The 1979 McGuinness Men's World Open Squash Championship was the men's edition of the 1979 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for

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players. The event took place in

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during September 1979.

Geoff Hunt Geoffrey Brian Hunt, (born 11 March 1947), is a retired Australian Squash (sport), squash player who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players in history. He was ranked the World No.1 squash player from 1975 to 1980. He ...

won his third consecutive World Open title, defeating

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in a repeat of the 1977 final.

Seeds

Draw and results

First round

Main draw

Notes

Torsam Khan Torsam Khan (sometimes spelled "Torsan Khan") was a squash player from Pakistan. He belonged to a Pashtun family from Nave kali, Peshawar, Pakistan. He is the son of the 1957 British Open champion Roshan Khan, and the older brother of Jahangir Kh ...

died just two months after this event in the November, at the age of 27. Torsam suffered a heart attack during a tournament in Australia.

References

External links

World Squash History
{{Men's World Open Squash M World Squash Championships Squash tournaments in Canada 1979 in Canadian sports International sports competitions hosted by Canada