1969 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
31st British Open Championships
Details
Location Sheffield, England
Venue Abbeydale Park
 1968 1970 

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.[1]

Seeds

  1. Republic of Ireland Jonah Barrington
  2. Australia Geoff Hunt
  3. United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb
  4. Australia Ken Hiscoe
  5. Australia Cam Nancarrow
  6. Australia Dick Carter
  7. England Mike Corby
  8. United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik

Draw & Results

[2]

Semi-finals & Final

  Semi-finals Final
                                 
  1  England Republic of Ireland Jonah Barrington 4 5 8  
5  Australia Cameron Nancarrow 9 9 10  
  5  Australia Cameron Nancarrow 4 5 0
  2  Australia Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
2  Australia Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
  3  United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 5 2 5  

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarter Finals
1  England Republic of Ireland Jonah Barrington  
 bye     1  England Republic of Ireland Barrington 9 9 9  
 England Ken Davidson    England Davidson 1 0 2  
 bye       1  England Republic of Ireland Barrington 9 9 9  
 Australia Ray Lewis        Australia Lewis 1 2 3  
 bye      Australia Lewis w/o
 United Arab Republic Mahmoud Kerim    United Arab Republic Kerim scr  
 bye       1  England Republic of Ireland Barrington 9 9 9
 England Mike Hill        England Hill 3 4 2
 bye      England Hill 9 9 7 9  
 New Zealand Peter Dibley    New Zealand Dibley 5 6 9 5  
 bye        England Hill w/o
 Wales Duncan Davies        Wales Davies scr  
 bye      Wales Davies w/o
 bye   8  United Arab Republic Shafik scr  
8  United Arab Republic Tewfik Shafik  

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarter Finals
5  Australia Cam Nancarrow 9 2 6 10 9  
 Wales Peter Stokes 7 9 9 8 7     5  Australia Nancarrow 8 9 10 9  
 England Stuart Courtney 10 4 9 5 9    England Courtney 10 5 8 5  
 New Zealand Don Burmeister 8 9 6 9 3       5  Australia Nancarrow 1 9 9 9  
 South Africa Doug Barrow 9 9 9        South Africa Barrow 9 1 4 1  
 England Dick Carter 2 7 3      South Africa Barrow 6 1 9 9 10
 England Aly Aspahani    England Aspahani 9 9 1 0 8  
 bye       5  Australia Nancarrow 9 9 2 9
4  Australia Ken Hiscoe 9 9 9       4  Australia Hiscoe 4 1 9 7
 India Abdul Rashid 4 1 1     4  Australia Hiscoe 9 9 9  
 England John Ward    England Ward 1 1 4  
 bye       4  Australia Hiscoe 9 9 9
 England Paul Millman 8 10 9 4 9        England Millman 1 2 5  
 New Zealand Dardir El Bakary 10 8 2 9 7      England Millman 9 9 9
 England Terry Pickering 6 10 9 6 9    England Pickering 0 0 1  
 South Africa Barry Jones 9 8 1 9 5  

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarter Finals
2  Australia Geoff Hunt  
 bye     2  Australia Hunt 9 9 9  
 South Africa Graham MacDonald    South Africa MacDonald 5 0 1  
 bye       2  Australia Hunt 1 9 9 9  
 South Africa Dawie Botha        South Africa Botha 1 4 7  
 bye      South Africa Botha 2 9 8 9 9
 England Philip Ayton    England Ayton 9 2 10 1 7  
 bye       2  Australia Hunt 9 9 3 9
7  England Mike Corby       7  England Corby 4 7 9 7
 bye     7  England Corby 0 6 9 9 9  
 South Africa Derek Broom    South Africa Broom 9 9 7 3 5  
 bye       7  England Corby 4 9 9 9
 New Zealand Johnny Isaacs 9 9 10        New Zealand Isaacs 9 7 1 7  
 United Arab Republic K M Ibrahim 6 6 9      New Zealand Isaacs 9 9 9
 Pakistan Khan Din 9 9 3 9    Pakistan Khan Din 7 6 5  
 England Tony Breakwell 6 2 9 3  

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarter Finals
3  United Arab Republic Abdelfattah Abou Taleb 3 9 10 9  
 United Arab Republic Maged Abaza 9 5 8 6     2  United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 9  
 England Clive Francis    England Francis 0 5 6  
 bye       2  United Arab Republic Taleb 9 9 3 9  
 New Zealand Trevor Johnston 8 9 9 9        New Zealand Johnston 6 3 9 4  
 England Brian Wise 10 6 3 6      New Zealand Johnston w/o
 India Jamal Din 8 9 10 2    India Jamal Din scr  
 United Arab Republic Samir Nadim 10 3 8 2 ret       2  United Arab Republic Taleb 6 10 9 9
6  Australia Dick Carter 9 9 9       6  Australia Carter 9 9 6 4
 United Arab Republic Mohamed Khalifa 3 0 7     6  Australia Carter 6 9 9 9  
 England Don Innes    England Innes 9 0 2 3  
 bye       6  Australia Carter 9 10 9
 United Arab Republic Ahmed Nadi 9 9 9        United Arab Republic Nadi 6 8 5  
 England Mike Eggleton 2 4 4      United Arab Republic Nadi 2 9 9 9
 England Mike Grundy 9 10 9    England Grundy 9 3 2 3  
 Australia Nev Johnson 1 9 1  
Preceded by
1968
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1969
Succeeded by
1970

References

  1. "Times Archives 1969 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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