1979 Men's World Open Squash Championship

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]

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 →

Seeds

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

Draw and results

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[3]

First round

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

Main draw

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

Notes

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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

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References

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  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".
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Preceded by World Open
Canada (Toronto)

1979
Succeeded by