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

Seeds

Draw and results

[2]

First round

Player One Player Two Score
Jonah Barrington Bryan Patterson9-0 9-7 9-6
Gogi Alauddin Sheriff Ali9-1 9-0 9-3
Ken Hiscoe Tony Swift9-3 9-3 9-0
Hiddy Jahan Kim Bruce-Lockhart
Bill Reedman Paul Millman9-3 9-10 8-10 9-5 9-0
John Easter Hisamud Din9-2 9-3 10-8
Rehmatullah Khan Youssef Khan9-7 9-3 9-5
Ahmed Safwat Mike Nathanson9-7 9-6 9-0
Mike Grundy M Letch9-0 9-0 9-0
Amanullah Khan Abdul Rashid9-2 9-0 9-3
Abdelfattah Abou Taleb John Hutchinson9-3 9-7 9-1
Peter Verow Len Atkins9-5 8-10 10-9 9-1
Robert Meuleman Mike de Semlyen9-7 9-6 9-0
Torsam Khan Galal Allam9-0 9-10 9-7 9-1
Tony Gathercole Alan Sims5-9 10-9 9-3 10-8

Second Round to Final

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
1972
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1973
Succeeded by
1974

References

  1. "Times Archives 1973 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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