Azam Khan is a former squash player from Pakistan who won the British Open four times between 1959 and 1962. Squash racquet and ball Squash is an indoor racquet sport which was, until recently, called Squash Rackets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball used in its parent game Racquets or Rackets--see below). ... The British Open Squash Championships is one of the oldest and most established tournaments in the game of squash. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Azam was introduced to squash by his older brother, Hashim Khan, who was also one of the world's top squash players in his time. After winning the British Open in 1951, Hashim recruited Azam as his practice partner in the summer of 1952. Azman progressed so quickly under his older brother's tutelage that he would go on to face Hashim in the final of the 1954 British Open, which Hashim won in five sets. Azam was also runner-up to Hashim at the British Open in 1955 and 1958. Azam then went on to win four consecutive British Open titles in 1959-62. He also won the North American Open in 1962. Later that year, a ruptured Achilles tendon effectively ended his career. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Posterior view of the foot and leg, showing the Achilles tendon (tendo calcaneus). ...

External links

• The Incredible Khans of Squash Part I
• The Incredible Khans of Squash Part II
• The Khan Family, A Squash Dynasty Part II
• Pakistan Squash - The Khan Supremacy Part III