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1955 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
17th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1954
1956 →

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]

Seeds

2

Results

[2]

First Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Pakistan Hashim Khan ^ 9 9 9
England Richard Hawkey + 0 3 1 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 9 9
England Jack Giles 6 9 9 9 England Giles 4 5 4
England W J Moss 9 4 6 4 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 7 2 9 9
Pakistan Roshan Khan ^ 9 9 9 Pakistan Roshan Khan 2 9 9 2 5
England H de B Priestley + 0 0 6 Pakistan Roshan Khan 9 9 9
England Alan Seymour-Haydon + 5 2 10 9 9 England Seymour-Hayden 1 0 4
India Jamal Din 9 9 8 1 7 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 7 9 5 9
Pakistan Azam Khan ^ 9 9 9 Pakistan Azam Khan 7 9 7 9 7
England W J Ashford 3 4 2 Pakistan Azam Khan 9 9 9
Wales Denis Hughes + 3 4 9 9 9 Wales Hughes 4 0 3
Pakistan Safirullah 9 9 5 2 0 Pakistan Azam Khan 9 9 9
England Roy Wilson + 9 4 9 6 9 England Wilson 0 1 3
Iran Matthew Farhang Mohtadi + 2 9 5 9 6 England Wilson 9 9 9
England P M H Robinson + 0 5 10 7 England Doggart 7 5 2
England Peter Doggart + 9 9 8 9

+ amateur
^ seeded

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1955
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1955 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.