1981 Men's World Open Squash Championship

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Men's World Open 1981
5th PSA World Squash Championship
Location Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Toronto, Canada
Date(s)November 19–28, 1981
PSA World Tour
Category World Open
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champion Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahangir Khan
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runner-up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Semi-finalists Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman
Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan
  1980 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of England.svg 1982  

The 1981 McGuinness Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1981 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Toronto in Canada from 19 November until 28 November 1981. Jahangir Khan won his first World Open title, defeating Geoff Hunt in the final. [1] [2]

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt (final)
  2. Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahangir Khan (champion)
  3. Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan (semifinals)
  5. Flag of Pakistan.svg Maqsood Ahmed (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Egypt.svg Gamal Awad (quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Roland Watson (third round)
  8. Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross Norman (second round)
  9. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Williams (third round)
  10. Flag of England.svg Gawain Briars (third round)
  11. Flag of England.svg Phil Kenyon (third round)
  12. Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Kvant (third round)
  13. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Bowditch (first round)
  14. Flag of Egypt.svg Aly Abdel Aziz (quarterfinals)
  15. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Brumby (third round)
  16. Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Safwat (quarterfinals)

First round

Player OnePlayer TwoScore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt (1) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marc Lalonde 9-5 9-0 9-1
Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman (3) Flag of England.svg Simon Rolington 9-0 9-1 9-3
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross Norman (8) Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Caird 9-3 9-1 9-1
Flag of England.svg Gawain Briars (10) Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Barnett4-9 9-7 9-7 9-4
Flag of England.svg Phil Kenyon (11) Flag of Pakistan.svg Sohail Qaiser 9-3 9-5 9-3
Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Kvant (12) Flag of England.svg Mike Way 9-0 9-2 9-3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricki Hill Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Bowditch (13)9-3 9-2 9-5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Brumby (15) Flag of England.svg Steve Bateman 9-1 9-2 9-6
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Safwat (16) Flag of Nigeria.svg Mark M'Fuk 10-8 9-2 7-9 9-7
Flag of England.svg Ian Robinson Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Bob Shay 8-10 9-2 9-4 9-7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Thorne Flag of England.svg Geoff Williams 9-0 9-0 9-3
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Asran Flag of New Zealand.svg Howard Broun 9-6 10-8 9-5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Dittmar Flag of Egypt.svg Alam Soliman 9-1 10-9 9-5
Flag of England.svg Andrew Dwyer Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammed Yasin 6-9 9-5 9-4 2-9 9-2
Flag of Egypt.svg Moussa Helal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sharif Khan 9-4 9-3 9-6
Flag of Pakistan.svg Zahir Hussein Khan Flag of England.svg Sean Flynn 9-0 9-3 9-2
Flag of New Zealand.svg Robin Espie Flag of England.svg Ashley Naylor 9-4 9-5 9-7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Donnelly Flag of England.svg R Greaves 9-1 9-7 9-4
Flag of Sweden.svg Leif Leiner Flag of England.svg Richard Mosley 9-7 9-3 9-8

Main Draw

Second roundThird roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finals
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Hunt w/o
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Thorne scr 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 9
Flag of England.svg Ian Robinson 4 6 9 9 9 Flag of England.svg Robinson 2 5 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricki Hill 9 9 5 0 1 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 9 9
5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Maqsood Ahmed 6 9 9 4 9 5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahmed 0 4 1
Flag of England.svg Andrew Dwyer 9 5 3 9 3 5 Flag of Pakistan.svg Ahmed 9 10 9
10 Flag of England.svg Gawain Briars 9 9 9 9 10 Flag of England.svg Briars 4 7 5
Flag of New Zealand.svg Robin Espie 4 10 5 4 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 7 9 9
3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 5 9 2 3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Dittmar 0 2 6 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 9 9 9
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Brumby 9 9 9 15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brumby 1 2 7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Donnelly 7 4 0 3 Flag of Pakistan.svg Zaman 10 9 9
16 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Safwat 3 5 9 9 9 16 Flag of Egypt.svg Safwat 5 2 4
Flag of Sweden.svg Leif Leiner 9 9 1 0 0 16 Flag of Egypt.svg Safwat 9 10 9 Final
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross Norman 6 9 9 9 8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Norman 6 8 1
Flag of Egypt.svg Moussa Helal 9 1 2 2 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hunt 9 1 2 1
2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahangir Khan 9 9 5 9 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahangir 7 9 9 9
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Asran 2 4 9 2 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahangir 9 9 9
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Williams 9 9 9 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Williams 1 2 2
Flag of Pakistan.svg Zahir Hussein Khan 2 3 1 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahangir 9 8 9 9
6 Flag of Egypt.svg Gamal Awad 9 9 4 9 6 Flag of Egypt.svg Awad 6 10 5 1
Flag of Guernsey.svg John Le Lievre 2 0 9 1 6 Flag of Egypt.svg Awad 9 9 9
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Kvant w/o 12 Flag of Sweden.svg Kvant 2 1 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aziz Khan scr 2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahangir 9 9 9
4 Flag of Pakistan.svg Hiddy Jahan 9 9 6 9 4 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahan 3 3 3
Flag of Pakistan.svg Karimullah Khan 4 5 9 5 4 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahan 9 9 9 9
11 Flag of England.svg Phil Kenyon 9 9 4 5 9 11 Flag of England.svg Kenyon 3 4 10 5
Flag of New Zealand.svg Murray Lilley 7 4 9 9 2 4 Flag of Pakistan.svg Jahan 7 9 9 9
14 Flag of Egypt.svg Aly Abdel Aziz 10 9 10 14 Flag of Egypt.svg Aziz 9 4 0 2
Flag of Pakistan.svg Gogi Alauddin 9 3 8 14 Flag of Egypt.svg Aziz w/o
7 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Roland Watson 10 9 3 9 7 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Watson scr
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Stockenberg 8 0 9 2

Notes

Geoff Hunt was defeated for the first time in the World Open, every edition of the event which had been inaugurated in 1976 had been won by Geoff Hunt previously.

See also

References

  1. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  2. "Mens Squash World Open 1981". Squash Info.
Preceded by World Open
Canada (Toronto)

1981
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