# 1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The 1979 British Open Championships sponsored by Avis, was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 31 March – 8 April 1979. Geoff Hunt won his sixth title defeating Qamar Zaman in a repeat of the 1978 final.

## Seeds

* Geoff Hunt
* Qamar Zaman
* Mohibullah Khan
* Hiddy Jahan
* Gogi Alauddin
* 6
* 7
* Roland Watson
* Jonah Barrington
* 10
* 11
* Torsam Khan
* 13
* 14
* Kevin Shawcross
* 16

## Draw and results
### First round*

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Ali Abdel Aziz | Ricki Hill | 9-6 9-1 9-5 |
| Jonah Barrington | Nasser Zahran | 9-1 9-0 9-1 |
| Steven Bowditch | Gavin Dupre | 9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8 |
| Gawain Briars | John Le Lievre | 10-8 9-6 9-7 |
| Bruce Brownlee | Sajjad Muneer | w/o |
| Glen Brumby | Torsam Khan | w/o |
| Robin Espie | John Catchpole | 9-7 9-4 10-8 |
| Roy Ollier | Len Steward | 9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2 |
| Geoff Hunt | Rehmatullah Khan | 9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1 |
| Kevin Shawcross | Bosse Boström | 9-2 9-6 9-5 |
| Peter Verow | Shah Jehan Khan | 9-4 9-2 9-1 |
| Dean Williams | Paul Chaplin | 9-2 9-2 9-3 |

### Second round*

| Player One | Player Two | Score |
| Geoff Hunt | Mohammed Asran | |
| Gogi Alauddin | Sharif Khan | 9-4 9-1 9-6 |
| Kevin Shawcross | Ian Robinson | 2-9 6-9 9-4 9-7 10-9 |
| Bruce Brownlee | Kim Bruce-Lockhart | 10-9 9-6 9-10 9-2 |
First round* and Second round* matches incomplete.

### Third round to final

| Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Geoff Hunt | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Peter Verow | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | | 1 | Hunt | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Gogi Alauddin | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | 5 | Alauddin | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Kevin Shawcross | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Hunt | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Hiddy Jahan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Jahan | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | Gamal Awad | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | 4 | Jahan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Jonah Barrington | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | 9 | Barrington | 0 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Roland Watson | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Hunt | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Qamar Zaman | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Zaman | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| | Murray Lilley | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | 2 | Zaman | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Maqsood Ahmed | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | | Maqsood A | 7 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aly Abdel Aziz | 4 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Zaman | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Mohibullah Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Khan | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Glen Brumby | 1 | 7 | 2 | | | 3 | M Khan | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bruce Brownlee | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | Brownlee | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mohammed Yasin | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Preceded by1978 | British Open Squash Championships England (London) 1979 | Succeeded by1980 |