1956 Men's British Open Squash Championship
# 1956 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1956 Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 21 March - 26 March. Hashim Khan won his sixth consecutive title defeating Roshan Khan in the final.

Hashim Khan set a new record by winning a sixth title overtaking the previous record set by F.D. Amr Bey

## Seeds

Azam Khan

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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| Hashim Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Phillips + | 2 | 0 | 3 | | Hashim Khan | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jamal Din | 9 | 9 | 9 | | Jamal Din | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nigel Broomfield + | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | Hashim Khan | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | | | | | |
| Azam Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | Azam Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | | | | | |
| Denis Hughes + | 6 | 0 | 1 | | Azam Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S J S Lam + | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | Lam | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P M H Robinson + | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Hashim Khan | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Roshan Khan ^ | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Roshan Khan | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| David Hodgson + | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Roshan Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dardir El Bakary | 9 | 9 | 9 | | El Bakary | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Matthew Farhang Mohtadi | 3 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | Roshan Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | |
| Richard Hawkey + | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | Richard Hawkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| D W Harman | 7 | 5 | 3 | | Richard Hawkey | 9 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jack Giles | 10 | 9 | 9 | | Giles | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brian Boys + | 8 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

+ amateur ^ seeded

| Preceded by1955 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1956 | Succeeded by1957 |
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