1979 Men's World Open Squash Championship

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Men's World Open 1979
3rd PSA World Squash Championship
LocationCanada Toronto, Canada
Date(s)September 1979
PSA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Results
ChampionAustralia Geoff Hunt
Runner-upPakistan Qamar Zaman
Semi-finalistsPakistan Mohibullah Khan
Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed
← 1977 Australia Australia 1980 →

The 1979 McGuinness Men's World Open Squash Championship was the men's edition of the 1979 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Toronto in Canada during September 1979. Geoff Hunt won his third consecutive World Open title, defeating Qamar Zaman in a repeat of the 1977 final.[1][2]

Seeds[edit]

  1. Australia Geoff Hunt (Champion)
  2. Pakistan Qamar Zaman (Final)
  3. Pakistan Hiddy Jahan (Quarterfinals)
  4. Pakistan Mohibullah Khan (Semifinals)
  5. Pakistan Gogi Alauddin (Quarterfinals)
  6. Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed (Semifinals)
  7. New Zealand Bruce Brownlee (Quarterfinals)
  8. South Africa Roland Watson (Quarterfinals)
  9. unknown
  10. unknown
  11. Pakistan Torsam Khan
  12. unknown
  13. unknown
  14. Australia Kevin Shawcross
  15. England John Easter
  16. unknown

Draw and results[edit]

[3]

First round[edit]

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Geoff Hunt (1) Canada John Frittenburg 9-2 9-2 9-3
Pakistan Qamar Zaman (2) Canada Sharif Khan 9-2 9-3 9-3
Pakistan Hiddy Jahan (3) England Ian Robinson 9-7 9-7 10-8
Pakistan Mohibullah Khan (4) Pakistan Shah Jehan Khan 9-5 9-5 9-4
Pakistan Gogi Alauddin (5) Australia Len Atkins 9-5 10-8 9-7
Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed (6) South Africa Selwyn Matchett 9-0 9-1 9-2
New Zealand Bruce Brownlee (7) Pakistan Abbas Khan w/o
South Africa Roland Watson (8) Pakistan Rehmat Khan 9-5 9-4 9-3
New Zealand Murray Lilley Canada John Lennard 9-1 9-4 9-2
Pakistan Mohammed Yasin Australia Billy Reedman 9-5 9-7 9-6
Pakistan Torsam Khan (11) Canada Steve Moysey 9-1 9-3 9-0
Egypt Mohammad Asran England Richard Mosley 9-0 9-1 9-6
Australia Steve Bowditch Egypt Aly Abdel Aziz 4-9 3-9 9-7 9-6 10-8
Australia Kevin Shawcross (14) Canada Todd Binns 9-7 9-1 9-1
England John Easter (15) Nigeria Mark M'Fuk 9-4 9-4 10-9
England Gawain Briars New Zealand Howard Broun 7-9 8-10 9-2 9-0 9-1
Egypt Mohamed Khalifa Canada Aziz Khan 1-9 5-9 9-7 9-0 9-4
England John Le Lievre Pakistan Atlas Khan 9-6 9-2 9-10 2-9 9-3
Canada Michael Desaulniers Canada Liaqat Ali 'Charlie' Khan 9-2 9-1 9-2
Mexico Mario Sanchez Canada Patrick Richardson 8-10 9-6 9-2 9-7
Scotland Bryan Patterson Canada Doug Whittaker 9-1 9-2 9-3
England Rob Shay Canada Charlie Booth 10-8 9-6 3-9 9-6
England Bryan Pearson United States Stuart Goldstein 9-4 10-9 3-9 9-5
Egypt Moussa Helal Canada Ian Shaw 9-2 9-1 9-1
Canada Tony Swift Pakistan Zahir Hussein Khan 9-6 9-0 4-9 9-0
Canada Clive Caldwell England Arthur Hough 9-5 9-7 9-6
England Paul Wright Canada David Morgan 9-1 9-3 9-5
Canada Jug Walia Canada Bill McDonnell 9-6 9-6 10-8
Australia Roy Ollier Australia John Macrury 9-7 9-5 9-6
Canada Steve Hisey Canada Mike Gallagher 9-2 9-6 9-6
Egypt Abbas Kaoud South Africa Alan Colburn 0-9 9-5 1-9 9-0 9-4
Canada Gordon Anderson Canada Jackson Triggs 9-2 9-7 9-0

Main draw[edit]

Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1 Australia Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
Egypt Mohamed Khalifa 6 6 3 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9
15 England John Easter 7 10 4 1 Egypt Kaoud 4 0 3
Egypt Abbas Kaoud 9 8 9 9 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 5 9
8 South Africa Roland Watson 5 9 9 9 8 South Africa Watson 6 0 9 7
Egypt Moussa Helal 9 3 0 3 8 South Africa Watson 9 9 9
Pakistan Mohammed Yasin w/o Pakistan Yasin 1 5 2
Australia Clive Caldwell scr 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9
4 Pakistan Mohibullah Khan 9 9 9 4 Pakistan M Khan 3 0 2
Mexico Mario Sanchez 1 1 3 4 Pakistan M Khan 9 6 9 9
New Zealand Murray Lilley 9 9 9 New Zealand Lilley 3 9 5 1
Canada Tony Swift 2 0 0 4 Pakistan M Khan 5 9 9 9
5 Pakistan Gogi Alauddin 9 8 9 10 5 Pakistan Alauddin 9 3 2 4
Scotland Bryan Patterson 3 10 5 8 5 Pakistan Alauddin 9 8 9 9 Final
Australia Steve Bowditch ? ? ? Australia Bowditch 1 10 3 0
Australia Roy Ollier ? ? ? 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9
2 Pakistan Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 2 Pakistan Zaman 2 3 4
Guernsey John Le Lievre 2 2 3 2 Pakistan Zaman 9 1 9 9
England Gawain Briars 9 9 9 England Briars 1 9 4 6
Canada Gordon Anderson 5 6 3 2 Pakistan Zaman 9 9 9
7 New Zealand Bruce Brownlee 10 9 9 7 New Zealand Brownlee 1 4 6
England Bryan Pearson 8 0 2 7 New Zealand Brownlee 9 9 9
11 Pakistan Torsam Khan 10 9 9 11 Pakistan T Khan 2 5 3
England Paul Wright 8 6 7 2 Pakistan Zaman 9 9 9 6 9
3 Pakistan Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 6 Pakistan Ahmed 7 10 4 9 4
Canada Michael Desaulniers 5 0 1 3 Pakistan Jahan 9 9 9
Egypt Mohammad Asran 9 9 9 Egypt Asran 7 7 5
Canada Jug Walia 4 5 4 3 Pakistan Jahan 9 4 6 9 4
6 Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed 10 9 9 6 Pakistan Ahmed 4 9 9 7 9
South Africa Bob Shay 8 2 6 6 Pakistan Ahmed 9 9 8 9
14 Australia Kevin Shawcross 9 9 9 14 Australia Shawcross 2 4 10 3
Canada Steve Hisey 4 1 4

Notes[edit]

Torsam Khan died just two months after this event in the November, at the age of 27. Torsam suffered a heart attack during a tournament in Australia.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  2. ^ "Squash". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ "Mens Squash World Open 1979".

External links[edit]

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