1977 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 1977 PSA Men's Uniroyal World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1977 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at Brahma Lodge in Adelaide, Australia from 11 October to 21 October 1977. Geoff Hunt won his second World Open title, defeating Qamar Zaman in the final.

Men's World Open 1977
2nd PSA World Squash Championship
Location Adelaide, Australia
Date(s)October 11–21, 1977
PSA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Results
Champion Geoff Hunt
Runner-up Qamar Zaman
Semi-finalists Mohibullah Khan
Gogi Alauddin
← 1976 1979 →

Seeds
  1. Geoff Hunt (Champion)
  2. Mohibullah Khan (Semifinals)
  3. Qamar Zaman (Final)
  4. Gogi Alauddin (Semifinals)
  5. Hiddy Jahan (Quarterfinals)
  6. Roland Watson (Quarterfinals)
  7. Jonah Barrington (Quarterfinals)
  8. Cameron Nancarrow (First Round)

Draw and results

First round
Player One Player Two Score
Geoff Hunt (1) Craig Blackwood9-5 9-4 9-0
Mohibullah Khan (2) Malcolm Hall9-0 9-3 9-2
Qamar Zaman (3) A Saulys9-3 9-3 9-5
Gogi Alauddin (4) Trevor Quick9-0 9-0 9-6
Hiddy Jahan (5) Leif Leiner6-9 9-0 9-2 9-1
Jonah Barrington (6) Bob Baker9-3 3-9 9-0 9-0
Roland Watson (7) Peter Wrightw/o
Cameron Nancarrow (8) Tony Hosford9-0 9-3 9-2
Aly Abdel Aziz Des Panizza9-6 9-0 9-2
Robert Pratt Maqsood Ahmedw/o
Ahmed Safwat H Musa9-0 9-3 9-2
John Easter Alex Morkunas9-0 9-2 9-0
Kevin Shawcross R Clift10-8 9-6 9-4
Torsam Khan R Brown9-0 9-1 9-0
Ray Lewis Tarras Tovar9-3 9-6 9-10 10-8
Glen Brumby Atlas Khanw/o
David Pinnington Gregory Robberds9-5 9-0 9-1
Rehmatullah Khan C Bowden9-2 9-2 9-1
Ken Hiscoe Fred Howell9-5 9-3 9-4
Bruce Brownlee A McCulloch7-9 9-1 9-2 9-1
Murray Lilley Tim D’Arcy9-1 9-0 9-1
Hadyn Daly D Stone9-6 6-9 9-0 9-2
Abbas Kaoud S Rimmington9-6 9-0 9-3
Kim Wilkins I Husainw/o
Bill Andruss Len Atkins9-7 9-4 9-0
Bryce Allanson G Dittmar8-10 9-1 2-9 9-0 9-5
Rahim Gul Neno Vince10-9 2-9 9-3 9-6
Doug Stephenson Roy Ollier9-4 9-8 9-4
Ian Stephenson P Grant9-1 9-0 9-4
Alan Colburn M Hannah9-3 9-4 9-0
Steve Bowditch Dick Carter9-6 9-3 9-0
Second round Third round Quarter finals Semi finals
1 Geoff Hunt 9 9 9
Steve Bowditch 3 4 1 1 Hunt 9 9 9
Robert Pratt 10 9 9 Pratt 0 5 4
Mohamed Khalifa 8 5 3 1 Hunt 9 9 9
Bruce Brownlee 9 9 9 9 Brownlee 2 7 3
8 Cameron Nancarrow 3 10 2 7 Brownlee 9 9 2 9
Ahmed Safwat 9 9 9 Safwat 1 4 9 7
Alan Colburn 6 6 6 1 Hunt 9 5 9 9
4 Gogi Alauddin 9 9 9 4 Alauddin 6 9 2 6
Ian Stephenson 3 3 1 4 Alauddin 9 9 6 9
John Easter 9 9 9 Easter 6 3 9 3
Haydn Daly 2 0 4 4 Alauddin 7 9 5 10 10
5 Hiddy Jahan 9 9 9 5 Jahan 9 3 9 9 8
Grantley Pinnington 7 0 5 5 Jahan 10 9 9 Final
Kevin Shawcross 7 9 9 2 9 Shawcross 8 4 5
Ray Lewis 9 4 3 9 0 1 Hunt 9 10 0 1 9
2 Mohibullah Khan 9 9 9 3 Zaman 5 9 9 9 4
Bryce Allanson 1 0 1 2 M Khan 9 9 9
Ken Hiscoe 3 2 9 9 9 Hiscoe 1 0 3
Murray Lilley 9 9 5 2 3 2 M Khan 9 9 9
6 Roland Watson 9 9 9 6 Watson 4 6 5
Kim Wilkins 3 1 1 6 Watson 9 9 5 9
Torsam Khan 9 9 9 T Khan 1 2 9 4
Rahim Gul 3 1 1 2 M Khan 9 4 6 10 1
3 Qamar Zaman 9 9 9 3 Zaman 5 9 9 8 9
Glen Brumby 2 1 1 3 Zaman 9 9 9
Rehmatullah Khan 2 9 9 2 w/o R Khan 5 3 1
Abbas Kaoud[1] 9 5 6 0 scr 3 Zaman 9 9 9
7 Jonah Barrington 9 9 9 7 Barrington 1 5 5
Bill Andruss 4 3 1 7 Barrington 9 9 7 2 w/o
Aly Abdel Aziz 9 9 9 Aziz[2] 2 7 9 5 disq
Doug Stephenson 1 0 4

Third Place Play Off

The only time a third place play off took place in World Open history was in 1977.

Player One Player Two Score
Mohibullah Khan Gogi Alauddin9-4 9-3 5-9 9-3

See also
  • PSA World Open

References
  1. Kaoud walked off court in protest at refereeing.
  2. Aziz disqualified for time wasting

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Preceded by
England (London)
1976		 World Open
Australia (Adelaide)
1977		 Succeeded by
Toronto (Canada)
1979
  1. "Mens Squash World Open 1977".
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