1998 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
60th British Open Championships
Details
Location Birmingham, England
Venue National Indoor Arena
 1997 1999 

The 1998 British Open Championships was held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, from 27 March - 5 April 1998.
Peter Nicol won the title defeating Jansher Khan in the final. This win put an end to Khan's six year winning streak.[1][2]

Seeds

Draw & Results

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Final Qualifying Round

Player One Player Two Score
Finland Juha Raumolin Australia John Williams 9-15 15-7 7-15 15-9 15-12
Australia Joseph Kneipp England Danny Meddings 9-15 15-11 15-7 15-2
Wales David Evans Australia Stewart Boswell 15-9 8-15 15-5 15-10
Australia David Palmer Malaysia Ong Beng Hee 15-5 15-14 15-4
England Nick Taylor England Bradley Ball 15-13 13-15 15-10 15-11
England Lee Beachill South Africa Glenn Whittaker 15-12 15-11 9-15 15-7
Scotland John White Finland Mika Monto + 15-10 15-14 13-15 15-10
South Africa Rodney Durbach England Iain Higgins 15-9 15-10 7-15 15-4

+ Lucky loser

Main Draw

First Round   Second Round   Quarter Finals   Semi Finals   Final
1  Scotland Peter Nicol 15 15 15  
 England Lee Beachill 2 10 10     1  Scotland Nicol 15 15 15  
13  England Chris Walker 15 13 15 17   13  England Walker 12 7 9  
 Republic of Ireland Derek Ryan 8 15 10 15       1  Scotland Nicol 15 15 15  
7  England Simon Parke 15 13 15 15       7  England Parke 13 13 6  
 Finland Juha Raumolin 12 9 15 9     7  England Parke 13 8 15 15 15
9  England Mark Chaloner 17 15 15   9  England Chaloner 15 15 12 7 11  
 France Julien Bonetat 16 7 12       1  Scotland Nicol 15 15 15  
4  Australia Rodney Eyles 15 15 15       4  Australia Eyles 9 13 11  
 Egypt Amr Shabana 6 10 7     4  Australia Eyles 7 15 15 7 15  
16  England Mark Cairns 15 15 15   16  England Cairns 15 11 11 15 10  
 Egypt Amir Wagih 13 8 10       4  Australia Eyles 17 17 15
 Scotland John White 15 15 15        Scotland White 16 16 12  
15  Scotland Martin Heath 12 13 10      Scotland White 15 15 7 13 15
 Australia Joseph Kneipp 15 15 9 13 15    Australia Kneipp 13 9 15 15 8  
6  Wales Alex Gough 13 6 15 15 14       1  Scotland Nicol 17 15 15
2  Pakistan Jansher Khan 17 3 17 5 15       2  Pakistan Jansher K 16 14 5
 Belgium Stefan Castleleyn 15 15 15 15 6     2  Pakistan Jansher K 15 15 15  
14  Australia Byron Davis 15 15 15   14  Australia Davis 12 13 11  
 South Africa Rodney Durbach 12 12 10       2  Pakistan Jansher K 15 15 17  
12  England Paul Johnson 15 13 15 15       12  England Johnson 11 11 15  
 Finland Mika Monto 10 15 9 13     12  England Johnson 15 9 15 15
8  Australia Anthony Hill 15 17 15   8  Australia Hill 12 15 10 6  
 Australia David Palmer 11 14 8       2  Pakistan Jansher K 15 15 10 15
10  Australia Dan Jenson 15 15 9 17       10  Australia Jenson 9 8 15 10  
 England Nick Taylor 8 7 15 14     10  Australia Jenson 10 10 15 15 15  
 Canada Graham Ryding 16 15 15 15    Canada Ryding 15 15 11 14 2  
5  Egypt Ahmed Barada 17 6 7 3       10  Australia Jenson 9 15 15 15
 Wales David Evans 9 15 15 15        Wales Evans 15 11 6 8  
11  England Del Harris 15 11 7 9      Wales Evans 9 15 6 w/o
3  Canada Jonathon Power 15 15 15   3  Canada Power 15 17 3 ret  
 England Tony Hands 14 14 7  
Preceded by
1997
British Open Squash Championships
England (Birmingham)

1998
Succeeded by
1999

References

  1. "Times Archives 1998 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "British Open 1998". squashplayer.co.uk.
  3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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