1977 Men's World Open Squash Championship

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1977 Men's World Open Squash Championship - Wikipedia

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

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.

Seeds

Geoff Hunt (champion)
Mohibullah Khan (semifinals)
Qamar Zaman (final)
Gogi Alauddin (semifinals)
Hiddy Jahan (quarterfinals)
Roland Watson (quarterfinals)
Jonah Barrington (quarterfinals)
Cameron Nancarrow (first round)

Draw and results

First round

Player One	Player Two	Score
Geoff Hunt (1)	Craig Blackwood	9-5 9-4 9-0
Mohibullah Khan (2)	Malcolm Hall	9-0 9-3 9-2
Qamar Zaman (3)	A Saulys	9-3 9-3 9-5
Gogi Alauddin (4)	Trevor Quick	9-0 9-0 9-6
Hiddy Jahan (5)	Leif Leiner	6-9 9-0 9-2 9-1
Jonah Barrington (6)	Bob Baker	9-3 3-9 9-0 9-0
Roland Watson (7)	Peter Wright	w/o
Cameron Nancarrow (8)	Tony Hosford	9-0 9-3 9-2
Aly Abdel Aziz	Des Panizza	9-6 9-0 9-2
Robert Pratt	Maqsood Ahmed	w/o
Ahmed Safwat	H Musa	9-0 9-3 9-2
John Easter	Alex Morkunas	9-0 9-2 9-0
Kevin Shawcross	R Clift	10-8 9-6 9-4
Torsam Khan	R Brown	9-0 9-1 9-0
Ray Lewis	Tarras Tovar	9-3 9-6 9-10 10-8
Glen Brumby	Atlas Khan	w/o
David Pinnington	Gregory Robberds	9-5 9-0 9-1
Rehmatullah Khan	Craig Bowden	9-2 9-2 9-1
Ken Hiscoe	Fred Howell	9-5 9-3 9-4
Bruce Brownlee	A McCulloch	7-9 9-1 9-2 9-1
Murray Lilley	Tim D’Arcy	9-1 9-0 9-1
Hadyn Daly	D Stone	9-6 6-9 9-0 9-2
Abbas Kaoud	S Rimmington	9-6 9-0 9-3
Kim Wilkins	I Husain	w/o
Bill Andruss	Len Atkins	9-7 9-4 9-0
Bryce Allanson	G Dittmar	8-10 9-1 2-9 9-0 9-5
Rahim Gul	Neno Vince	10-9 2-9 9-3 9-6
Doug Stephenson	Roy Ollier	9-4 9-8 9-4
Ian Stephenson	P Grant	9-1 9-0 9-4
Alan Colburn	M Hannah	9-3 9-4 9-0
Steve Bowditch	Dick Carter	9-6 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 Alauddin	9-4 9-3 5-9 9-3

References

^ Kaoud walked off court in protest at refereeing.
^ Aziz disqualified for time wasting

^[1]

External links

World Squash History

Preceded by England (London) 1976	World Open Australia (Adelaide) 1977	Succeeded by Toronto (Canada) 1979

Men's World Squash Championships

World Squash Championships men's champions

1970–1979
1976: Geoff Hunt (AUS) 1977: Geoff Hunt (AUS) 1977: Competition not held 1979: Geoff Hunt (AUS)

1980–1989
1980: Geoff Hunt (AUS) 1981: Jahangir Khan (PAK) 1982: Jahangir Khan (PAK) 1983: Jahangir Khan (PAK) 1984: Jahangir Khan (PAK) 1985: Jahangir Khan (PAK) 1986: Ross Norman (NZL) 1987: Jansher Khan (PAK) 1988: Jahangir Khan (PAK) 1989: Jansher Khan (PAK)

1990–1999
1990: Jansher Khan (PAK) 1991: Rodney Martin (AUS) 1992: Jansher Khan (PAK) 1993: Jansher Khan (PAK) 1994: Jansher Khan (PAK) 1995: Jansher Khan (PAK) 1996: Jansher Khan (PAK) 1997: Rodney Eyles (AUS) 1998: Jonathon Power (CAN) 1999: Peter Nicol (SCO)

2000–2009
2000: Competition not held 2001: Competition not held 2002: David Palmer (AUS) 2003: Amr Shabana (EGY) 2004: Thierry Lincou (FRA) 2005: Amr Shabana (EGY) 2006: David Palmer (AUS) 2007: Amr Shabana (EGY) 2008: Ramy Ashour (EGY) 2009: Amr Shabana (EGY)

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2010: Nick Matthew (ENG) 2011: Nick Matthew (ENG) 2012: Ramy Ashour (EGY) 2013: Nick Matthew (ENG) 2014: Ramy Ashour (EGY) 2015: Grégory Gaultier (FRA) 2016: Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 2017: Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) 2018–19: Ali Farag (EGY) 2019–20: Tarek Momen (EGY)

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2020–21: Ali Farag (EGY) 2022: Ali Farag (EGY) 2023: Ali Farag (EGY) 2024: Diego Elías (PER)

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