   Sheriff Ali 9-1 9-0 9-3
  Ken Hiscoe   Tony Swift 9-3 9-3 9-0
  Hiddy Jahan   Kim Bruce-Lockhart
  Bill Reedman   Paul Millman 9-3 9-10 8-10 9-5 9-0
  John Easter   Hisamud Din 9-2 9-3 10-8
  Rehmatullah Khan   Youssef Khan 9-7 9-3 9-5
  Ahmed Safwat   Mike Nathanson 9-7 9-6 9-0
  Mike Grundy   M Letch 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Amanullah Khan   Abdul Rashid 9-2 9-0 9-3
  Abdelfattah Abou Taleb   John Hutchinson 9-3 9-7 9-1
  Peter Verow   Len Atkins 9-5 8-10 10-9 9-1
  Robert Meuleman   Mike de Semlyen 9-7 9-6 9-0
  Torsam Khan   Galal Allam 9-0 9-10 9-7 9-1
  Tony Gathercole   Alan Sims 5-9 10-9 9-3 10-8

Second round to final

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Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1   Jonah Barrington 9 5 9 9
  Amanullah Khan 6 9 4 3 1   Barrington 9 8 9 9
  John Easter 10 9 7 9   Easter 4 10 2 1
  Torsam Khan 9 6 9 6 1   Barrington 9 9 8 9
  Ahmed Safwat 9 9 3 9   Safwat 3 4 10 0
  Ron Meuleman 4 3 9 4   Safwat 9 9 4 9
8   Bill Reedman 9 9 8 9 8   Reedman 0 5 9 3
  Peter Verow 5 4 10 1 1   Barrington 3 9 7 9 9
4   Ken Hiscoe 9 10 9 4   Hiscoe 9 1 9 1 2
  Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 1 9 7 4   Hiscoe 9 9 9
  Rehmatullah Khan 9 9 9   Khan R 7 2 2
  Tony Gathercole 1 1 2 4   Hiscoe 2 9 9 9
5   Hiddy Jahan 8 9 10 9 5   Jahan 9 5 0 7
  Pat Kirton 10 2 8 3 5   Jahan 5 9 9 9 Final
  Mike Grundy 5 9 4 10   Grundy 9 6 1 5
  Alan Colburn 7 0 9 8 1   Barrington 9 9 9
3   Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9 3   Alauddin 4 3 2
  Sajjad Muneer 4 3 6 3   Alauddin 9 9 9
  Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 8 9   Aziz 1 0 2
  Clive Francis 3 1 10 4 3   Alauddin 6 9 9 9
6   Mohammed Yasin 6 10 9 9 6   Yasin 9 2 3 3
  Mohibullah Khan 9 8 3 0 6   Yasin 9 9 9
  Khalifa Salim w/o   Salim 1 5 3
  Dick Carter scr 3   Alauddin 1 9 9 10
2   Geoff Hunt 9 7 9 9 2   Hunt 9 7 1 8
  Mohammed Saleem 7 9 1 4 2   Hunt 9 9 4 4 9
  Sharif Khan 9 9 9   Khan S 3 2 9 9 0
  John Palmer 2 1 5 2   Hunt 9 9 9
7   Aftab Jawaid 9 9 0 3 9 7   Jawaid 6 6 3
  Mohamed Asran 7 3 9 9 3 7   Jawaid 4 9 6 9 9
  Qamar Zaman 9 9 4 9   Zaman 9 5 9 3 4
  Hassan Hegazi 5 3 9 5
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1973
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References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1973 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2015.