1981 Men's World Open Squash Championship

Men's World Open 1981
5th PSA World Squash Championship
Location Toronto, Canada
Date(s)November 19–28, 1981
PSA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Results
Champion Jahangir Khan
Runner-up Geoff Hunt
Semi-finalists Qamar Zaman
Hiddy Jahan

The 1981 McGuinness Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1981 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Toronto in Canada from 19 November until 28 November 1981. Jahangir Khan won his first World Open title, defeating Geoff Hunt in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. Geoff Hunt (final)
  2. Jahangir Khan (champion)
  3. Qamar Zaman (semifinals)
  4. Hiddy Jahan (semifinals)
  5. Maqsood Ahmed (quarterfinals)
  6. Gamal Awad (quarterfinals)
  7. Roland Watson (third round)
  8. Ross Norman (second round)
  9. Dean Williams (third round)
  10. Gawain Briars (third round)
  11. Phil Kenyon (third round)
  12. Lars Kvant (third round)
  13. Steve Bowditch (first round)
  14. Aly Abdel Aziz (quarterfinals)
  15. Glen Brumby (third round)
  16. Ahmed Safwat (quarterfinals)

First round

Player One Player Two Score
Geoff Hunt (1) Marc Lalonde 9-5 9-0 9-1
Qamar Zaman (3) Simon Rolington 9-0 9-1 9-3
Ross Norman (8) Chris Caird 9-3 9-1 9-1
Gawain Briars (10) Brian Barnett 4-9 9-7 9-7 9-4
Phil Kenyon (11) Sohail Qaiser 9-3 9-5 9-3
Lars Kvant (12) Mike Way 9-0 9-2 9-3
Ricki Hill Steve Bowditch (13) 9-3 9-2 9-5
Glen Brumby (15) Steve Bateman 9-1 9-2 9-6
Ahmed Safwat (16) Mark M'Fuk 10-8 9-2 7-9 9-7
Ian Robinson Bob Shay 8-10 9-2 9-4 9-7
Ross Thorne Geoff Williams 9-0 9-0 9-3
Mohamed Asran Howard Broun 9-6 10-8 9-5
Chris Dittmar Alam Soliman 9-1 10-9 9-5
Andrew Dwyer Mohammed Yasin 6-9 9-5 9-4 2-9 9-2
Moussa Helal Sharif Khan 9-4 9-3 9-6
Zahir Hussein Khan Sean Flynn 9-0 9-3 9-2
Robin Espie Ashley Naylor 9-4 9-5 9-7
Frank Donnelly R Greaves 9-1 9-7 9-4
Leif Leiner Richard Mosley 9-7 9-3 9-8

Main Draw

Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1 Geoff Hunt w/o
Ross Thorne scr 1 Hunt 9 9 9
Ian Robinson 4 6 9 9 9 Robinson 2 5 6
Ricki Hill 9 9 5 0 1 1 Hunt 9 9 9
5 Maqsood Ahmed 6 9 9 4 9 5 Ahmed 0 4 1
Andrew Dwyer 9 5 3 9 3 5 Ahmed 9 10 9
10 Gawain Briars 9 9 9 9 10 Briars 4 7 5
Robin Espie 4 10 5 4 1 Hunt 9 7 9 9
3 Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 3 Zaman 5 9 2 3
Chris Dittmar 0 2 6 3 Zaman 9 9 9
15 Glen Brumby 9 9 9 15 Brumby 1 2 7
Frank Donnelly 7 4 0 3 Zaman 10 9 9
16 Ahmed Safwat 3 5 9 9 9 16 Safwat 5 2 4
Leif Leiner 9 9 1 0 0 16 Safwat 9 10 9 Final
8 Ross Norman 6 9 9 9 8 Norman 6 8 1
Moussa Helal 9 1 2 2 1 Hunt 9 1 2 1
2 Jahangir Khan 9 9 5 9 2 Jahangir 7 9 9 9
Mohamed Asran 2 4 9 2 2 Jahangir 9 9 9
9 Dean Williams 9 9 9 9 Williams 1 2 2
Zahir Hussein Khan 2 3 1 2 Jahangir 9 8 9 9
6 Gamal Awad 9 9 4 9 6 Awad 6 10 5 1
John Le Lievre 2 0 9 1 6 Awad 9 9 9
12 Lars Kvant w/o 12 Kvant 2 1 1
Aziz Khan scr 2 Jahangir 9 9 9
4 Hiddy Jahan 9 9 6 9 4 Jahan 3 3 3
Karimullah Khan 4 5 9 5 4 Jahan 9 9 9 9
11 Phil Kenyon 9 9 4 5 9 11 Kenyon 3 4 10 5
Murray Lilley 7 4 9 9 2 4 Jahan 7 9 9 9
14 Aly Abdel Aziz 10 9 10 14 Aziz 9 4 0 2
Gogi Alauddin 9 3 8 14 Aziz w/o
7 Roland Watson 10 9 3 9 7 Watson scr
Johan Stockenberg 8 0 9 2

Notes

Geoff Hunt was defeated for the first time in the World Open, every edition of the event which had been inaugurated in 1976 had been won by Geoff Hunt previously.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  2. ^ "Mens Squash World Open 1981". Squash Info.