Squash World Championship 1981

The fifth squash World Championship for Men ( English 1981 Men's World Open Squash Championship ) was held from 19 to 28 November 1981 in Toronto , Canada , instead. This was the second time since 1979 that Toronto was the venue for the competition.

Already in the semi-finals, the final of the last three events was reissued. Defending champion Geoff Hunt defeated Qamar Zaman again , this time in four sets. In the second semi-final, Jahangir Khan prevailed against Hiddy Jahan . Geoff Hunt lost a world championship final against Jahangir Khan for the first time: With 7: 9, 9: 1, 9: 2 and 9: 1 Khan won his first world title. It was also Hunt's last participation in a world championship.

Results

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Geoff Hunt final 02.  Jahangir Khan victory 03.  Qamar Zaman Semifinals 04th  Hiddy Jahan Semifinals 05.  Maqsood Ahmed Quarter finals 06th  Gamal Awad Quarter finals 07th  Roland Watson Round of 16 08th.  Ross Norman 2nd round

No. player Round reached 09.  Dean Williams Round of 16 10.  Gawain Briars Round of 16 11.  Phil Kenyon Round of 16 12.  Lars Kvant Round of 16 13.  Steve Bowditch 1 round 14th  Aly Abdel Aziz Quarter finals 15th  Glen Brumby Round of 16 16.  Ahmed Safwat Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Main round

First round

player	player	Result
Geoff Hunt	Marc Lalonde	9: 5, 9: 0, 9: 1
Qamar Zaman	Simon Rolington	9: 0, 9: 1, 9: 3
Ross Norman	Chris Caird	9: 3, 9: 1, 9: 1
Gawain Briars	Brian Barnett	4: 9, 9: 7, 9: 7, 9: 4
Phil Kenyon	Sohail Qaiser	9: 3, 9: 5, 9: 3
Lars Kvant	Mike Way	9: 0, 9: 2, 9: 3
Ricki Hill	Steve Bowditch	9: 3, 9: 2, 9: 5
Glen Brumby	Steve Bateman	9: 1, 9: 2, 9: 6
Ahmed Safwat	Mark M'Fuk	10: 8, 9: 2, 7: 9, 9: 7
Ian Robinson	Bob Shay	8:10, 9: 2, 9: 4, 9: 7
Ross Thorne	Geoff Williams	9: 0, 9: 0, 9: 3
Mohamed Asran	Howard Broun	9: 6, 10: 8, 9: 5
Chris Dittmar	Alam Soliman	9: 1, 10: 9, 9: 5
Andrew Dwyer	Mo Yasin	6: 9, 9: 5, 9: 4, 2: 9, 9: 2
Moussa Helal	Sharif Khan	9: 4, 9: 3, 9: 6
Zahir Hussein Khan	Sean Flynn	9: 0, 9: 3, 9: 2
Robin Espie	Ashley Naylor	9: 4, 9: 5, 9: 7
Frank Donnelly	R. Greaves	9: 1, 9: 7, 9: 4
Leif Leiner	Richard Mosley	9: 7, 9: 3, 9: 8

Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	G. Hunt
	R. Thorne								1	G. Hunt	9	9	9
	R. Hill	9	9	5	0	1				I. Robinson	2	5	6th
	I. Robinson	4th	6th	9	9	9												1	G. Hunt	9	9	9
10	G. Briars	9	9	9	9													5	M. Ahmed	0	4th	1
	R. Espie	4th	10	5	4th				10	G. Briars	4th	8th	5
	A. Dwyer	9	5	3	9	3			5	M. Ahmed	9	10	9
5	M. Ahmed	6th	9	9	4th	9																					1	G. Hunt	9	7th	9	9
8th	R. Norman	6th	9	9	9																						3	Q. Zaman	5	9	2	3
	M. Helal	9	1	2	2				8th	R. Norman	6th	8th	1
	L. Leiner	9	9	1	0	0			16	A. Safwat	9	10	9
16	A. Safwat	3	5	9	9	9												16	A. Safwat	8th	2	4th
15th	G. Brumby	9	9	9														3	Q. Zaman	10	9	9
	F. Donnelly	7th	4th	0					15th	G. Brumby	1	2	7th
	C. Dittmar	0	2	6th					3	Q. Zaman	9	9	9
3	Q. Zaman	9	9	9																																1	G. Hunt	9	1	2	1
4th	H. Jahan	9	9	6th	9																															2	J. Khan	7th	9	9	9
	K. Khan	4th	5	9	5				4th	H. Jahan	9	9	9	9
	M. Lilley	7th	4th	9	9	2			11	P. Kenyon	3	4th	10	5
11	P. Kenyon	9	9	4th	5	9												4th	H. Jahan	7th	9	9	9
14th	AA Aziz	10	9	10														14th	AA Aziz	9	4th	0	2
	G. Alauddin	9	3	8th					14th	AA Aziz
	J. Stockenberg	8th	0	9	2				7th	R. Watson
7th	R. Watson	10	9	3	9																						4th	H. Jahan	3	3	3
6th	G. Awad	9	9	4th	9																						2	J. Khan	9	9	9
	J. Le Lievre	2	0	9	1				6th	G. Awad	9	9	9
	A. Khan								12	L. Kvant	2	1	1
12	L. Kvant																	6th	G. Awad	6th	10	5	1
9	D. Williams	9	9	9														2	J. Khan	9	8th	9	9
	ZH Khan	2	3	1					9	D. Williams	1	2	2
	M. Asran	2	4th	9	2				2	J. Khan	9	9	9
2	J. Khan	9	9	5	9

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)