British Open Squash Championships

The British Open Squash Championships , also short British Open , are an annual squash tournament for men and women. It currently takes place in Kingston upon Hull , England , and is part of the men's PSA World Series and the women's WSA World Series . The men's tournament was launched in 1930 and currently belongs to the World Series Platinum category , the second highest valuation category . The total prize money is therefore 150,000 US dollars . For women, the tournament, which has been held since 1922, belongs to the World Series Platinum category and has total prize money of 95,000 US dollars.

history

The men's British Open was played for the first time in 1931. The format stipulated that the defending champion had to play three games against a challenger, with the winner being who won two of the three games. This format was maintained until 1947, with no endgame requiring the third game. The KO system, which is still used today, has been in use since 1948. For the year 1930 the long-time British master Charles Read was chosen as the first title holder. His first challenger in 1931 was Don Butcher , like Read English, who won the games. The women's tournament was held as an amateur competition as early as 1922, and it wasn't until 1974 that the women's British Open became a professional tournament. Originally, women's and men's competitions were held separately, but since 1983 they have been held together. The most successful player at the British Open is the Australian Heather McKay (née Blundell), who won the tournament 16 times in a row between 1962 and 1977. In the men's category, Pakistani Jahangir Khan is the record winner with ten titles, and he also won all titles between 1982 and 1991 in a row.

Before the squash world championship was held for the first time in the mid-1970s, the British Open was regarded by experts as the unofficial world championships. Due to the great importance of the British Open in squash, the tournament, which is the oldest squash tournament in the world, is also commonly known as the “ Wimbledon of Squash”.

Venues

Since 1947 the British Open has been held in a number of different locations:

• 1948–1960: Lundsdowne Club , London
• 1961–1962: RAC Club , London
• 1963–1968: Lundsdowne and Royal Aero Clubs
• 1969, 1970-1974: Abbeydale , Sheffield
• 1970-1971: Edgbaston Priory , Birmingham
• 1975–1979: Wembley Squash Center , London
• 1980, 1984-1994: Wembley Conference Center ; London
• 1981-1982: Churchill Theater , Bromley
• 1983: Assembly Rooms , Derby
• 1995-1997: Cardiff , Wales
• 1998, 2000, 2001: National Indoor Arena , Birmingham
• 1999: Aberdeen , Scotland
• 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009: National Squash Center , Manchester
• 2003-2004: Albert Hall , Nottingham
• 2006: University of Nottingham , Nottingham
• 2008: Echo Arena , Liverpool
• 2012: The O₂ , London
• 2013, 2014: KC Stadium , Kingston upon Hull
• since 2015: Airco Arena and University of Hull , Kingston upon Hull

