1973 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
35th British Open Championships
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LocationSheffield, England
Venue Abbeydale Park
  1972
1974  

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]

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Ireland.svg Jonah Barrington
  2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt
  3. Flag of Pakistan.svg Gogi Alauddin
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Hiscoe
  5. Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan
  6. Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammed Yasin
  7. Flag of Pakistan.svg Aftab Jawaid
  8. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Reedman

Draw and results

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First round

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of Ireland.svg Jonah Barrington Flag of England.svg Bryan Patterson 9-0 9-7 9-6
Flag of Pakistan.svg Gogi Alauddin Flag of Egypt.svg Sheriff Ali 9-1 9-0 9-3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Hiscoe Flag of England.svg Tony Swift 9-3 9-3 9-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan Flag of Scotland.svg Kim Bruce-Lockhart
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Reedman Flag of England.svg Paul Millman 9-3 9-10 8-10 9-5 9-0
Flag of England.svg John Easter Flag of India.svg Hisamud Din 9-2 9-3 10-8
Flag of Pakistan.svg Rehmatullah Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg Youssef Khan 9-7 9-3 9-5
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Safwat Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Mike Nathanson 9-7 9-6 9-0
Flag of England.svg Mike Grundy Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Letch 9-0 9-0 9-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Amanullah Khan Flag of Egypt.svg Abdul Rashid 9-2 9-0 9-3
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelfattah Abou Taleb Flag of the United States.svg John Hutchinson 9-3 9-7 9-1
Flag of England.svg Peter Verow Flag of Australia (converted).svg Len Atkins 9-5 8-10 10-9 9-1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Meuleman Flag of England.svg Mike de Semlyen 9-7 9-6 9-0
Flag of Pakistan.svg Torsam Khan Flag of Egypt.svg Galal Allam 9-0 9-10 9-7 9-1
Flag of England.svg Tony Gathercole Flag of England.svg Alan Sims 5-9 10-9 9-3 10-8

Second Round to Final

Second RoundThird RoundQuarter FinalsSemi Finals
1 Flag of Ireland.svg Jonah Barrington 9 5 9 9
Flag of Pakistan.svg Amanullah Khan 6 9 4 3 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Barrington 9 8 9 9
Flag of England.svg John Easter 10 9 7 9 Flag of England.svg Easter 4 10 2 1
Flag of Pakistan.svg Torsam Khan 9 6 9 6 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Barrington 9 9 8 9
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Safwat 9 9 3 9 Flag of Egypt.svg Safwat 3 4 10 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Meuleman 4 3 9 4 Flag of Egypt.svg Safwat 9 9 4 9
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Reedman 9 9 8 9 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Reedman 0 5 9 3
Flag of England.svg Peter Verow 5 4 10 1 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Barrington 3 9 7 9 9
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Hiscoe 9 10 9 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hiscoe 9 1 9 1 2
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 1 9 7 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hiscoe 9 9 9
Flag of Pakistan.svg Rehmatullah Khan 9 9 9 Flag of Pakistan.svg Khan R 7 2 2
Flag of England.svg Tony Gathercole 1 1 2 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hiscoe 2 9 9 9
5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan 8 9 10 9 5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahan 9 5 0 7
Flag of England.svg Pat Kirton 10 2 8 3 5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahan 5 9 9 9 Final
Flag of England.svg Mike Grundy 5 9 4 10 Flag of England.svg Grundy 9 6 1 5
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Alan Colburn 7 0 9 8 1 Flag of Ireland.svg Barrington 9 9 9
3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Alauddin 4 3 2
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sajjad Muneer 4 3 6 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Alauddin 9 9 9
Flag of Egypt.svg Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 8 9 Flag of Egypt.svg Aziz 1 0 2
Flag of England.svg Clive Francis 3 1 10 4 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Alauddin 6 9 9 9
6 Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammed Yasin 6 10 9 9 6 Flag of Pakistan.svg Yasin 9 2 3 3
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohibullah Khan 9 8 3 0 6 Flag of Pakistan.svg Yasin 9 9 9
Flag of Egypt.svg Khalifa Salim w/o Flag of Egypt.svg Salim 1 5 3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Carter scr 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Alauddin 1 9 9 10
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt 9 7 9 9 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 7 1 8
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammed Saleem 7 9 1 4 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 4 4 9
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sharif Khan 9 9 9 Flag of Pakistan.svg Khan S 3 2 9 9 0
Flag of England.svg John Palmer 2 1 5 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 9
7 Flag of Pakistan.svg Aftab Jawaid 9 9 0 3 9 7 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jawaid 6 6 3
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Asran 7 3 9 9 3 7 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jawaid 4 9 6 9 9
Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman 9 9 4 9 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 9 5 9 3 4
Flag of Egypt.svg Hassan Hegazi 5 3 9 5
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