| 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 theLansdowne 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 9-3Richard 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 beatRichard Hawkey 9-2 9-2 1-9 1-9 10-8 Sherif Afifi beat Brian Wise 10-9 7-9 9-6 9-7Aly Abdel Aziz beat Pat Kirton 9-7 4-9 9-2 10-9Aftab 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 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1963 | Succeeded by |