Winner gentlemen

year	winner	Final opponent	Result 1
1930	Charles Read	determined to be the title holder
1931	Don Butcher	Charles Read	9: 6, 9: 5, 9: 5 and 9: 3, 9: 5, 9: 3
1932	Don Butcher	Charles Arnold	9: 0, 9: 0, 9: 0 and 9: 3, 9: 0, 9: 5
1933	FD Amr Bey	Don Butcher	9: 0, 9: 7, 9: 1 and 9: 5, 6: 9, 9: 2, 9: 1, 9: 4
1934	FD Amr Bey	not a challenger
1935	FD Amr Bey	Don Butcher	9: 4, 8:10, 10: 8, 9: 0 and 9: 6, 6: 9, 9: 2, 0: 9, 9: 5
1936	FD Amr Bey	Jim Dear	9: 3, 6: 9, 8:10, 9: 2, 9: 4 and 9: 4, 9: 7, 3: 9, 9: 7
1937	FD Amr Bey	Jim Dear	9: 7, 7: 9, 9: 7, 5: 9, 9: 6 and 9: 7, 8:10, 9: 1, 9: 6
1938	FD Amr Bey	Jim Dear	10: 8, 10: 8, 4: 9, 1: 9, 9: 4 and 9: 7, 8:10, 9: 6, 9: 5
1939	Jim Dear	Bert Biddle	5: 9, 9: 6, 5: 9, 9: 6, 9: 5 and 6: 9, 9: 1, 9: 2, 9: 6
1940–1946: Second World War
1947	Mahmoud Karim	Jim Dear	9: 4, 9: 1, 9: 3 and 5: 9, 7: 9, 9: 8, 9: 7, 9: 4
1948	Mahmoud Karim	Jim Dear	9: 5, 9: 3, 5: 9, 1: 9, 10: 8
1949	Mahmoud Karim	Brian Phillips	9: 4, 9: 2, 9:10, 9: 4
1950	Mahmoud Karim	Abdul Bari	9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 7
1951	Hashim Khan	Mahmoud Karim	9: 5, 9: 0, 9: 0
1952	Hashim Khan	Mahmoud Karim	9: 5, 9: 7, 9: 0
1953	Hashim Khan	Roy Wilson	9: 2, 8:10, 9: 1, 9: 0
1954	Hashim Khan	Azam Khan	6: 9, 9: 6, 9: 6, 7: 9, 9: 5
1955	Hashim Khan	Azam Khan	9: 7, 7: 9, 9: 7, 5: 9, 9: 7
1956	Hashim Khan	Roshan Khan	9: 4, 9: 2, 5: 9, 9: 5
1957	Roshan Khan	Hashim Khan	6: 9, 9: 5, 9: 2, 9: 1
1958	Hashim Khan	Azam Khan	9: 7, 6: 9, 9: 6, 9: 7
1959	Azam Khan	Mo Khan	9: 5, 9: 0, 9: 1
1960	Azam Khan	Roshan Khan	9: 1, 9: 0, 9: 0
1961	Azam Khan	Mo Khan	6: 9, 9: 1, 9: 4, 0: 9, 9: 2
1962	Azam Khan	Mo Khan	9: 6, 7: 9, 10: 8, 2: 9, 9: 4
1963	Mo Khan	AA Aboutaleb	9: 4, 5: 9, 3: 9, 10: 8, 9: 6
1964	AA Aboutaleb	Mike Oddy	9: 3, 9: 7, 9: 0
1965	AA Aboutaleb	Ibrahim Amin	9: 0, 0: 9, 9: 1, 9: 6
1966	AA Aboutaleb	Aftab Jawaid	9: 6, 5: 9, 9: 3, 9: 1
1967	Jonah Barrington	Aftab Jawaid	9: 2, 5: 9, 9: 2, 9: 2
1968	Jonah Barrington	AA Aboutaleb	9: 6, 9: 0, 9: 5
1969	Geoff Hunt	Cam Nancarrow	9: 5, 9: 4, 9: 0
1970	Jonah Barrington	Geoff Hunt	9: 7, 3: 9, 9: 4, 9: 4
1971	Jonah Barrington	Aftab Jawaid	9: 1, 9: 2, 9: 6
1972	Jonah Barrington	Geoff Hunt	0: 9, 9: 7, 10: 8, 6: 9, 9: 7
1973	Jonah Barrington	Gogi Alauddin	9: 4, 9: 3, 9: 2
1974	Geoff Hunt	Mo Yasin	without a fight
1975	Qamar Zaman	Gogi Alauddin	9: 7, 9: 6, 9: 1
1976	Geoff Hunt	Mohibullah Khan	7: 9, 9: 4, 8:10, 9: 2, 9: 2
1977	Geoff Hunt	Cam Nancarrow	9: 4, 9: 4, 8:10, 9: 4
1978	Geoff Hunt	Qamar Zaman	7: 9, 9: 1, 9: 1, 9: 2
1979	Geoff Hunt	Qamar Zaman	2: 9, 9: 7, 9: 0, 6: 9, 9: 3
1980	Geoff Hunt	Qamar Zaman	9: 3, 9: 2, 1: 9, 9: 1
1981	Geoff Hunt	Jahangir Khan	9: 2, 9: 7, 5: 9, 9: 7
1982	Jahangir Khan	Hiddy Jahan	9: 2, 10: 9, 9: 3
1983	Jahangir Khan	Gamal Awad	9: 2, 9: 5, 9: 1
1984	Jahangir Khan	Qamar Zaman	9: 0, 9: 3, 9: 5
1985	Jahangir Khan	Chris Dittmar	9: 3, 9: 2, 9: 5
1986	Jahangir Khan	Ross Norman	9: 6, 9: 4, 9: 6
1987	Jahangir Khan	Jansher Khan	9: 6, 9: 0, 9: 5
1988	Jahangir Khan	Rodney Martin	9: 2, 9:10, 9: 0, 9: 1
1989	Jahangir Khan	Rodney Martin	9: 2, 3: 9, 9: 5, 0: 9, 9: 2
1990	Jahangir Khan	Rodney Martin	9: 6, 10: 8, 9: 1
1991	Jahangir Khan	Jansher Khan	2: 9, 9: 4, 9: 4, 9: 0
1992	Jansher Khan	Chris Robertson	9: 7, 10: 9, 9: 5
1993	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar	9: 6, 9: 5, 6: 9, 9: 2
1994	Jansher Khan	Brett Martin	9: 1, 9: 0, 9:10, 9: 1
1995	Jansher Khan	Peter Marshall	15: 4, 15: 4, 15: 5
1996	Jansher Khan	Rodney Eyles	15:13, 15: 8, 15:10
1997	Jansher Khan	Peter Nicol	17:15, 9:15, 15:12, 8:15, 15: 8
1998	Peter Nicol	Jansher Khan	17:16, 15: 4, 15: 5
1999	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	15:17, 15:12 task
2000	David Evans	Paul Price	15:11, 15: 6, 15:10
2001	David Palmer	Chris Walker	12:15, 13:15, 15: 2, 15: 9, 15: 5
2002	Peter Nicol	John White	15: 9, 15: 8, 15: 8
2003	David Palmer	Peter Nicol	15:13, 15:13, 15: 8
2004	David Palmer	Amr Shabana	14:16, 11: 7, 13:11, 11: 7
2005	Anthony Ricketts	James Willstrop	11: 7, 11: 9, 11: 7
2006	Nick Matthew	Thierry Lincou	11: 8, 5:11, 11: 4, 9:11, 11: 6
2007	Grégory Gaultier	Thierry Lincou	11: 4, 10:12, 11: 6, 11: 3
2008	David Palmer	James Willstrop	11: 9, 11: 9, 8:11, 6:11, 13:11
2009	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	8:11, 11: 8, 7:11, 11: 3, 12:10
2010	not carried out
2011
2012	Nick Matthew	Ramy Ashour	11: 9, 11: 4, 11: 8
2013	Ramy Ashour	Grégory Gaultier	7:11, 11: 4, 11: 7, 11: 8
2014	Grégory Gaultier	Nick Matthew	11: 3, 11: 6, 11: 2
2015	Mohamed Elshorbagy	Grégory Gaultier	11: 9, 6:11, 5:11, 11: 8, 11: 5
2016	Mohamed Elshorbagy	Ramy Ashour	11: 2, 11: 5, 11: 9
2017	Grégory Gaultier	Nick Matthew	8:11, 11: 7, 11: 3, 11: 3
2018	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Mohamed Elshorbagy	11: 7, 6:11, 8:11, 11: 2, 11: 9
2019	Mohamed Elshorbagy	Ali Farag	11: 9, 5:11, 11: 5, 11: 9

