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2003 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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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

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Draw and results

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First qualifying round

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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

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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

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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

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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
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References

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  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.