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1972 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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

Second round

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

Main draw

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