¹ From 1931 to 1947, the title was awarded in a best-of-three competition, which means that the player who won two out of three games was the winner. A third game was not needed in any event, all games ended 2-0.

List the title holder after victories

player	Victories	Final participation	total
Jahangir Khan	10	1	11
Geoff Hunt	8th	2	10
Hashim Khan	7th	1	8th
Jansher Khan	6th	3	9
FD Amr Bey	6th	0	6th
Jonah Barrington	6th	0	6th
Azam Khan	4th	3	7th
Mahmoud Karim	4th	2	6th
David Palmer	4th	0	4th
AA Aboutaleb	3	2	5
Grégory Gaultier	3	2	5
Nick Matthew	3	2	5
Mohamed Elshorbagy	3	1	4th
/ Peter Nicol	2	3	5
Don Butcher	2	2	4th
Jim Dear	1	5	6th
Qamar Zaman	1	4th	5
Mo Khan	1	3	4th
Roshan Khan	1	2	3
Ramy Ashour	1	2	3
Charles Read	1	1	2
David Evans	1	0	1
Jonathon Power	1	0	1
Anthony Ricketts	1	0	1
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	1	0	1

Winner by country

country	Victories	Final participation
Pakistan	30th	25th
Egypt	17th	11
Australia	13	14th
England	8th	20th
Ireland	6th	0
France	3	4th
Scotland	1	3
Canada	1	0
Colombia	1	0
Wales	1	0
New Zealand	0	1
India	0	1

