1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship

British Open Squash Championships
41st British Open Championships
Details
Location London, England
Venue Wembley Squash Centre
← 1978 1980 →

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]

Seeds

  1. Australia Geoff Hunt
  2. Pakistan Qamar Zaman

Pakistan Torsam Khan - seed 12

Australia Kevin Shawcross - seed 15

Draw & Results

[2][3]

First Round*

Player One Player Two Score
Australia Geoff Hunt Pakistan Rehmatullah Khan 9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1
Australia Kevin Shawcross Sweden Bo Bostrom 9-2 9-6 9-5
Egypt Ali Abdel Aziz Australia Ricki Hill 9-6 9-1 9-5
Australia Glen Brumby Pakistan Torsam Khan w/o
New Zealand Bruce Brownlee Pakistan Sajjad Muneer w/o
Australia Steven Bowditch England Gavin Dupre 9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8
New Zealand Robin Espie England John Catchpole 9-7 9-4 10-8
Australia Dean Williams England Paul Chaplin 9-2 9-2 9-3
Australia Roy Ollier Australia Len Steward 9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2

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  
 Pakistan Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9    Pakistan Alauddin 6 1 7  
15  Australia Kevin Shawcross 3 5 1       1  Australia Hunt 9 9 9 9  
 Pakistan Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9        Pakistan Jahan 3 6 10 2  
 Egypt Gamal Awad 2 4 6      Pakistan Jahan 9 9 9
 Republic of Ireland England Jonah Barrington 7 9 9 9    England Republic of Ireland Barrington 0 4 3  
 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
 Pakistan Mohibullah Khan 9 9 9        Pakistan M Khan  
 Australia Glen Brumby 1 7 2      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
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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