1956 Men's British Open Squash Championship
| British Open Squash Championships | |||
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| 18th British Open Championships | |||
| Details | |||
| Location | London, England | ||
| Venue | Lansdowne Club | ||
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The 1956 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 21 March - 26 March. Hashim Khan won his sixth consecutive title defeating Roshan Khan in the final.
Hashim Khan set a new record by winning a sixth title overtaking the previous record set by F.D. Amr Bey[1]
Seeds
Results
| First Round | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hashim Khan ^
| 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Peter Phillips +
| 2 | 0 | 3 | Hashim Khan
| 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jamal Din
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Jamal Din
| 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Broomfield +
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Hashim Khan
| 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Azam Khan ^
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Azam Khan
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Denis Hughes +
| 6 | 0 | 1 | Azam Khan
| 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S J S Lam +
| 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | Lam
| 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P M H Robinson +
| 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | Hashim Khan
| 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roshan Khan ^
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Roshan Khan
| 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 David Hodgson +
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Roshan Khan
| 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dardir El Bakary
| 9 | 9 | 9 | El Bakary
| 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Matthew Farhang Mohtadi
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Roshan Khan
| 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Hawkey +
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Hawkey
| 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| D W Harman
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Hawkey
| 9 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Giles
| 10 | 9 | 9 | Giles
| 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Brian Boys +
| 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
+ amateur
^ seeded
| Preceded by 1955 |
British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1956 |
Succeeded by 1957 |
References
- ↑ "Times Archives 1956 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
- ↑ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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