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Last updated 11/14/2006
Historical Information about the US and North Amercan Opens.
US Open over the years
The US Open was started in 1954 as an opportunity for professionals and amateurs to compete for overall supremacy in North America in hardball squash. The first championship saw Boston's amateur Henri Salaun defeat Hashim Khan in his first foray to North America. From 1956 through 1981, the Khan family dominated the championship, holding most of the winner and finalist spots..
In 1966, the US Open was merged with the Canadian Open to create the North American Open, still played with the hardball.
In 1985 the US Open was reinstituted, under the vision of Tom and Hazel Jones who recreated it as a softball event. (The North American open continued for several years as a hardball events, those results after 1984 aren't included here)
The event was rotated around North American
cities by tradition, though the event now has found a home in Boston, MA,
where it has been held for the past three years.
Winners through the years were:
Hashim beat Roshan in the 1957 US Open Finals in Cedarhurst NY
| Year | Winner | Runnerup | Scores |
| US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (hardball) | |||
| 1954 | Henri Salaun | Hashim Khan | 7, 12,14 |
| 1955 | Gil Mateer | Azam Khan | 9, 5, 10 |
| 1956 | Hashim Khan | Azam Khan | 18-16, 12-15, 16-18, 15-4,15- 9 |
| 1957 | Hashim Khan | Roshan Khan | 12-15, 15-5, 15-3, 15-9 |
| 1958 | Roshan Khan | Henri Salaun | 14-18, 15-7, 18-17, 18-16 |
| 1959 | Gil Mateer | Hashim Khan | 6-15, 15-9, 15-17, 15-9, 15-5 |
| 1960 | Roshan Khan | Azam Khan | 15-7, 11-15, 15-11, 11-15, 15-7 |
| 1961 | Roshan Khan | Azam Khan | 15-6, 15-4, 15-8 |
| 1962 | Azam Khan | Roshan Khan | 15-9, 15-7, 15-11 |
| 1963 | Hashim Khan | Mo Khan | 15-6, 10-15, 15-10, 11-15, 15-12 |
| 1964 | Mo Khan | Hashim Khan | 15-10, 15-7, 15-12 |
| 1965 | Mo Khan | Hashim Khan | 15-11, 15-10, 15-9 |
| NORTH AMERICAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (hardball) | |||
| 1966 | Mo Khan | Victor Niederhoffer | 15-2, 15-3, 12-15, 15-10 |
| 1967 | Ralph Howe | Sam Howe | 15-12, 15-13, 5-15, 13-15, 15-13 |
| 1968 | Mo Khan | Sharif Khan | 15-9, 15-13, 15-2 |
| 1969 | Sharif Khan | Mo Khan | 15-9, 15-6, 13-15, 15-7 |
| 1970 | Sharif Khan | Mo Khan | 17-16, 15-5, 15-12 |
| 1971 | Sharif Khan | Ken Binns | 15-11, 15-9, 15-10 |
| 1972 | Sharif Khan | Victor Niederhoffer | 15-11, 14-17, 15-7, 15-6 |
| 1973 | Sharif Khan | Mo Khan | 11-15, 12-15, 15-8, 15-3, 15-10 |
| 1974 | Sharif Khan | Rainer Ratinac | 17-14, 15-8, 15-12 |
| 1975 | Victor Niederhoffer | Sharif Khan | 15-9, 15-7, 4-15, 15-11 |
| 1976 | Sharif Khan | Victor Niederhoffer | 15-3, 15-7, 15-5 |
| 1977 | Sharif Khan | Geoff Hunt | 15-9, 11-15, 15-10, 15-13 |
| 1978 | Sharif Khan | Clive Caldwell | 15-4, 15-10, 15-9 |
| 1979 | Sharif Khan | Gordon Anderson | 15-7, 15-10, 15-5 |
| 1980 | Sharif Khan | Mike Desaulniers | 15-12, 15-8, 8-15, 15-10 |
| 1981 | Sharif Khan | Aziz Khan | 15-9, 15-5, 15-9 |
| 1982 | Mike Desaulniers | Sharif Khan | 10-15, 15-12, 15-8, 15-9 |
| 1983 | Mark Talbott | John Nimick | 15-5, 15-11, 16-17, 15-7 |
| 1984 | Jahangir Khan | Mark Talbott | 12-15, 15-9, 15-4, 15-1 |
| US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (softball) | |||
| 1985 | Jahangir Khan | Ross Norman | |
| 1986 | Stuart Davenport | Ross Norman | |
| 1987 | Jansher Khan | Chris Dittmar | |
| 1988 | Jahangir Khan | Chris Dittmar | |
| 1989 | Rodney Martin | Jansher Khan | |
| 1990 | Jansher Khan | Chris Robertson | |
| 1991 | Rodney Martin | Brett Martin | |
| 1993 | Rodney Eyles | Paul Lord | |
| 1994 | Peter Nicol | Chris Walker | |
| 1995 | Jansher Khan | Simon Parke | |
| 1996 | Rodney Eyles | Peter Nicol | |
| 1997 | Jonathon Power | Simon Parke | |
| 1998 | Peter Nicol | Jonathon Power | |
| 1999 | Simon Parke | Jonathon Power | 15-13. 15-7, 8-15, 7-15, 15-13 |
| 2000 | Jonathon Power | Simon Parke | 15-3, 11-15, 15-12, 15-12 |
| 2001* | Peter Nicol | Jonathon Power | 15-7, 15-5, 15-6 |
| 2002 | David Palmer | Stewart Boswell | 15-13, 15-10, 15-11 |
| 2003 | Peter Nicol | David Palmer | 15-10,14-15, 15-14, 17-14 |
| 2004 | Lee Beachill | Peter Nicol | |
| 2005 | Lee Beachill | David Palmer | 11-7 9-11 8-11 11-1 11-8 |
| 2006 | |||
*played in Jan 2002 as the Memorial Open in honor of those who died on 9/11 when the original event was scheduled and cancelled.
Mo beat Sharif in the 1968 Finals in Indianapolis (photo courtesy khansquash.com)
Sharif and Victor Niederhoffer in 1976 (above) Jahangir and Mark Talbott in 1984
