# 1967 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1967 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 12–21 December 1966. Jonah Barrington won the title defeating Aftab Jawaid in the final to become the first British winner since 1938.

## Seeds

* Abdelfattah Abou Taleb
* Aftab Jawaid
* Tewfik Shafik
* Kamal Zaghloul
* Jonah Barrington
* Ahmed Nadi
* Ibrahim Amin
* Mohammed Yasin

## Draw and results
### First round

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Sherif Afifi | Richard Hawkey | 9-7 6-9 9-4 9-6 |
| Peter Stokes | Yusuf Khan | 5-9 6-9 9-6 9-0 9-5 |
| David Brazier | Humphrey Truman | 9-2 9-5 10-9 |
| Pat Kirton | Don Innes | 9-6 9-1 4-9 9-6 |
| Nigel Faulks | George Chisholm | 10-8 9-6 9-6 |
| John Ward | Paul R Goodwin | 9-2 9-5 9-3 |
| Mike Corby | Maged Abaza | 9-4 9-0 9-1 |
| Tony Gathercole | Henry Macintosh | w/o |
| David Woods | Samir Nadim | 5-9 9-5 9-6 9-0 |
| Jonathan Smith | John Skinner | 4-9 0-9 9-4 9-5 9-6 |
| Denis Hughes | Mike Breckon | 9-4 10-9 9-6 |
| Aly Abdel Aziz | J S Barton | 9-4 9-5 7-9 9-3 |
| Mike Thurgur | Mohammed Saleem | w/o |
| Jeremy Lyon | Philip E Goodwin | 9-3 9-2 9-1 |
| Mike Hill | Paul Millman | 9-7 9-2 9-2 |
| Clive Francis | Arthur Catherine | 9-4 9-6 9-4 |

### Second round

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Sherif Afifi | David Woods | 3-9 9-6 9-4 6-9 9-7 |
| Peter Stokes | Jonathan Smith | 4-9 9-7 9-2 9-4 |
| David Brazier | Denis Hughes | 9-6 9-10 7-9 9-0 9-5 |
| Pat Kirton | Aly Abdel Aziz | 9-7 9-3 4-9 9-7 |
| Nigel Faulks | Mike Thurgur | 9-0 3-9 9-2 10-8 |
| John Ward | Jeremy Lyon | 5-9 6-9 9-1 9-6 9-2 |
| Mike Corby | Mike Hill | 9-7 9-2 9-0 |
| Tony Gathercole | Clive Francis | w/o |

### Main draw

| Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Abdelfattah Abou Taleb | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tony Gathercole | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | 1 | Taleb | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Jonah Barrington | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | | 5 | Barrington | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mike Corby | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 | Barrington | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Tewfik Shafik + | scr | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Amin | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | Peter Stokes | w/o | | | | | | Stokes | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ibrahim Amin | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | 7 | Amin | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pat Kirton | 0 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Barrington | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Aftab Jawaid | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Jawaid | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| | John Ward | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | Jawaid | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ahmed Nadi | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | 6 | Nadi | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nigel Faulks | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | 2 | Jawaid | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kamal Zaghloul | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 8 | Yasin | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | | | | | | |
| | David Brazier | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | 4 | Zaghloul | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Muhammad Yasin | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | 8 | Yasin | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sherif Afifi | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+ Shafik withdrew after breaking his hand in practice.

### Third Place

Muhammad Yasin beat Ibrahim Amin 9-1 9-6 10-9
| Preceded by1966 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1967 | Succeeded by1968 |