1998 Men's World Open Squash Championship

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Men's World Open 1998
22nd PSA World Squash Championship
Location Flag of Qatar.svg   Doha, Qatar
Date(s)November 27 – December 5, 1998
PSA World Tour
Category PSA World Open
Prize money$ 175,000
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champion Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathon Power
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Nicol
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Semi-finalists Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Hill
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stefan Casteleyn
  1997 Flag of Malaysia.svg Flag of Egypt.svg 1999  

The 1998 PSA Men's Mahindra World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1998 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Doha in Qatar from 27 November to 5 December 1998. Jonathon Power won his first World Open title, defeating Peter Nicol in the final. [1]

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Nicol (final)
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathon Power (champion)
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodney Eyles (second round)
  4. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alex Gough (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Barada (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of England.svg Paul Johnson (third round)
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Hill (semifinals)
  8. Flag of England.svg Simon Parke (third round)
  9. Flag of England.svg Mark Chaloner (first round)
  10. Flag of England.svg Chris Walker (third round)
  11. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dan Jenson (second round)
  12. Flag of England.svg Mark Cairns (second round)
  13. Flag of England.svg Del Harris (third round)
  14. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Byron Davis (second round)
  15. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Graham Ryding (third round)
  16. Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Ryan (first round)

Draw and results

Finals

Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal
                     
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Nicol 13 151715
6 Flag of England.svg Paul Johnson 154 16 9
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicol 151515
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Casteleyn 8 13 7
Flag of Scotland.svg John White 1513 9 15
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stefan Casteleyn 10 151517
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicol 177 9 10
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Power 15 151515
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alex Gough 1511 10 7
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Hill 13 151515
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hill 3 1510 8
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Power 1513 1515
5 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Barada 5 2 3
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathon Power 151515

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Nicol 151515
Flag of Pakistan.svg Kumail Mahmood 11 6 8 1 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicol 151515
Flag of Pakistan.svg Shamsul Islam Khan 5 9 7 Flag of Egypt.svg Wagih 6 9 13
Flag of Egypt.svg Amir Wagih 1515151 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicol 151512 15
Flag of England.svg Julian Wellings 1711 1515 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Haddrell 13 5 1512
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Price 15 1511 11 Flag of England.svg Wellings 12 151511 14
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Haddrell 13 16 151515 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Haddrell 1513 9 1515
9 Flag of England.svg Mark Chaloner 151711 10 5 1 Flag of Scotland.svg Nicol 13 151715
13 Flag of England.svg Del Harris 1515156 Flag of England.svg Johnson 154 16 9
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mir Zaman Gul 5 11 7 13 Flag of England.svg Harris 151515
Flag of England.svg Chris Tomlinson 171515 Flag of England.svg Tomlinson 9 5 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stewart Boswell 16 8 13 13 Flag of England.svg Harris 1510 10 175
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Bianchetti 17156 6 8 6 Flag of England.svg Johnson 8 151515 15
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Rowland 15 8 151515 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rowland 14 10 12
Flag of England.svg Adam Toes 12 154 11 6 Flag of England.svg Johnson 171515
6 Flag of England.svg Paul Johnson 153 1515

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dan Jenson 151515
Flag of Pakistan.svg Zubair Jahan Khan 6 6 13 11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jenson 11 12 151710
Flag of Scotland.svg John White 151515 Flag of Scotland.svg White 151512 16 15
Flag of Pakistan.svg Humayum Khan 11 6 11 Flag of Scotland.svg White 6 1513 1515
Flag of Egypt.svg Omar El Borolossy 1515158 Flag of England.svg Parke 1511 155 11
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Monto 13 7 12 Flag of Egypt.svg El Borolossy 12 10 13
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Williams 5 158 10 8 Flag of England.svg Parke 151515
8 Flag of England.svg Simon Parke 1510 1515 Flag of Scotland.svg White 1513 9 15
10 Flag of England.svg Chris Walker 151515 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Casteleyn 10 151517
Flag of Egypt.svg Karim El Mistikawi 6 13 8 10 Flag of England.svg Walker 1513 1515
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Kyttanen 7 8 11 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Evans 11 158 9
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg David Evans 15151510 Flag of England.svg Walker 1713 12 8
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stefan Casteleyn 151515 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Casteleyn 15 151515
Flag of Pakistan.svg Kashif Shuja 8 4 12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Casteleyn 12 151517
Flag of England.svg Paul Hargrave 7 14 1710 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eyles 1510 13 16
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodney Eyles 151514 15

Bottom half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alex Gough 151515
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Abdul Faheem Khan 10 10 13 4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gough 151515
Flag of England.svg Nick Taylor 1515 Flag of England.svg Taylor 6 13 5
Flag of Egypt.svg Amr Shabana 7 6 rtd4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gough 151515
Flag of England.svg Lee Beachill 156 1515 Flag of England.svg Beachill 12 9 11
Flag of France.svg Julien Bonetat 11 159 8 Flag of England.svg Beachill 151515
Flag of South Africa.svg Glenn Whittaker 13 7 1512 12 Flag of England.svg Cairns 13 11 8
12 Flag of England.svg Mark Cairns 151513 154 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gough 1511 10 7
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Hill 151712 10 157 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hill 13 151515
Flag of Finland.svg Juha Raumolin 7 15 15159 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hill 151513 12 15
Flag of Pakistan.svg Zarak Jahan Khan 175 12 12 Flag of France.svg Lincou 5 8 151514
Flag of France.svg Thierry Lincou 14 1515157 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hill 151515
Flag of England.svg Marcus Berrett 151513 5 15 Flag of England.svg Berrett 4 8 6
Flag of England.svg Stephen Meads 9 11 151513 Flag of England.svg Berrett 151515
Flag of England.svg Nathan Dugan 151515 7 11 13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Davis 9 12 5
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Byron Davis 9 9 171515

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
5 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Barada 1512 1515
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joseph Kneipp 13 1513 11 5 Flag of Egypt.svg Barada 1514 1515
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Ricketts 1714 1513 7 Flag of Scotland.svg Heath 6 1711 7
Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Heath 16 151 15155 Flag of Egypt.svg Barada 151514 15
Flag of England.svg Tony Hands 151515 Flag of England.svg Hands 7 8 159
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohd Medhat Morsi 12 8 5 Flag of England.svg Hands 13 151515
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Palmer 13 151715 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Palmer 1513 7 7
16 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Ryan 158 16 13 5 Flag of Egypt.svg Barada 5 2 3
15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Graham Ryding 158 17152 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Power 151515
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Faizy 11 1515 11 15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryding 151515
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Forslund 1512 12 1511 Flag of Pakistan.svg A Khan 10 13 11
Flag of Pakistan.svg Amjad Khan 11 15155 1515 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryding 4 4 11
Flag of England.svg Tim Garner 1512 15152 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Power 151515
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammed Hussain 11 157 6 Flag of England.svg Garner 13 13 8
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mansoor Zaman 12 8 5 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Power 151515
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathon Power 151515

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References

  1. "WM Herren 1998 - Alle Ergebnisse". paderborner-squash-club.de. Archived from the original on 1999-05-06. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
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