British Open Squash Championships British Open Squash Championships The British Open Squash Championships is the oldest and most established tournament in the game of squash. It is widely considered to be one of the two most prestigious tournaments in the game, alongside the World Open (prior to the establishment of the World Open in the 1970s, the British Open was generally considered to be the "de facto" world championship of the sport.) The British Open Squash Championships are now often referred to as being the ""Wimbledon of Squash"". While there had been a professional men's championship for some years, the 'open' men's championship (for
2009 Open Championship British Open Champion for 2008 Bruce Vaughan 28. The 2009 Amateur Champion Matteo Manassero (a) 29. The 2008 U.S. Amateur Champion 30. The 2008 European Individual Amateur Champion Stephan Gross (a) International Final Qualifying Local Final Qualifying (Monday 6 July and Tuesday 7 July) Alternates Drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings of 5 July 2009 (provide the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying): "Thursday, 16 July 2009" Calm and sunny weather provided good scoring conditions for the opening round. Miguel Ángel Jiménez took the lead at 64 (−6), and past champions turned back