1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1979 British Open Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 31 March - 8 April 1979.
Geoff Hunt won his sixth title defeating Qamar Zaman in a repeat of the 1978 final.[1]

British Open Squash Championships
41st British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley Squash Centre

Seeds

  1. Geoff Hunt
  2. Qamar Zaman

Torsam Khan - seed 12

Kevin Shawcross - seed 15

Draw and results

[2][3]

First Round*

Player One Player Two Score
Geoff Hunt Rehmatullah Khan9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1
Kevin Shawcross Bosse Boström9-2 9-6 9-5
Ali Abdel Aziz Ricki Hill9-6 9-1 9-5
Glen Brumby Torsam Khanw/o
Bruce Brownlee Sajjad Muneerw/o
Steven Bowditch Gavin Dupre9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8
Robin Espie John Catchpole9-7 9-4 10-8
Dean Williams Paul Chaplin9-2 9-2 9-3
Roy Ollier Len Steward9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2

Second Round*

Player One Player Two Score
Geoff Hunt Mohammed Asran
Gogi Alauddin Sharif Khan9-4 9-1 9-6
Kevin Shawcross Ian Robinson2-9 6-9 9-4 9-7 10-9
Bruce Brownlee Kim Bruce-Lockhart10-9 9-6 9-10 9-2

First Round* and Second Round* matches incomplete.

Third Round to Final

Third Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
1 Geoff Hunt 9 9 5 9
Peter Verow 4 6 9 2 1 Hunt 9 9 9
Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9 Alauddin 6 1 7
15 Kevin Shawcross 3 5 1 1 Hunt 9 9 9 9
Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 Jahan 3 6 10 2
Gamal Awad 2 4 6 Jahan 9 9 9
Jonah Barrington 7 9 9 9 Barrington 0 4 3
Roland Watson 9 1 2 4 1 Hunt 2 9 9 6 9
2 Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 2 Zaman 9 7 0 9 3
Murray Lilley 3 3 4 2 Zaman 9 5 9 7 9
Maqsood Ahmed 9 9 6 6 4 Maqsood A 7 9 4 9 3
Aly Abdel Aziz 4 1 6 2 Zaman
Mohibullah Khan 9 9 9 M Khan
Glen Brumby 1 7 2 M Khan 9 9 9
Bruce Brownlee 5 9 9 9 Brownlee 4 1 1
Mohammed Yasin 9 2 2 3
Preceded by
1978
British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1979
Succeeded by
1980

References

  1. "Times Archives 1979 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
  3. "1979 Squash". trove.nla.gov.au.
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