2003 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
65th British Open Championships
Details
LocationNottingham, England
VenueAlbert Hall, Nottingham
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The 2003 British Open Championships was held at the Albert Hall, Nottingham from 28 September - 5 October 2003.
David Palmer won the title defeating Peter Nicol in the final. There was a reduced field for the main draw with just four qualifying places available.[1]

Seeds

  1. England Peter Nicol
  2. Australia David Palmer
  3. Scotland John White
  4. Canada Jonathon Power
  5. Australia Anthony Ricketts
  6. Malaysia Ong Beng Hee
  7. England Lee Beachill
  8. Australia Joseph Kneipp

Draw and results

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First qualifying round

Player One Player Two Score
Netherlands Tommy Berden Pakistan Ibrahim Gul 15-9 15-3 15-0
England Nick Matthew England Joey Barrington 15-9 15-9 11-15 17-15
England Del Harris England Michael Elford 15-4 15-7 15-4
England Stephen Meads Belgium Ron Aerts 15-13 15-1 15-6
Australia Dan Jenson Pakistan Mohammas Nasir Farooq 15-8 15-10 15-4
England Bradley Ball Pakistan Rizwan Farooq 15-6 15-11 15-4
Italy Davide Bianchetti Pakistan Abdul Razzaq 15-6 15-5 15-2
Finland Olli Tuominen England Sam Miller 15-5 15-6 15-4
Pakistan Farrukh Zaman Belgium Peter Pastijn 13-15 15-5 15-7 15-17 15-7
England Adrian Grant England Duncan Walsh 15-4 15-7 15-9
England James Willstrop England Neil Reddington 15-6 15-5 15-7
France Renan Lavigne Pakistan Arshad Iqbal Burki 15-11 15-4 15-6
Republic of Ireland John Rooney Pakistan Shahid Zaman 17-15 15-8 15-10

Second qualifying round

Player One Player Two Score
England Simon Parke Republic of Ireland John Rooney 15-11 15-10 15-2
Wales Alex Gough Netherlands Tommy Berden 15-8 13-15 15-9 15-9
England Nick Taylor England Stephen Meads 15-13 17-14 14-17 15-6
England Del Harris England Nick Matthew 15-13 ret
England Bradley Ball Australia Dan Jenson 15-9 15-7 10-15 15-9
Finland Olli Tuominen Italy Davide Bianchetti 15-14 15-8 15-12
England Adrian Grant Pakistan Farrukh Zaman 15-8 15-11 15-10
England James Willstrop France Renan Lavigne 15-10 15-11 15-13

Final qualifying round

Player One Player Two Score
Finland Olli Tuominen England Adrian Grant 15-9 15-13 15-5
Wales Alex Gough England Del Harris 15-10 15-10 12-6 ret
England Nick Taylor England Bradley Ball 15-12 15-10 15-4
England James Willstrop England Simon Parke 15-7 15-12 15-10

Main draw

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 England Peter Nicol 15 15 15
Scotland Martin Heath 6 10 4 1 England Nicol 15 17 15
Q Wales Alex Gough 12 10 15 13 7 England Beachill 8 15 8
7 England Lee Beachill 15 15 12 15 1 England Nicol 12 11 17 15 15
4 Canada Jonathon Power 15 15 15 4 Canada Power 15 15 14 13 13
England Mark Chaloner 9 10 5 4 Canada Power 10 15 15 15
Q England James Willstrop 15 15 15 Q England Wiilstrop 15 8 9 9
8 Australia Joseph Kneipp 9 10 9 1 England Nicol 13 13 8
5 Australia Anthony Ricketts 17 15 15 2 Australia Palmer 15 15 15
Q England Nick Taylor 16 6 8 5 Australia Ricketts 15 8 15 10 15
Pakistan Mansoor Zaman 11 3 15 3 Scotland White 5 15 5 15 7
3 Scotland John White 15 15 17 5 Australia Ricketts 15 12 14 15 12
6 Malaysia Ong Beng Hee 11 10 7 2 Australia Palmer 9 15 15 8 15
Q Finland Olli Tuominen 15 15 15 Q Finland Tuominen 9 8 13
Egypt Amr Shabana 12 9 8 2 Australia Palmer 15 15 15
2 Australia David Palmer 15 15 15
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (Nottingham)
2003 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives 2003 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2015.