| British Open Squash Championships | |
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| 25th British Open Championships | |
| Details | |
| Location | London, England |
| Venue | Lansdowne Club |
The 1963 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 26 November - 5 December 1962.
Azam Khan was unable to defend his title after struggling to regain fitness following an Achilles tendon injury. Mo Khan won the Open Championship defeating Abdelfattah Abou Taleb in the final. Incredibly Taleb had led the final two sets to one and eight points to one needing just one more point to become champion. Mo Khan however recovered to win the set and then the match in a remarkable comeback. Roshan Khan defeated Aftab Jawaid in the third place play off 9-3 9-6 5-9 4-9 9-3. [1]
John Skinner beat Terry Pickering 9-0 6-9 3-9 9-0 9-2
Aftab Jawaid beat Jonathan Smith 7-9 9-5 8-10 9-7 10-9
Brian Wise beat Peter Fuente w/o
Sherif Afifi beat 
Ken Watson 5-9 9-4 9-5 9-3
Richard Hawkey beat Don Thompson 9-0 6-9 9-7 6-9 9-3
Tony Gathercole beat Mike Corby 5-9 9-4 6-9 9-7 9-5
George Chisholm beat Richard Hawkey 9-2 9-2 1-9 1-9 10-8
Sherif Afifi beat Brian Wise 10-9 7-9 9-6 9-7
Aly Abdel Aziz beat Pat Kirton 9-7 4-9 9-2 10-9
Aftab Jawaid beat John Skinner
| First round | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mo Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeremy Lyon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Mo Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aly Abdel Aziz | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | Aly Abdel Aziz | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jamal Din | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Mo Khan | 10 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mike Oddy | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | Jawaid | 8 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kamal Zaghloul | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | Zaghloul | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aftab Jawaid | 9 | 9 | 9 | Jawaid | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sherif Afifi | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Mo Khan | 9 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Abdelfattah Abou Taleb | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | Taleb | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Gathercole | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | Taleb | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tewfik Shafik | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Shafik | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Denis Hughes | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Taleb | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Roshan Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | Roshan Khan | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ibrahim Amin | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Roshan Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Chisholm | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | Chisholm | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Corby+ | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
+ Corby gained a lucky losers place by virtue of the withdrawal of Yusuf Khan of India.
| Preceded by 1962 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1963 | Succeeded by 1964 |
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The 1960 Open Championship was held at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London from 2–7 December 1959.
The Open championship was moved to December to avoid a clash with the professional championship. However to confuse matters instead of waiting until December 1960 the authorities decided to hold the tournament in December 1959 despite the fact that it had already been held in March 1959.
Azam Khan retained his title beating Roshan Khan in final. Roshan slipped in the second rally of the final hurting himself, he played well until 4-1 behind in the first game but then faded very badly and could not move fluently which led to Azam going through the motions of wrapping up the easy victory.
The 1961 Open Championship was held at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London from 29 November - 4 December 1960.
Once again the Open championship was held during the previous December to avoid a clash with the professional championship. This method would be used until 1969.
Azam Khan won his third consecutive title beating Mo Khan in the final. A third place play off also took place in which Roshan Khan defeated Denis Hughes 9-3 9-0 9-3.
The 1962 Open Championship was held at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London from 27 November - 4 December 1961.
Azam Khan won his fourth consecutive title beating Mo Khan in a repeat of the 1961 final. Roshan Khan defeated Dardir El Bakary in the third place play off 9-6 9-7 8-10 0-9 9-1.
The 1964 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 25 November - 4 December 1963.
Roshan Khan seeded four pulled out of the main draw with an elbow injury to be replaced by lucky loser Sami Nadim. Abdelfattah Abou Taleb defeated Mike Oddy in the final. Aftab Jawaid won the third place play off by beating defending champion Mo Khan 9-6 5-9 5-9 10-8 9-1.
The 1965 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 9–16 December 1964.
Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his second consecutive title defeating Ibrahim Amin in the final.
Roshan Khan seeded five pulled out of the main draw.
The 1966 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 13–22 December 1965.
Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his third consecutive title defeating Aftab Jawaid. The competition came under criticism for the modern day physicality which increased the chances of players getting injured, in the first round Ward was taken to hospital following a head injury received whilst playing Jawaid. The champion Taleb also came under fire for his aggressive attitude, particularly in the final.
The 1967 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 12–21 December 1966.
Jonah Barrington won the title defeating Aftab Jawaid in the final to become the first British winner since 1938.
The 1968 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 12–20 December 1967.
Jonah Barrington won his second consecutive title defeating Abdelfattah Abou Taleb in the final.
The 1969 British Open Championship was held at the Abbeydale Park in Sheffield from 21–29 January 1969.
Geoff Hunt won the title defeating Cameron Nancarrow in the final. This was the first time that the event took place outside London. Returning after a seven-year absence the 1962 semi-finalist Dardir El Bakary represented New Zealand instead of Egypt.
The 1970 British Open Championship was held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham from 8–13 December 1969.
Jonah Barrington won his third title defeating Geoff Hunt in the final.
The 1971 British Open Championship was held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham from 4–12 December 1969.
Jonah Barrington won his fourth title defeating Aftab Jawaid in the final.
The Khan squash family, sometimes referred to as the Khan squash dynasty, refers to a Pakistani family that has produced a succession of champion squash players. The dynasty's patriarch was Hashim Khan (1914-2014), whose win at the 1951 British Open began the era of his family's dominance in the sport. This family dominance continues with Ivy League star Anoush Khan. Members of the Khan family have combined for a total of 23 British Open, 16 North American Open, 19 US Professional Championships, and six World Championships wins.