1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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]

British Open Squash Championships
41st British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley Squash Centre

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 AzizAustralia Ricki Hill9-6 9-1 9-5
Republic of Ireland England Jonah BarringtonEgypt Nasser Zahran9-1 9-0 9-1
Australia Steven BowditchEngland Gavin Dupre9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8
England Gawain BriarsEngland John Le Lievre10-8 9-6 9-7
New Zealand Bruce BrownleePakistan Sajjad Muneerw/o
Australia Glen BrumbyPakistan Torsam Khanw/o
New Zealand Robin EspieEngland John Catchpole9-7 9-4 10-8
Australia Roy OllierAustralia Len Steward9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2
Australia Geoff HuntPakistan Rehmatullah Khan9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1
Australia Kevin ShawcrossSweden Bosse Boström9-2 9-6 9-5
England Peter VerowPakistan Shah Jehan Khan9-4 9-2 9-1
Australia Dean WilliamsEngland Paul Chaplin9-2 9-2 9-3

Second round*
Player One Player Two Score
Australia Geoff HuntEgypt Mohammed Asran
Pakistan Gogi AlauddinPakistan Sharif Khan9-4 9-1 9-6
Australia Kevin ShawcrossEngland Ian Robinson2-9 6-9 9-4 9-7 10-9
New Zealand Bruce BrownleeScotland Kim Bruce-Lockhart10-9 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

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.
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