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
Location Toronto, Canada
Date(s)September 1979
PSA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Results
Champion Geoff Hunt
Runner-up Qamar Zaman
Semi-finalists Mohibullah Khan
Maqsood Ahmed
← 1977 1980 →

Seeds
  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

[3]

First round
Player One Player Two Score
Geoff Hunt (1) John Frittenburg9-2 9-2 9-3
Qamar Zaman (2) Sharif Khan9-2 9-3 9-3
Hiddy Jahan (3) Ian Robinson9-7 9-7 10-8
Mohibullah Khan (4) Shah Jehan Khan9-5 9-5 9-4
Gogi Alauddin (5) Len Atkins9-5 10-8 9-7
Maqsood Ahmed (6) Selwyn Matchett9-0 9-1 9-2
Bruce Brownlee (7) Abbas Khanw/o
Roland Watson (8) Rehmat Khan9-5 9-4 9-3
Murray Lilley John Lennard9-1 9-4 9-2
Mohammed Yasin Billy Reedman9-5 9-7 9-6
Torsam Khan (11) Steve Moysey9-1 9-3 9-0
Mohammad Asran Richard Mosley9-0 9-1 9-6
Steve Bowditch Aly Abdel Aziz4-9 3-9 9-7 9-6 10-8
Kevin Shawcross (14) Todd Binns9-7 9-1 9-1
John Easter (15) Mark M'Fuk9-4 9-4 10-9
Gawain Briars Howard Broun7-9 8-10 9-2 9-0 9-1
Mohamed Khalifa Aziz Khan1-9 5-9 9-7 9-0 9-4
John Le Lievre Atlas Khan9-6 9-2 9-10 2-9 9-3
Michael Desaulniers Liaqat Ali 'Charlie' Khan9-2 9-1 9-2
Mario Sanchez Patrick Richardson8-10 9-6 9-2 9-7
Bryan Patterson Doug Whittaker9-1 9-2 9-3
Rob Shay Charlie Booth10-8 9-6 3-9 9-6
Bryan Pearson Stuart Goldstein9-4 10-9 3-9 9-5
Moussa Helal Ian Shaw9-2 9-1 9-1
Tony Swift Zahir Hussein Khan9-6 9-0 4-9 9-0
Clive Caldwell Arthur Hough9-5 9-7 9-6
Paul Wright David Morgan9-1 9-3 9-5
Jug Walia Bill McDonnell9-6 9-6 10-8
Roy Ollier John Macrury9-7 9-5 9-6
Steve Hisey Mike Gallagher9-2 9-6 9-6
Abbas Kaoud Alan Colburn0-9 9-5 1-9 9-0 9-4
Gordon Anderson Jackson Triggs9-2 9-7 9-0

Main draw
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

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

References
  1. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
  2. "Squash". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. "Mens Squash World Open 1979".
Preceded by
Australia (Adelaide)
1977		 World Open
Canada (Toronto)
1979		 Succeeded by
Adelaide (Australia)
1980
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