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1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship

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British Open Squash Championships
41st British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueWembley Squash Centre
← 1978
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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]

Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round*

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Player One Player Two Score
Egypt Ali Abdel Aziz Australia Ricki Hill 9-6 9-1 9-5
Republic of Ireland England Jonah Barrington Egypt Nasser Zahran 9-1 9-0 9-1
Australia Steven Bowditch England Gavin Dupre 9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8
England Gawain Briars England John Le Lievre 10-8 9-6 9-7
New Zealand Bruce Brownlee Pakistan Sajjad Muneer w/o
Australia Glen Brumby Pakistan Torsam Khan w/o
New Zealand Robin Espie England John Catchpole 9-7 9-4 10-8
Australia Roy Ollier Australia Len Steward 9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2
Australia Geoff Hunt Pakistan Rehmatullah Khan 9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1
Australia Kevin Shawcross Sweden Bosse Boström 9-2 9-6 9-5
England Peter Verow Pakistan Shah Jehan Khan 9-4 9-2 9-1
Australia Dean Williams England Paul Chaplin 9-2 9-2 9-3

Second round*

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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

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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
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1979
Succeeded by

References

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  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.