1976 Men's World Open Squash Championship

Squash tournament May 2026 May 2026 Men's World Open 1976 1 PSA World Squash Championship PSA ENG London, England 31 January - 7 February1976 World Open £ 10,000 AUS Geoff Hunt PAK Mohibullah Khan PAK Qamar ZamanPAK Gogi Alauddin AUS 1977 The 1976 Lucas Industries Men's World Open Squash Championship was the inaugural men's edition of the 1976 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in London in England, from 31 January to 7 February 1976.Palmer Michael The Guinness Book of Squash 111–112 1984 Guinness Superlatives Ltd Ltd 0-85112-270-1 Geoff Hunt won his first World Open title, defeating Mohibullah Khan in the final that lasted 130 minutes.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19760210/227/0026 Hunt hold on in marathon squash final Daily Mirror 10 February 1976 26 British Newspaper Archive subscription 23 May 2026 The championship of 1976 also served as the British Open for that year.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives 1976 Open Championship Oxfordshire Libraries The event was the first 'Open' event billed as the world championship. Previously the British Open had been considered the primary event in squash. The World Amateur Squash Championship continued to run in addition to the Open event until 1980.https://www.worldsquash.sport/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mens-World-Open.pdf World Men's Open and World Amateur Individual World Squash 15 May 2026 Seeds 30em PAK Qamar Zaman (Semifinals) AUS Geoff Hunt (Champion) PAK Gogi Alauddin PAK Mohibullah Khan PAK Hiddy Jahan AUS Ken Hiscoe AUS Cam Nancarrow IRE Jonah Barrington Draw and results https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ Squash Rackets The Times Archives 2015-05-23 2017-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/ live Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarter finals 1 PAK Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 AUS Dean Williams 5 0 2 EGY Sherif Aly 9 9 9 EGY A Mottelb-Hussein 0 0 0 EGY Mohammed Asran 9 9 9 SCO Gavin Dupre 5 5 3 EGY Galal Allam 9 9 9 PAK Rehmat Khan 2 2 3 8 IRE Jonah Barrington 9 9 9 ENG Bryan Patterson 3 3 3 ENG Mike Grundy 9 9 9 ENG Nigel Faulks 3 6 5 PAK Mo Yasin 9 9 9 ENG Mike Corby 1 5 3 EGY Mohamed Khalifa 9 9 9 ENG Paul Wright 6 0 2 1 PAK Zaman 9 9 9 EGY Sherif Aly 2 1 5 EGY Asran 9 9 9 EGY Allam 5 1 1 8 IRE Barrington 9 9 9 ENG Grundy 1 5 5 PAK Yasin 9 9 9 EGY Khalifa 6 0 2 1 PAK Zaman 9 9 9 EGY Asran 5 3 5 8 IRE Barrington 5 10 9 9 PAK Yasin 9 8 1 4 1 PAK Zaman 9 9 9 8 IRE Barrington 0 1 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarter finals 4 PAK Mohibullah Khan 9 9 9 ENG Pat Kirton 0 0 4 PAK Shah Jehan Khan 9 9 9 EGY A Meguid 4 1 2 RSA 1928 Roland Watson 9 9 9 PAK Amanullah Khan 5 0 0 AUS Frank Donnelly 9 9 8 9 NZL Craig Blackwood 3 5 10 2 5 PAK Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 AUS Michael Donnelly 3 2 7 SCO Kim Bruce-Lockhart 9 9 9 ENG Richard Leslie 4 5 2 AUS Bill Reedman 6 9 9 9 ENG Paul Millman 9 5 0 4 ENG Peter Verow 9 9 9 ENG Jonathon Yorke-Long 5 7 3 4 PAK M Khan 9 9 9 PAK S J Khan 3 7 6 RSA 1928 Watson 9 9 9 AUS Donnelly 4 6 2 5 PAK Jahan 9 9 9 SCO Bruce-Lockhart AUS Reedman 9 9 9 ENG Verow 5 4 2 4 PAK M Khan 9 9 7 9 RSA 1928 Watson 6 1 7 2 5 PAK Jahan 10 9 9 AUS Reedman 9 3 6 4 PAK M Khan 6 9 4 9 9 5 PAK Jahan 9 1 9 7 1 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarter finals 3 PAK Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9 PAK Mohamed Saleem 2 0 3 ENG Ian Robinson 9 9 9 SCO Chris Wilson 6 3 8 EGY Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 9 9 AUS Kevin Shawcross 10 5 6 0 EGY Abbas Kaoud 4 9 9 9 ENG Bryan Pearson 9 6 2 0 6 AUS Ken Hiscoe 7 9 9 9 ENG Bob Johnson 9 5 5 2 EGY Gamal Awad 10 9 9 RSA 1928 Richard O'Connor 9 6 4 PAK Torsam Khan 9 9 5 ENG Anthony Swift 5 7 0 ret AUS Kim Richards w/o ENG John Easter scr 3 PAK Alauddin 9 9 9 ENG Robinson 3 5 2 EGY Aziz 8 9 6 9 9 EGY Kaoud 10 4 9 2 6 6 AUS Hiscoe 10 9 4 9 EGY Awad 8 5 9 6 PAK T Khan 9 9 4 9 AUS Richards 0 1 4 0 3 PAK Alauddin 9 9 9 EGY Aziz 5 1 5 6 AUS Hiscoe 9 10 6 9 PAK T Khan 5 8 9 5 3 PAK Alauddin 5 9 9 9 6 AUS Hiscoe 9 0 2 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarter finals 7 AUS Cam Nancarrow 9 9 9 PAK Afzal Khan 3 1 4 USA Bill Andruss 9 9 9 ENG Nick Topman 0 2 0 EGY Ahmed Safwat 7 6 9 9 9 EGY Moussa Helal 9 9 4 7 1 PAK Rahim Gul 10 9 9 ENG Barry O'Connor 9 6 4 RSA 1928 Ian Holding 6 9 10 9 PAK Rehmatullah Khan 9 0 8 7 ENG Mike Thurgur 6 9 9 9 ENG Dick Carter 9 5 1 5 PAK Hassan Mahmoud 9 8 3 9 9 NZL Tony Naughton 4 10 9 4 4 ENG Clive Francis 1 5 0 2 AUS Geoff Hunt 9 9 9 7 AUS Nancarrow 9 9 9 USA Andruss 5 4 6 EGY Safwat 5 1 9 9 9 PAK Rahim Gul 9 9 5 2 3 RSA 1928 Holding 9 9 5 10 ENG Thurgur 0 1 9 8 PAK Mahmoud 0 2 4 2 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 7 AUS Nancarrow 8 9 9 9 EGY Safwat 10 5 7 6 RSA 1928 Holding 3 5 2 2 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 7 AUS Nancarrow 5 6 4 2 AUS Hunt 9 9 9 Semi-finals & Final Semi-finals Final 1 PAK Qamar Zaman 9 5 9 2 7 4 PAK Mohibullah Khan 6 9 3 9 9 3 PAK Gogi Alauddin 2 5 9 5 2 AUS Geoff Hunt 9 9 1 9 4 PAK Mohibullah Khan 9 4 10 2 2 2 AUS Geoff Hunt 7 9 8 9 9 Notes This was the inaugural World Open that doubled up as the British Open.Held at Wembley a record prize fund of £10,000 was put forward for this first professional World Open. See also PSA World Open References External links World Squash History World Open England (London) NoneFirst edition Australia (Adelaide)1977 1976 Category:World Squash Championships Men's World Open Championship Men's World Open Squash Championship Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Squash competitions in London Category:Squash tournaments in the United Kingdom