The 1999 PSA Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1999
World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for
squash
Squash may refer to:
Sports
* Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets
* Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling
* Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...
players. The event took place in
Giza,
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
from 10 September to 17 September 1999.
Peter Nicol
Peter Nicol (born 5 April 1973) is a former professional squash player from Scotland, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash. In 1998, while still competing for Scotland, he became the first player from the UK ...
won his first World Open title, defeating
Ahmed Barada
Ahmed Barada (born 25 April 1977 in Cairo) is an Egyptian former professional squash player. He finished runner-up at both the World Open and the Super Series Finals in 1999 (losing in both finals to Peter Nicol). His career-high world ranking ...
in the final.
Seeds
Draw and results
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 1
Section 2
See also
*
PSA World Open
*
1999 Women's World Open Squash Championship
References
External links
World Open on squashtalk.comWorld Squash History
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Squash tournaments in Egypt
Sports competitions in Cairo
International sports competitions hosted by Egypt
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