Winner women

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1922	Joyce Cave	Nancy Cave	11:15, 15:10, 15: 9
1923	Silvia Huntsman	Nancy Cave	6:15, 15: 9, 17:15
1924	Nancy Cave	Joyce Cave	15: 8, 15:13
1925	Joyce Cave	Nancy Cave	15: 3, 6:15, 16:13
1926	Cecily Fenwick	Nancy Cave	15:12, 15:11
1927	Cecily Fenwick	Nancy Cave	4: 9, 9: 6, 9: 2, 9: 5
1928	Joyce Cave	Cecily Fenwick	4: 9, 9: 5, 10: 9, 9: 6
1929	Nancy Cave	Cecily Fenwick	9: 6, 3: 9, 9: 2, 3: 9, 9: 6
1930	Nancy Cave	Cecily Fenwick	10: 8, 9: 1, 7: 9, 9: 5
1931	Cecily Fenwick	Nancy Cave	9: 7, 10: 8, 9:10, 9: 1
1932	Susan Noel	Joyce Cave	9: 5, 9: 7, 9: 1
1933	Susan Noel	Sheila Keith-Jones	9: 4, 9: 0, 9: 2
1934	Susan Noel	Margot Lumb	9: 7, 9: 0, 9: 6
1935	Margot Lumb	Anne Lytton-Milbanke	9: 4, 9: 0, 9: 1
1936	Margot Lumb	Anne Lytton-Milbanke	9: 5, 9: 5, 9: 4
1937	Margot Lumb	Sheila McKechnie	9: 3, 9: 2, 9: 0
1938	Margot Lumb	Sheila McKechnie	9: 3, 9: 2, 9: 1
1939	Margot Lumb	Susan Noel	9: 6, 9: 1, 9: 7
1940–1946: Second World War
1947	Joan Curry	Alice Teague	9: 3, 10: 9, 9: 5
1948	Joan Curry	Janet Morgan	9: 5, 9: 0, 9:10, 6: 9, 10: 8
1949	Joan Curry	Janet Morgan	2: 9, 9: 3, 10: 8, 9: 0
1950	Janet Morgan	Joan Curry	9: 4, 9: 3, 9: 0
1951	Janet Morgan	Joan Curry	9: 1, 2: 9, 9: 3, 9: 4
1952	Janet Morgan	Joan Curry	9: 3, 9: 1, 9: 5
1953	Janet Morgan	Marjorie Townsend	9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 4
1954	Janet Morgan	Sheila Speight	9: 3, 9: 1, 9: 7
1955	Janet Morgan	Ruth Turner	9: 5, 9: 3, 9: 6
1956	Janet Morgan	Sheila Speight	9: 6, 9: 4, 9: 2
1957	Janet Morgan	Sheila Speight	4: 9, 9: 5, 9: 1, 9: 6
1958	Janet Morgan	Sheila Macintosh	9: 7, 6: 9, 9: 6, 9: 7
1959	Janet Morgan	Sheila Macintosh	9: 4, 9: 1, 9: 5
1960	Sheila Macintosh	Fran Marshall	4: 9, 8: 9, 9: 5, 9: 3, 9: 6
1961	Fran Marshall	Ruth Turner	9: 3, 9: 5, 9: 1
1962	Heather Blundell	Fran Marshall	9: 6, 9: 5, 9: 4
1963	Heather Blundell	Fran Marshall	9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 6
1964	Heather Blundell	Fran Marshall	9: 2, 9: 2, 9: 1
1965	Heather Blundell	Anna Craven-Smith	9: 0, 9: 1, 9: 2
1966	Heather McKay	Anna Craven-Smith	9: 0, 9: 0, 10: 8
1967	Heather McKay	Anna Craven-Smith	9: 1, 10: 8, 9: 6
1968	Heather McKay	Bev Johnson	9-0, 9-0, 9-0
1969	Heather McKay	Fran Marshall	9: 2, 9: 0, 9: 0
1970	Heather McKay	Marcia Roche	9: 1, 9: 1, 9: 0
1971	Heather McKay	Jenny Irving	9: 0, 9: 3, 9: 1
1972	Heather McKay	Kathy Malan	9: 1, 9: 1, 9: 2
1973	Heather McKay	C. Fleming	9: 1, 9: 0, 9: 1
1974	Heather McKay	Sue Cogswell	9: 2, 9: 1, 9: 2
1975	Heather McKay	Marion Jackman	9: 3, 9: 1, 9: 5
1976	Heather McKay	Sue Newman	9: 2, 9: 4, 9: 2
1977	Heather McKay	Barbara Wall	9: 3, 9: 1, 9: 2
1978	Sue Newman	Vicki Hoffmann	9: 4, 9: 7, 9: 2
1979	Barbara Wall	Sue Cogswell	8:10, 6: 9, 9: 4, 9: 4, 9: 3
1980	Vicki Hoffmann	Sue Cogswell	9: 5, 9: 5, 9: 3
1981	Vicki Hoffmann	Margaret Zachariah	9: 6, 9: 4, 9: 0
1982	Vicki Cardwell	Lisa Opie	9: 4, 5: 9, 9: 4, 9: 4
1983	Vicki Cardwell	Lisa Opie	9:10, 9: 6, 9: 4, 9: 5
1984	Susan Devoy	Lisa Opie	5: 9, 9: 0, 9: 7, 9: 1
1985	Susan Devoy	Martine Le Moignan	9: 6, 5: 9, 9: 6, 9: 5
1986	Susan Devoy	Lisa Opie	9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 3
1987	Susan Devoy	Lucy Soutter	2: 9, 4: 9, 9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 1
1988	Susan Devoy	Liz Irving	9: 7, 9: 5, 9: 1
1989	Susan Devoy	Martine Le Moignan	8:10, 10: 8, 9: 3, 9: 6
1990	Susan Devoy	Suzanne Horner	9: 2, 9: 1, 9: 3
1991	Lisa Opie	Sue Wright	6: 9, 9: 3, 9: 3, 9: 4
1992	Susan Devoy	Martine Le Moignan	9: 3, 9: 5, 9: 3
1993	Michelle Martin	Suzanne Horner	9: 7, 9: 0, 9: 4
1994	Michelle Martin	Liz Irving	9: 1, 9: 5, 9: 3
1995	Michelle Martin	Liz Irving	9: 4, 9: 7, 9: 5
1996	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	1: 9, 9: 5, 9: 1, 9: 7
1997	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	9: 5, 9:10, 9: 5, 9: 5
1998	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 1
1999	Leilani Joyce	Cassie Campion	5: 9, 9: 6, 9: 3, 10: 8
2000	Leilani Joyce	Sue Wright	9: 7, 9: 4, 9: 2
2001	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	10: 9, 9: 0, 9: 2
2002	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Tania Bailey	9: 3, 9: 0, 9: 0
2003	Rachael Grinham	Cassie Jackman	9: 3, 7: 9, 9: 2, 9: 5
2004	Rachael Grinham	Natalie Grainger	6: 9, 9: 5, 9: 0, 9: 3
2005	Nicol David	Natalie Grinham	9: 6, 9: 7, 9: 6
2006	Nicol David	Rachael Grinham	9: 4, 9: 1, 9: 4
2007	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	7: 9, 4: 9, 9: 3, 10: 8, 9: 1
2008	Nicol David	Jenny Duncalf	9: 1, 10: 8, 9: 0
2009	Rachael Grinham	Madeline Perry	11: 6, 11: 5, 12:10
2010	not carried out
2011
2012	Nicol David	Nour El Sherbini	11: 6, 11: 6, 11: 6
2013	Laura Massaro	Nicol David	11: 4, 3:11, 12:10, 11: 7
2014	Nicol David	Laura Massaro	8:11, 11: 5, 11: 7, 11: 8
2015	Camille Serme	Laura Massaro	11: 3, 11: 5, 8:11, 11: 8
2016	Nour El Sherbini	Nouran Gohar	11: 7, 9:11, 7:11, 11: 6, 11: 8
2017	Laura Massaro	Sarah-Jane Perry	11: 8, 11: 8, 6:11, 11: 6
2018	Nour El Sherbini	Raneem El Weleily	11: 6, 11: 9, 14:12
2019	Nouran Gohar	Camille Serme	11: 3, 11: 8, 11: 3

