1979 Men's World Open Squash Championship

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Men's World Open 1979
3rd PSA World Squash Championship
Location Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Toronto, Canada
Date(s)September 1979
PSA World Tour
Category World Open
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champion Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runner-up Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Semi-finalists Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohibullah Khan
Flag of Pakistan.svg Maqsood Ahmed
  1977 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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]

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt (Champion)
  2. Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman (Final)
  3. Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan (Quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohibullah Khan (Semifinals)
  5. Flag of Pakistan.svg Gogi Alauddin (Quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Pakistan.svg Maqsood Ahmed (Semifinals)
  7. Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Brownlee (Quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Roland Watson (Quarterfinals)
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  11. Flag of Pakistan.svg Torsam Khan
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  14. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Shawcross
  15. Flag of England.svg John Easter
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Draw and results

[3]

First round

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt (1) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Frittenburg 9-2 9-2 9-3
Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman (2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sharif Khan 9-2 9-3 9-3
Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan (3) Flag of England.svg Ian Robinson 9-7 9-7 10-8
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohibullah Khan (4) Flag of Pakistan.svg Shah Jehan Khan 9-5 9-5 9-4
Flag of Pakistan.svg Gogi Alauddin (5) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Len Atkins 9-5 10-8 9-7
Flag of Pakistan.svg Maqsood Ahmed (6) Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Selwyn Matchett 9-0 9-1 9-2
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Brownlee (7) Flag of Pakistan.svg Abbas Khan w/o
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Roland Watson (8) Flag of Pakistan.svg Rehmat Khan 9-5 9-4 9-3
Flag of New Zealand.svg Murray Lilley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Lennard 9-1 9-4 9-2
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammed Yasin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Reedman 9-5 9-7 9-6
Flag of Pakistan.svg Torsam Khan (11) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Moysey 9-1 9-3 9-0
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohammad Asran Flag of England.svg Richard Mosley 9-0 9-1 9-6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Bowditch Flag of Egypt.svg Aly Abdel Aziz 4-9 3-9 9-7 9-6 10-8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Shawcross (14) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Todd Binns 9-7 9-1 9-1
Flag of England.svg John Easter (15) Flag of Nigeria.svg Mark M'Fuk 9-4 9-4 10-9
Flag of England.svg Gawain Briars Flag of New Zealand.svg Howard Broun 7-9 8-10 9-2 9-0 9-1
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Khalifa Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aziz Khan 1-9 5-9 9-7 9-0 9-4
Flag of England.svg John Le Lievre Flag of Pakistan.svg Atlas Khan 9-6 9-2 9-10 2-9 9-3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Desaulniers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liaqat Ali 'Charlie' Khan 9-2 9-1 9-2
Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Sanchez Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Richardson 8-10 9-6 9-2 9-7
Flag of Scotland.svg Bryan Patterson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Doug Whittaker 9-1 9-2 9-3
Flag of England.svg Rob Shay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charlie Booth 10-8 9-6 3-9 9-6
Flag of England.svg Bryan Pearson Flag of the United States.svg Stuart Goldstein 9-4 10-9 3-9 9-5
Flag of Egypt.svg Moussa Helal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ian Shaw 9-2 9-1 9-1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Swift Flag of Pakistan.svg Zahir Hussein Khan 9-6 9-0 4-9 9-0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Clive Caldwell Flag of England.svg Arthur Hough 9-5 9-7 9-6
Flag of England.svg Paul Wright Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Morgan 9-1 9-3 9-5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jug Walia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McDonnell 9-6 9-6 10-8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Ollier Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Macrury 9-7 9-5 9-6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Hisey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Gallagher 9-2 9-6 9-6
Flag of Egypt.svg Abbas Kaoud Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Alan Colburn 0-9 9-5 1-9 9-0 9-4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gordon Anderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jackson Triggs 9-2 9-7 9-0

Main draw

Second roundThird roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finals
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Khalifa 6 6 3 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 9
15 Flag of England.svg John Easter 7 10 4 1 Flag of Egypt.svg Kaoud 4 0 3
Flag of Egypt.svg Abbas Kaoud 9 8 9 9 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 5 9
8 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Roland Watson 5 9 9 9 8 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Watson 6 0 9 7
Flag of Egypt.svg Moussa Helal 9 3 0 3 8 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Watson 9 9 9
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammed Yasin w/o Flag of Pakistan.svg Yasin 1 5 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clive Caldwell scr 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 9
4 Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohibullah Khan 9 9 9 4 Flag of Pakistan.svg M Khan 3 0 2
Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Sanchez 1 1 3 4 Flag of Pakistan.svg M Khan 9 6 9 9
Flag of New Zealand.svg Murray Lilley 9 9 9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lilley 3 9 5 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Swift 2 0 0 4 Flag of Pakistan.svg M Khan 5 9 9 9
5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Gogi Alauddin 9 8 9 10 5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Alauddin 9 3 2 4
Flag of Scotland.svg Bryan Patterson 3 10 5 8 5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Alauddin 9 8 9 9 Final
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Bowditch ? ? ? Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bowditch 1 10 3 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Ollier ? ? ? 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 9
2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 2 3 4
Flag of Guernsey.svg John Le Lievre 2 2 3 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 9 1 9 9
Flag of England.svg Gawain Briars 9 9 9 Flag of England.svg Briars 1 9 4 6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gordon Anderson 5 6 3 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 9 9 9
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Brownlee 10 9 9 7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brownlee 1 4 6
Flag of England.svg Bryan Pearson 8 0 2 7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brownlee 9 9 9
11 Flag of Pakistan.svg Torsam Khan 10 9 9 11 Flag of Pakistan.svg T Khan 2 5 3
Flag of England.svg Paul Wright 8 6 7 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 9 9 9 6 9
3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 6 Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahmed 7 10 4 9 4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Desaulniers 5 0 1 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahan 9 9 9
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohammad Asran 9 9 9 Flag of Egypt.svg Asran 7 7 5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jug Walia 4 5 4 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahan 9 4 6 9 4
6 Flag of Pakistan.svg Maqsood Ahmed 10 9 9 6 Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahmed 4 9 9 7 9
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Bob Shay 8 2 6 6 Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahmed 9 9 8 9
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Shawcross 9 9 9 14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawcross 2 4 10 3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Hisey 4 1 4

Notes

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.

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