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1953 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
15th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club
← 1952
1954 →

The 1953 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 25 March - 2 April. Hashim Khan won his third consecutive title defeating Roy Wilson in the final.[1]

Azam Khan the younger brother of Hashim Khan made his first appearance at the tournament.

Seeds

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Results

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Pakistan Hashim Khan ^ 9 9 9
Scotland Ian de Sales la Terriere + 5 0 5 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 9 9
England Jack Giles 9 9 9 England Giles 4 5 3
Wales H G Davies 1 7 1 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 4 9 8 9
Pakistan Azam Khan 9 9 9 Pakistan Azam Khan 6 9 7 10 4
England Alan Fairbairn + ^ 2 6 3 Pakistan Azam Khan w/o
England Alan Seymour-Hayden + 9 9 9 England Seymour-Haydon scr
England Leslie Keeble 6 4 6 Pakistan Hashim Khan 9 8 9 9
England Roy Wilson ^ + 9 10 9 England Wilson 2 10 1 0
Scotland D W D Shaw + 7 9 2 India Abdul Bari 9 1 2 9 2
India Abdul Bari 9 9 9 England Wilson 2 9 9 1 9
Iran Matthew Farhang Mohtadi 7 3 5 England Wilson 1 9 9 9
Pakistan Safirullah Khan 9 10 2 10 Pakistan Safirullah Khan 9 7 3 4
England Peter Doggart + 2 9 9 8 Pakistan Safirullah Khan w/o
Egypt Mahmoud Karim ^ 8 10 9 10 Egypt Mahmoud Karim scr
South Africa Dr Gavin Hildick-Smith 10 8 4 8

+ amateur
^ seeded

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1953
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1953 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2015.