1981 Men's World Open Squash Championship

Men's World Open 1981
5th PSA World Squash Championship
Location Canada Toronto, Canada
Date(s) November 19–28, 1981
PSA World Tour
Category World Open
Results
Champion Pakistan Jahangir Khan
Runner-up Australia Geoff Hunt
Semi-finalists Pakistan Q Zaman / Pakistan H Jahan
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The 1981 PSA 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.

Seeds

  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 (Second Round)
  8. New Zealand Ross Norman (Second Round)

Draw & Results

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

References

    [1]

    See also

    External links

    Preceded by
    Australia (Adelaide)
    1980
    World Open
    Canada (Toronto)

    1981
    Succeeded by
    Birmingham (England)
    1982
    1. "Mens Squash World Open 1981".