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1981 Men's World Open Squash Championship

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Men's World Open 1981
5th PSA World Squash Championship
LocationCanada Toronto, Canada
Date(s)November 19–28, 1981
PSA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Results
ChampionPakistan Jahangir Khan
Runner-upAustralia Geoff Hunt
Semi-finalistsPakistan Qamar Zaman
Pakistan Hiddy Jahan
← 1980 Australia
England 1982 →

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

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

First round

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

Main Draw

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

Notes

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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

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References

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  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.
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Preceded by World Open
Canada (Toronto)

1981
Succeeded by