1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship

none June 2015 May 2026 British Open Squash Championships 41 British Open Championships 31 March – 8 April 1979 London, England Wembley Squash Centre 1978 1980 The 1979 British Open Championships sponsored by Avis,Jonah's Happy Return Birmingham Daily Post 31 March 1979 26 February 2022 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19790331/364/0014 British Newspaper Archive subscription 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.Last Night's Results Birmingham Daily Post 31 March 1979 26 February 2022 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19790331/367/0014 British Newspaper Archive subscription Seeds 30em AUS Geoff Hunt PAK Qamar Zaman PAK Mohibullah Khan PAK Hiddy Jahan PAK Gogi Alauddin 6 7 RSA 1928 Roland Watson IRE Jonah Barrington 10 11 PAK Torsam Khan 13 14 AUS Kevin Shawcross 16 Draw and results https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 5 June 2015 18 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ livehttps://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page12387058 1979 Squash trove.nla.gov.au First round Player OnePlayer TwoScoreAUS Geoff Hunt (1) PAK Rehmatullah Khan 9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1PAK Qamar Zaman (2) EGY Alaaeldeen Allouba 9-2 9-4 9-5PAK Mohibullah Khan (3) EGY Sherif Ali 9-2 9-1 9-2PAK Hiddy Jahan (4) EGY Alam Soliman 9-10 9-5 9-1 9-2PAK Gogi Alauddin (5) ENG Richard Mosley 9–5 9–2 9–3RSA 1928 Roland Watson (8) EGY Mohammed Khalifa 9-4 9-2 9-5IRE Jonah Barrington (9) EGY Nasser Zahran 9-1 9-0 9-1AUS Glen Brumby PAK Torsam Khan (12) w/oAUS Kevin Shawcross (15) SWE Bosse Boström 9-2 9-6 9-5PAK Mohammed Yasin (seed) PAK S Zaman 9-4 9-4 9-7NZL Bruce Brownlee (seed) PAK Sajjad Muneer w/oPAK Rahim Gul EGY Ahmed Safwat (seed) w/oPAK Maqsood Ahmed (seed) ENG Bryan Patterson 9-3 9-1 9-1EGY Ali Abdel Aziz (seed) AUS Ricki Hill 9-6 9-1 9-5NZL Murray Lilley (seed) RSA 1928 Selwyn Machet 9-6 10-8 6-9 9-6EGY Mo Asran EGY Abbas Kaoud 5–9 9–1 9–7 9–2ENG Peter Verow PAK Shah Jehan Khan 9-4 9-2 9-1PAK Sharif Khan RSA 1928 Richard O'Connor 9-7 9-4 9-0ENG Ian Robinson ENG Joe Richardson 9-2 9-6 9-1ENG John Easter PAK Atlas Khan w/oENG John Richardson SWE Peter Bostrom 9-7 9-5 9-7AUS Steve Bowditch SCO Gavin Dupre 9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8SWE Johan Stockenberg SWE Sefan Winstrom 9-2 10-8 9-5SCO Kim Bruce-Lockhart USA Suart Goldstein 10-8 9-0 9-4NZL Robin Espie ENG John Catchpole 9-7 9-4 10-8ENG Gawain Briars ENG John Le Lievre 10-8 9-6 9-7AUS Roy Ollier AUS Len Steward 9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2AUS Dean Williams ENG Paul Chaplin 9-2 9-2 9-3ENG Moussa Helal Andrew Dwyer 9-7 9-1 8-10 9-2NZL Craig Blackwood ENG Paul Wright 9-10 7-9 9-3 10-8 10-8PAK Mohammed Saleem SWE Lars Kvant w/o Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1 AUS Geoff Hunt 9 9 9 EGY Mo Asran 2 6 6 ENG Peter Verow PAK Rahim Gul 5 PAK Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9 PAK Sharif Khan 4 1 6 15 AUS Kevin Shawcross 2 6 9 9 10 ENG Ian Robinson 9 9 4 7 9 4 PAK Hiddy Jahan EGY Gamal Awad 9 IRE Jonah Barrington 9 6 9 9 AUS Steve Bowditch 6 9 5 5 8 RSA 1928 Roland Watson 10 9 9 ENG John Richardson 8 0 0 2 PAK Qamar Zaman NZL Murray Lilley 3 9 9 9 ENG Gawain Briars 9 3 6 1 PAK Maqsood Ahmed 3 9 9 9 AUS Dean Williams 9 3 0 1 EGY Aly Abdel Aziz 3 PAK Mohibullah Khan AUS Glen Brumby NZL Bruce Brownlee 10 9 9 9 SCO Kim Bruce-Lockhart 9 6 10 2 PAK Mohammed Yasin 1 AUS Hunt 9 9 5 9 ENG Verow 4 6 9 2 5 PAK Alauddin 9 9 9 15 AUS Shawcross 3 5 1 4 PAK Jahan 9 9 9 EGY Awad 2 4 6 9 IRE Barrington 7 9 9 9 8 RSA 1928 Watson 9 1 2 4 2 PAK Zaman 9 9 9 NZL Lilley 3 3 4 PAK Ahmed 9 9 6 6 4 EGY Abdel Aziz 4 1 6 3 PAK M Khan 9 9 9 AUS Brumby 1 7 2 NZL Brownlee 5 9 9 9 PAK Yasin 9 2 2 3 1 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 5 PAK Alauddin 6 1 7 4 PAK Jahan 9 9 9 9 ENG IRE Barrington 0 4 3 2 PAK Zaman 9 5 9 7 9 PAK Maqsood A 7 9 4 9 3 3 PAK M Khan 9 9 9 NZL Brownlee 4 1 1 1 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 9 4 PAK Jahan 3 6 10 2 2 PAK Zaman 3 PAK M Khan 1 AUS Hunt 2 9 9 6 9 2 PAK Zaman 9 7 0 9 3 British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1978 1980 1979 References Category:Men's British Open Squash Championships Men's British Open Squash Championships Men's British Open Squash Championships Men's British Open Squash Championships Men's British Open Squash Championship Men's British Open Squash Championship Category:Squash competitions in London