1998 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
60th British Open Championships
Details
LocationBirmingham, England
VenueNational Indoor Arena
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The 1998 British Open Championships was held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, from 27 March - 5 April 1998.
Peter Nicol won the title defeating Jansher Khan in the final. This win put an end to Khan's six year winning streak.[1][2]

Seeds[]

Draw and results[]

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Final Qualifying Round[]

Player One Player Two Score
Finland Australia 9-15 15-7 7-15 15-9 15-12
Australia Joseph Kneipp England Danny Meddings 9-15 15-11 15-7 15-2
Wales David Evans Australia Stewart Boswell 15-9 8-15 15-5 15-10
Australia David Palmer Malaysia Ong Beng Hee 15-5 15-14 15-4
England Nick Taylor England 15-13 13-15 15-10 15-11
England Lee Beachill South Africa 15-12 15-11 9-15 15-7
Scotland John White Finland Mika Monto + 15-10 15-14 13-15 15-10
South Africa Rodney Durbach England 15-9 15-10 7-15 15-4

+ Lucky loser

Main draw[]

First Round Second Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals
1 Scotland Peter Nicol 15 15 15
England Lee Beachill 2 10 10 1 Scotland Nicol 15 15 15
13 England Chris Walker 15 13 15 17 13 England Walker 12 7 9
Republic of Ireland Derek Ryan 8 15 10 15 1 Scotland Nicol 15 15 15
7 England Simon Parke 15 13 15 15 7 England Parke 13 13 6
Finland 12 9 15 9 7 England Parke 13 8 15 15 15
9 England Mark Chaloner 17 15 15 9 England Chaloner 15 15 12 7 11
France Julien Bonetat 16 7 12 1 Scotland Nicol 15 15 15
4 Australia Rodney Eyles 15 15 15 4 Australia Eyles 9 13 11
Egypt Amr Shabana 6 10 7 4 Australia Eyles 7 15 15 7 15
16 England Mark Cairns 15 15 15 16 England Cairns 15 11 11 15 10
Egypt Amir Wagih 13 8 10 4 Australia Eyles 17 17 15
Scotland John White 15 15 15 Scotland White 16 16 12
15 Scotland Martin Heath 12 13 10 Scotland White 15 15 7 13 15 Final
Australia Joseph Kneipp 15 15 9 13 15 Australia Kneipp 13 9 15 15 8
6 Wales Alex Gough 13 6 15 15 14 1 Scotland Nicol 17 15 15
2 Pakistan Jansher Khan 17 3 17 5 15 2 Pakistan Jansher K 16 14 5
Belgium Stefan Casteleyn 15 15 15 15 6 2 Pakistan Jansher K 15 15 15
14 Australia Byron Davis 15 15 15 14 Australia Davis 12 13 11
South Africa Rodney Durbach 12 12 10 2 Pakistan Jansher K 15 15 17
12 England Paul Johnson 15 13 15 15 12 England Johnson 11 11 15
Finland Mika Monto 10 15 9 13 12 England Johnson 15 9 15 15
8 Australia Anthony Hill 15 17 15 8 Australia Hill 12 15 10 6
Australia David Palmer 11 14 8 2 Pakistan Jansher K 15 15 10 15
10 Australia Dan Jenson 15 15 9 17 10 Australia Jenson 9 8 15 10
England Nick Taylor 8 7 15 14 10 Australia Jenson 10 10 15 15 15
Canada Graham Ryding 16 15 15 15 Canada Ryding 15 15 11 14 2
5 Egypt Ahmed Barada 17 6 7 3 10 Australia Jenson 9 15 15 15
Wales David Evans 9 15 15 15 Wales Evans 15 11 6 8
11 England Del Harris 15 11 7 9 Wales Evans 9 15 6 w/o
3 Canada Jonathon Power 15 15 15 3 Canada Power 15 17 3 ret
England 14 14 7
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (Birmingham)

1998
Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1998 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "British Open 1998". squashplayer.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
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