1979 Men's World Open Squash Championship

Men's World Open 1979
3rd PSA World Squash Championship
Location	Toronto, Canada
Date(s)	September 1979
PSA World Tour
Category	World Open
Results
Champion	Geoff Hunt
Runner-up	Qamar Zaman
Semi-finalists	Mohibullah Khan Maqsood Ahmed
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The 1979 McGuinness Men's World Open Squash Championship was the men's edition of the 1979 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Toronto in Canada during September 1979. Geoff Hunt won his third consecutive World Open title, defeating Qamar Zaman in a repeat of the 1977 final.^[1][2]

Seeds[]

Draw and results[]

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First round[]

Player One	Player Two	Score
Geoff Hunt (1)		9-2 9-2 9-3
Qamar Zaman (2)	Sharif Khan	9-2 9-3 9-3
Hiddy Jahan (3)	Ian Robinson	9-7 9-7 10-8
Mohibullah Khan (4)		9-5 9-5 9-4
Gogi Alauddin (5)		9-5 10-8 9-7
Maqsood Ahmed (6)		9-0 9-1 9-2
Bruce Brownlee (7)	Abbas Khan	w/o
(8)	Rehmat Khan	9-5 9-4 9-3
		9-1 9-4 9-2
Mohammed Yasin		9-5 9-7 9-6
Torsam Khan (11)		9-1 9-3 9-0
		9-0 9-1 9-6
Steve Bowditch	Aly Abdel Aziz	4-9 3-9 9-7 9-6 10-8
Kevin Shawcross (14)		9-7 9-1 9-1
John Easter (15)		9-4 9-4 10-9
Gawain Briars		7-9 8-10 9-2 9-0 9-1
Mohamed Khalifa	Aziz Khan	1-9 5-9 9-7 9-0 9-4
John Le Lievre		9-6 9-2 9-10 2-9 9-3
Michael Desaulniers		9-2 9-1 9-2
Mario Sanchez		8-10 9-6 9-2 9-7
Bryan Patterson		9-1 9-2 9-3
		10-8 9-6 3-9 9-6
	Stuart Goldstein	9-4 10-9 3-9 9-5
Moussa Helal		9-2 9-1 9-1
	Zahir Hussein Khan	9-6 9-0 4-9 9-0
Clive Caldwell		9-5 9-7 9-6
		9-1 9-3 9-5
		9-6 9-6 10-8
		9-7 9-5 9-6
		9-2 9-6 9-6
Abbas Kaoud		0-9 9-5 1-9 9-0 9-4
Gordon Anderson		9-2 9-7 9-0

Main draw[]

	Second round									Third round									Quarter finals									Semi finals
	1	Geoff Hunt	9	9	9
		Mohamed Khalifa	6	6	3					1	Hunt	9	9	9
	15	John Easter	7	10	4	1					Kaoud	4	0	3
		Abbas Kaoud	9	8	9	9													1	Hunt	9	9	5	9
	8		5	9	9	9													8		6	0	9	7
		Moussa Helal	9	3	0	3				8		9	9	9
		Mohammed Yasin	w/o								Yasin	1	5	2
		Clive Caldwell	scr																									1	Hunt	9	9	9
	4	Mohibullah Khan	9	9	9																							4	M Khan	3	0	2
		Mario Sanchez	1	1	3					4	M Khan	9	6	9	9
			9	9	9							3	9	5	1
			2	0	0														4	M Khan	5	9	9	9
	5	Gogi Alauddin	9	8	9	10													5	Alauddin	9	3	2	4
		Bryan Patterson	3	10	5	8				5	Alauddin	9	8	9	9													Final
		Steve Bowditch	?	?	?						Bowditch	1	10	3	0
			?	?	?																							1	Hunt	9	9	9
	2	Qamar Zaman	9	9	9																							2	Zaman	2	3	4
		John Le Lievre	2	2	3					2	Zaman	9	1	9	9
		Gawain Briars	9	9	9						Briars	1	9	4	6
		Gordon Anderson	5	6	3														2	Zaman	9	9	9
	7	Bruce Brownlee	10	9	9														7	Brownlee	1	4	6
			8	0	2					7	Brownlee	9	9	9
	11	Torsam Khan	10	9	9					11	T Khan	2	5	3
			8	6	7																							2	Zaman	9	9	9	6	9
	3	Hiddy Jahan	9	9	9																							6	Ahmed	7	10	4	9	4
		Michael Desaulniers	5	0	1					3	Jahan	9	9	9
			9	9	9							7	7	5
			4	5	4														3	Jahan	9	4	6	9	4
	6	Maqsood Ahmed	10	9	9														6	Ahmed	4	9	9	7	9
			8	2	6					6	Ahmed	9	9	8	9
	14	Kevin Shawcross	9	9	9					14	Shawcross	2	4	10	3
			4	1	4

Notes[]

Torsam Khan died just two months after this event in the November, at the age of 27. Torsam suffered a heart attack during a tournament in Australia.

See also[]

• PSA World Open
• 1979 Women's World Open Squash Championship

References[]

External links[]

• World Squash History