List of titleholders after victories

Player	Victories	Final participation	total
Heather McKay	16	0	16
Janet Morgan	10	2	12
Susan Devoy	8th	0	8th
Michelle Martin	6th	0	6th
Nicol David	5	1	6th
Margot Lumb	5	1	6th
Vicki Cardwell	4th	1	5
Rachael Grinham	4th	1	5
Nancy Cave	3	6th	9
Cecily Fenwick	3	3	6th
Joan Curry	3	3	6th
Susan Noel	3	1	4th
Sarah Fitz-Gerald	2	3	5
Laura Massaro	2	2	3
Nour El Sherbini	2	1	3
Leilani Joyce	2	0	2
Sheila Macintosh	1	5	6th
Fran Marshall	1	5	6th
Lisa Opie	1	4th	5
Nouran Gohar	1	1	2
Sue Newman	1	1	2
Barbara Wall	1	1	2
Silvia Huntsman	1	0	1
Camille Serme	1	0	1

Winners by country

country	Victories	Final participation
England	36	63
Australia	34	15th
New Zealand	10	22nd
Malaysia	5	2
Egypt	3	3
France	1	1
South Africa	0	2
New Zealand	0	2
United States	0	1
Ireland	0	1

Web links

• The tournament website (English)
• Statistics on squashtalk.com ( Memento from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ British Squash Open: Nick Matthew begins title defense in thunderous style at London's O2 , theguardian.co.uk. Retrieved January 10, 2013.