1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
41st British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley Squash Centre
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The 1979 British Open Championships sponsored by Avis,[1] 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.[2]

Seeds

  1. Australia Geoff Hunt
  2. Pakistan Qamar Zaman
  3. Pakistan Mohibullah Khan
  4. Pakistan Hiddy Jahan
  5. Pakistan Gogi Alauddin
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. South Africa Roland Watson
  9. Republic of Ireland England Jonah Barrington
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. Pakistan Torsam Khan
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. Australia Kevin Shawcross
  16. 16

Draw and results

[3][4]

First round*

Player One Player Two Score
Egypt Ali Abdel Aziz Australia Ricki Hill 9-6 9-1 9-5
Republic of Ireland England Jonah Barrington Egypt Nasser Zahran 9-1 9-0 9-1
Australia Steven Bowditch England Gavin Dupre 9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8
England Gawain Briars England John Le Lievre 10-8 9-6 9-7
New Zealand Bruce Brownlee Pakistan Sajjad Muneer w/o
Australia Glen Brumby Pakistan Torsam Khan w/o
New Zealand Robin Espie England John Catchpole 9-7 9-4 10-8
Australia Roy Ollier Australia Len Steward 9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2
Australia Geoff Hunt Pakistan Rehmatullah Khan 9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1
Australia Kevin Shawcross Sweden Bosse Boström 9-2 9-6 9-5
England Peter Verow Pakistan Shah Jehan Khan 9-4 9-2 9-1
Australia Dean Williams England Paul Chaplin 9-2 9-2 9-3

Second round*

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Geoff Hunt Egypt Mohammed Asran
Pakistan Gogi Alauddin Pakistan Sharif Khan 9-4 9-1 9-6
Australia Kevin Shawcross England Ian Robinson 2-9 6-9 9-4 9-7 10-9
New Zealand Bruce Brownlee Scotland Kim Bruce-Lockhart 10-9 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 Australia Geoff Hunt 9 9 5 9
England Peter Verow 4 6 9 2 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9
5 Pakistan Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9 5 Pakistan Alauddin 6 1 7
15 Australia Kevin Shawcross 3 5 1 1 Australia Hunt 9 9 9 9
4 Pakistan Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 4 Pakistan Jahan 3 6 10 2
Egypt Gamal Awad 2 4 6 4 Pakistan Jahan 9 9 9
9 Republic of Ireland England Jonah Barrington 7 9 9 9 9 England Republic of Ireland Barrington 0 4 3
8 South Africa Roland Watson 9 1 2 4 1 Australia Hunt 2 9 9 6 9
2 Pakistan Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 2 Pakistan Zaman 9 7 0 9 3
New Zealand Murray Lilley 3 3 4 2 Pakistan Zaman 9 5 9 7 9
Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed 9 9 6 6 4 Pakistan Maqsood A 7 9 4 9 3
Egypt Aly Abdel Aziz 4 1 6 2 Pakistan Zaman
3 Pakistan Mohibullah Khan 9 9 9 3 Pakistan M Khan
Australia Glen Brumby 1 7 2 3 Pakistan M Khan 9 9 9
New Zealand Bruce Brownlee 5 9 9 9 New Zealand Brownlee 4 1 1
Pakistan Mohammed Yasin 9 2 2 3
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)
1979 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Jonah's Happy Return". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 March 1979. Retrieved 26 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Last Night's Results". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 March 1979. Retrieved 26 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. ^ "1979 Squash". trove.nla.gov.au.