1979 Men's British Open Squash Championship Explained

British Open Squash Championships
Number:	41
Series:	British Open Championships
Location:	London, England
Venue:	Wembley Squash Centre
Prevseason:	1978
Nextseason:	1980

The 1979 British Open Championships sponsored by Avis,^[1] 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.^[2]

Draw and results

^[3] ^[4]

First round*

width=270	Player One	width=270	Player Two	width=150	Score
		9-6 9-1 9-5
		9-1 9-0 9-1
		9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8
		10-8 9-6 9-7
		w/o
		w/o
		9-7 9-4 10-8
		9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2
		9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1
		9-2 9-6 9-5
	Shah Jehan Khan	9-4 9-2 9-1
		9-2 9-2 9-3

Second round*

width=270	Player One	width=270	Player Two	width=150	Score

		9-4 9-1 9-6
		2-9 6-9 9-4 9-7 10-9
		10-9 9-6 9-10 9-2

First round* and Second round* matches incomplete.

Third round to final

Notes and References

News: Jonah's Happy Return . Birmingham Daily Post . 31 March 1979 . 26 February 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
News: Last Night's Results . Birmingham Daily Post . 31 March 1979 . 26 February 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
Web site: Squash Rackets. The Times Archives. 5 June 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.
Web site: 1979 Squash. trove.nla.gov.au.