1986 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
48th British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueDunnings Mill Squash Club (East Grinstead)
& Wembley Conference Centre
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 Hi-Tec British Open Championships was held at the Dunnings Mill Squash Club in East Grinstead and the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 14–22 April 1986.
Jahangir Khan won his fifth consecutive title defeating Ross Norman in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. Pakistan Jahangir Khan
  2. New Zealand Ross Norman
  3. New Zealand Stuart Davenport
  4. England Gawain Briars
  5. Australia Ross Thorne
  6. Australia Greg Pollard
  7. England Phil Kenyon
  8. Pakistan Qamar Zaman
  9. Australia Glen Brumby - withdrew
  10. Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed
  11. Pakistan Hiddy Jahan
  12. England Martin Bodimeade
  13. Sweden Jan-Ulf Söderberg
  14. Australia Ricki Hill
  15. Australia Kelvin Smith
  16. Egypt Gamal Awad

Draw and results

[3]

Final

Pakistan Jahangir Khan beat New Zealand Ross Norman 9-6 9-4 9-6

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
1 Pakistan Jahangir Khan 9 9 9
England Phil Whitlock 3 3 0 1 Pakistan Khan J 9 9 9
England Christy Willstrop 10 9 9 England Willstrop 1 0 1
Pakistan Fahim Gul 8 3 7 1 Pakistan Khan J 9 9 9
13 Sweden Jan-Ulf Söderberg 9 9 9 13 Sweden Söderberg 1 2 2
England John Le Lievre 6 4 3 13 Sweden Söderberg 9 9 9
England David Pearson 9 9 9 England Pearson 3 2 1
England Jon Cornish 4 4 4 1 Pakistan Khan J 9 9 9
7 England Phil Kenyon 9 9 9 11 England Jahan 3 2 1
Sweden Bosse Boström 6 1 1 7 England Kenyon 9 9 9
England Simon Taylor 9 9 9 England Taylor 2 1 3
Egypt Gamal El Amir 5 6 7 7 England Kenyon 4 7 5
11 England Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 11 England Jahan 9 9 9
New Zealand Stephen Cunningham 5 1 7 11 England Jahan 9 9 9 Semi-finals
South Africa Kevin Karam 4 9 9 4 9 South Africa Karam 5 3 3
Egypt Moussa Helal 9 6 7 9 5 1 Pakistan Khan J 9 9 9
3 New Zealand Stuart Davenport 9 9 10 3 New Zealand Davenport 0 1 2
Australia Brett Martin 3 1 8 3 New Zealand Davenport 9 9 9
Pakistan Umar Hayat Khan 9 9 9 Pakistan U H Khan 7 1 2
Wales Adrian Davies 4 5 0 3 New Zealand Davenport 9 9 9
15 Australia Kelvin Smith 9 9 9 15 Australia Smith 3 2 0
Australia Frank Donnelly 0 2 5 15 Australia Smith 9 9 9
Canada Dale Styner 9 8 10 9 Canada Styner 4 7 7
England Mike Robinson 7 10 9 3 3 New Zealand Davenport 2 9 9 9
6 Australia Greg Pollard 9 9 1 9 6 Australia Pollard 9 3 5 3
Australia Austin Adarraga 7 7 9 7 6 Australia Pollard 9 3 9 10
Sweden Björn Almström 8 9 9 9 Sweden Almstrom 3 9 2 8
Pakistan Karimullah Khan 10 4 6 3 6 New Zealand Pollard 9 9 9 9
Wales Cerryg Jones 9 4 9 9 12 England Bodimeade 10 4 7 0
Scotland Mark Maclean 4 9 1 2 12 England Bodimeade 6 9 9 9
12 England Martin Bodimeade 9 9 9 Wales Jones 9 4 2 1
Republic of Ireland Robert Forde 2 5 4

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
England Geoff Williams 4 7 9 9 9
United States Mark Talbott 9 9 2 0 5 England Williams G 9 9 10
16 Egypt Gamal Awad 9 3 9 5 9 16 Egypt Awad G 0 2 8
New Zealand Tony Griffin 3 9 4 9 4 England Williams G 5 9 0 5
England Jamie Hickox 9 9 9 5 Australia Thorne 9 6 9 9
England Paul Carter 5 6 4 5 Australia Thorne 9 9 9
5 Australia Ross Thorne 9 9 5 0 9 England Hickox 5 0 1
Canada Gary Waite 3 0 9 9 0 5 Australia Thorne 4 3 1
Pakistan Mohammed Ali Somjee 9 4 9 9 4 England Briars 9 9 9
New Zealand Tony Brett-Kelly 7 9 3 6 Pakistan Somjee 8 9 3 1
Pakistan Zarak Jahan Khan 2 7 9 9 9 Pakistan Z J Khan 10 5 9 9
10 Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed 9 9 4 1 3 Pakistan Z J Khan 8 2 6
Australia Michael Robberds 9 9 9 4 England Briars 10 9 9
Pakistan Sohail Qaiser 5 5 7 Australia Robberds 3 5 4 Semi-finals
4 England Gawain Briars 9 9 9 4 England Briars 9 9 9
Scotland Alan Thomson 6 4 5 4 England Briars 9 2 1 5
Australia Rodney Martin 9 9 9 2 New Zealand Norman 0 9 9 9
England Bryan Beeson 2 0 2 Australia Martin R 9 9 9
14 Australia Ricki Hill 9 9 9 14 Australia Hill 5 5 3
England Robert Owen 1 3 1 Australia Martin R 9 9 9
Australia Tristan Nancarrow w/o Australia Nancarrow 7 7 5
Pakistan Gogi Alauddin scr Australia Nancarrow 9 9 9
8 Pakistan Qamar Zaman 3 9 9 9 8 Pakistan Zaman 0 2 0
Scotland Gavin Dupre 9 1 1 2 Australia Martin R 8 4 1
Singapore Peter Hill 9 3 9 9 2 New Zealand Norman 10 9 9
Australia Stephen Vocetti 3 9 2 4 Singapore Hill 9 9 9
England Darran Mabbs 9 1 4 9 9 England Mabbs 4 0 3
Egypt Mohamed Awad 7 9 9 5 3 Singapore Hill 3 4 0
England Danny Lee 9 9 9 2 New Zealand Norman 9 9 9
Sweden Leif Leiner 3 5 4 England Lee 2 2 2
2 New Zealand Ross Norman 10 9 9 2 New Zealand Norman 9 9 9
England Ashley Naylor 8 2 1

Glen Brumby (seeded 9) withdrew before the tournament and was replaced by Mohamed Awad

Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1986 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1986 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ Halpin, Larry (1986). The Squash Rackets Association Annual 1986-1987. SRA. ISBN 0-900698-098.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2015.