1980 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 1980 PSA Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1980 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Adelaide in Australia from 4 October until 10 October 1980. Geoff Hunt won his fourth consecutive World Open title, defeating Qamar Zaman in the final for the third successive year.[1][2]

Men's World Open 1980
4th PSA World Squash Championship
LocationAustralia Adelaide, Australia
Date(s)October 4–10, 1980
PSA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Results
ChampionAustralia Geoff Hunt
Runner-upPakistan Qamar Zaman
Semi-finalistsPakistan Mohibullah Khan
Pakistan Hiddy Jahan
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Seeds edit

  1.   Geoff Hunt (champion)
  2.   Qamar Zaman (final)
  3.   Mohibullah Khan (semifinals)
  4.   Hiddy Jahan (semifinals)
  5.   Bruce Brownlee (third round)
  6.   Maqsood Ahmed (third round)
  7.   Gogi Alauddin (quarterfinals)
  8.   Gamal Awad (quarterfinals)

Draw and results edit

First round edit

Player One Player Two Score
  Geoff Hunt (1)   B Turner 9-0 9-2 9-1
  Qamar Zaman (2)   David Pinnington 9-4 9-1 10-8
  Mohibullah Khan (3)   Bosse Boström 9-2 9-4 9-3
  Hiddy Jahan (4)   Ricki Hill 9-2 9-0 5-9 9-1
  Bruce Brownlee (5)   Terry Cheetham 9-1 7-9 9-6 9-2
  Maqsood Ahmed (6)   M Nash 9-0 9-0 9-2
  Gogi Alauddin (7)   Gregory Robberds 9-0 9-3 9-6
  Gamal Awad (8)   Kim Wilkins 9-4 9-2 9-5
  Dean Williams   M Baylis 9-3 9-0 9-2
  Jahangir Khan   Richard Massey 9-1 9-1 9-1
  Glen Brumby   Velio Pukk 9-3 9-2 10-9
  Phil Kenyon   Ian Stephenson 9-6 9-0 9-1
  Cameron Nancarrow (13)   A McCulloch 9-7 10-8 9-0
  Jonah Barrington   Brian Barnett 9-3 9-6 9-5
  Roland Watson   W Miller 9-3 9-5 9-0
  Ross Norman   Trevor Quick 9-2 9-6 9-2
  Stephen Wall   Malcolm Hall 9-6 10-8 10-9
  Rodney George   J Wright 9-7 9-6 9-3
  Peter Nance   Fred Howell 9-0 9-4 5-9 9-4
  Chris Dittmar   Doug Stephenson 9-3 9-7 4-9 1-9 9-5
  Mark Mounsey   Paul Viggers 5-9 9-0 9-6 9-0
  Neven Barbour   Grantley Pinnington 9-5 9-2 9-1
  Roger Flynn   S Rimington 9-0 7-9 9-2 9-5
  Craig Blackwood   Rod Hozack 10-8 9-1 10-8
  Greg Pollard   Simon Gogolin 9-1 9-3 9-1
  Ian Yeates   Paul McDonald 9-5 9-0 9-6
  Kevin Shawcross   Chris Carter 9-3 3-9 9-5 9-5
  Ross Thorne   C Jensen 9-2 8-10 9-2 9-5
  Steve Bowditch   P Grant 9-3 9-1 9-3
  Bryce Allanson   Bob Baker 9-1 9-2 9-3
  Roy Ollier   G Dittmar 9-3 9-4 9-0
  Frank Donnelly   Len Atkins 9-1 10-8 10-9

Main draw edit

Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1   Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
  Stephen Wall 6 4 1 1   Hunt 9 9 9
  Ross Norman 9 9 9   Norman 7 2 0
  Frank Donnelly 5 6 1 1   Hunt 9 10 9
7   Gogi Alauddin 10 9 10 7   Alauddin 5 8 0
  Mark Mounsey 8 2 8 7   Alauddin 9 10 9
  Roland Watson 9 9 9   Watson 6 8 7
  Roy Ollier 0 3 5 1   Hunt 7 10 9 9
4   Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 4   Jahan 9 9 3 5
  Chris Dittmar 5 3 7 4   Jahan 9 10 9
  Phil Kenyon 9 10 9   Kenyon 3 9 3
  Ross Thorne 5 8 4 4   Jahan 10 9 9
8   Gamal Awad 5 9 9 9 8   Awad 9 1 1
  Roger Flynn 9 2 2 4 8   Awad 9 8 9 10 Final
  Jonah Barrington 9 9 9   Barrington 7 10 2 9
  Bryce Allanson 0 6 3 1   Hunt 9 9 9
2   Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 2   Zaman 0 3 3
  Rodney George 4 0 2 2   Zaman 9 9 6 9
  Glen Brumby 9 9 9   Brumby 1 3 9 5
  Kevin Shawcross 0 5 7 2   Zaman 5 9 9 7 9
  Jahangir Khan 9 9 3 9   J Khan 9 4 0 9 2
  Ian Yeates 1 4 9 3   J Khan 9 9 8 9
6   Maqsood Ahmed 9 9 9 6   Ahmed 4 3 10 3
  Neven Barbour 3 0 0 2   Zaman 10 9 9
3   Mohibullah Khan 9 7 9 9 3   M Khan 8 3 3
  Peter Nance 6 9 0 2 3   M Khan 9 9 9
  Steve Bowditch 9 9 10   Bowditch 5 1 6
13   Cameron Nancarrow 3 7 8 3   M Khan 9 9 9
  Dean Williams 9 9 9   Williams 5 5 1
  Craig Blackwood 5 6 2   Williams 2 9 9 9
5   Bruce Brownlee 9 9 7 9 5   Brownlee 9 5 2 0
  Greg Pollard 5 4 9 5

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  2. ^ "Mens Squash World Open 1980". squashinfo.com.

External links edit

Preceded by World Open
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