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
Location Adelaide, Australia
Date(s)October 4–10, 1980
PSA World Tour
CategoryWorld Open
Results
Champion Geoff Hunt
Runner-up Qamar Zaman
Semi-finalists Mohibullah Khan
Hiddy Jahan
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Seeds
  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

First round
Player One Player Two Score
Geoff Hunt (1) B Turner9-0 9-2 9-1
Qamar Zaman (2) David Pinnington9-4 9-1 10-8
Mohibullah Khan (3) Bo Bostrom9-2 9-4 9-3
Hiddy Jahan (4) Ricki Hill9-2 9-0 5-9 9-1
Bruce Brownlee (5) Terry Cheetham9-1 7-9 9-6 9-2
Maqsood Ahmed (6) M Nash9-0 9-0 9-2
Gogi Alauddin (7) Gregory Robberds9-0 9-3 9-6
Gamal Awad (8) Kim Wilkins9-4 9-2 9-5
Dean Williams M Baylis9-3 9-0 9-2
Jahangir Khan Richard Massey9-1 9-1 9-1
Glen Brumby Velio Pukk9-3 9-2 10-9
Phil Kenyon Ian Stephenson9-6 9-0 9-1
Cameron Nancarrow (13) A McCulloch9-7 10-8 9-0
Jonah Barrington Brian Barnett9-3 9-6 9-5
Roland Watson W Miller9-3 9-5 9-0
Ross Norman Trevor Quick9-2 9-6 9-2
Stephen Wall Malcolm Hall9-6 10-8 10-9
Rodney George J Wright9-7 9-6 9-3
Peter Nance Fred Howell9-0 9-4 5-9 9-4
Chris Dittmar Doug Stephenson9-3 9-7 4-9 1-9 9-5
Mark Mounsey Paul Viggers5-9 9-0 9-6 9-0
Neven Barbour Grantley Pinnington9-5 9-2 9-1
Roger Flynn S Rimington9-0 7-9 9-2 9-5
Craig Blackwood Rod Hozack10-8 9-1 10-8
Greg Pollard Simon Gogolin9-1 9-3 9-1
Ian Yeates Paul McDonald9-5 9-0 9-6
Kevin Shawcross Chris Carter9-3 3-9 9-5 9-5
Ross Thorne C Jensen9-2 8-10 9-2 9-5
Steve Bowditch P Grant9-3 9-1 9-3
Bryce Allanson Bob Baker9-1 9-2 9-3
Roy Ollier G Dittmar9-3 9-4 9-0
Frank Donnelly Len Atkins9-1 10-8 10-9

Main draw
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
  • PSA World Open

References
  1. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
  2. "Mens Squash World Open 1980". squashinfo.com.
Preceded by
Canada (Toronto)
1979		 World Open
Australia (Adelaide)
1980		 Succeeded by
Toronto (Canada)
1981
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