1981 Men's World Open Squash Championship
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]
Men's World Open 1981 | |||
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5th PSA World Squash Championship | |||
Location | Toronto, Canada | ||
Date(s) | November 19–28, 1981 | ||
PSA World Tour | |||
Category | World Open | ||
Results | |||
Champion | Jahangir Khan | ||
Runner-up | Geoff Hunt | ||
Semi-finalists | Qamar Zaman Hiddy Jahan | ||
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Seeds
- Geoff Hunt (Final)
- Jahangir Khan (Champion)
- Qamar Zaman (Semifinals)
- Hiddy Jahan (Semifinals)
- Maqsood Ahmed (Quarterfinals)
- Gamal Awad (Quarterfinals)
- Roland Watson (Third Round)
- Ross Norman (Second Round)
- Dean Williams (Third Round)
- Gawain Briars (Third Round)
- Phil Kenyon (Third Round)
- Lars Kvant (Third Round)
- Steve Bowditch (First Round)
- Aly Abdel Aziz (Quarterfinals)
- Glen Brumby (Third Round)
- Ahmed Safwat (Quarterfinals)
First Round
Player One | Player Two | Score |
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Geoff Hunt (1) | Marc Lalonde | 9-5 9-0 9-1 |
Qamar Zaman (3) | Simon Rolington | 9-0 9-1 9-3 |
Ross Norman (8) | Chris Caird | 9-3 9-1 9-1 |
Gawain Briars (10) | Brian Barnett | 4-9 9-7 9-7 9-4 |
Phil Kenyon (11) | Sohail Qaiser | 9-3 9-5 9-3 |
Lars Kvant (12) | Mike Way | 9-0 9-2 9-3 |
Ricki Hill | Steve Bowditch (13) | 9-3 9-2 9-5 |
Glen Brumby (15) | Steve Bateman | 9-1 9-2 9-6 |
Ahmed Safwat (16) | Mark M'Fuk | 10-8 9-2 7-9 9-7 |
Ian Robinson | Bob Shay | 8-10 9-2 9-4 9-7 |
Ross Thorne | Geoff Williams | 9-0 9-0 9-3 |
Mohamed Asran | Howard Broun | 9-6 10-8 9-5 |
Chris Dittmar | Alam Soliman | 9-1 10-9 9-5 |
Andrew Dwyer | Mohammed Yasin | 6-9 9-5 9-4 2-9 9-2 |
Moussa Helal | Sharif Khan | 9-4 9-3 9-6 |
Zahir Hussein Khan | Sean Flynn | 9-0 9-3 9-2 |
Robin Espie | Ashley Naylor | 9-4 9-5 9-7 |
Frank Donnelly | R Greaves | 9-1 9-7 9-4 |
Leif Leiner | Richard Mosley | 9-7 9-3 9-8 |
Main Draw
Second round | Third round | Quarter finals | Semi finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Geoff Hunt | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ross Thorne | scr | 1 | Hunt | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ian Robinson | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Robinson | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ricki Hill | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Hunt | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Maqsood Ahmed | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | Ahmed | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Dwyer | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | Ahmed | 9 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Gawain Briars | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | Briars | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robin Espie | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Hunt | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Qamar Zaman | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | Zaman | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chris Dittmar | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Zaman | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Glen Brumby | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | Brumby | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Donnelly | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Zaman | 10 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Ahmed Safwat | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 16 | Safwat | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leif Leiner | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Safwat | 9 | 10 | 9 | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Ross Norman | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | Norman | 6 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moussa Helal | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Hunt | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Jahangir Khan | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | Jahangir | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohamed Asran | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | Jahangir | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Dean Williams | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Williams | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zahir Hussein Khan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Jahangir | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Gamal Awad | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | Awad | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Le Lievre | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | Awad | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Lars Kvant | w/o | 12 | Kvant | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aziz Khan | scr | 2 | Jahangir | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Hiddy Jahan | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | Jahan | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Karimullah Khan | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | Jahan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Phil Kenyon | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | Kenyon | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray Lilley | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | Jahan | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Aly Abdel Aziz | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | Aziz | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gogi Alauddin | 9 | 3 | 8 | 14 | Aziz | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Roland Watson | 10 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 7 | Watson | scr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
References
- "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
- "Mens Squash World Open 1981". Squash Info.
External links
Preceded by Australia (Adelaide) 1980 |
World Open Canada (Toronto) 1981 |
Succeeded by Birmingham (England) 1982 |
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