| British Open Squash Championships | |
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| 18th British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Lansdowne Club |
The 1956 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 21 March - 26 March. Hashim Khan won his sixth consecutive title defeating Roshan Khan in the final.
Hashim Khan set a new record by winning a sixth title overtaking the previous record set by F.D. Amr Bey [1]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hashim Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Peter Phillips + | 2 | 0 | 3 | Hashim Khan | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jamal Din | 9 | 9 | 9 | Jamal Din | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Broomfield + | 3 | 3 | 2 | Hashim Khan | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Azam Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | Azam Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Denis Hughes + | 6 | 0 | 1 | Azam Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S J S Lam + | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | Lam | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P M H Robinson + | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | Hashim Khan | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roshan Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | Roshan Khan | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 David Hodgson + | 1 | 1 | 0 | Roshan Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dardir El Bakary | 9 | 9 | 9 | El Bakary | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Matthew Farhang Mohtadi | 3 | 1 | 6 | Roshan Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Hawkey + | 9 | 9 | 9 | Richard Hawkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| D W Harman | 7 | 5 | 3 | Richard Hawkey | 9 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Giles | 10 | 9 | 9 | Giles | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Brian Boys + | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
+ amateur
^ seeded
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