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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

1. Geoff Hunt
2. Qamar Zaman
3. Mohibullah Khan
4. Hiddy Jahan
5. Gogi Alauddin
6. 6
7. 7
8. Roland Watson
9. Jonah Barrington
10. 10
11. 11
12. Torsam Khan
13. 13
14. 14
15. Kevin Shawcross
16. 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									Quarter-finals									Semi-finals									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

References

1. "Jonah's Happy Return". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 March 1979. Retrieved 26 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Last Night's Results". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 March 1979. Retrieved 26 February 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
4. "1979 Squash". trove.nla.gov.au.

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