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World Open (squash)
The World Squash Championships are Squash (sport), squash events, which since the early 1990s have been held annually for both men and women organised by the Professional Squash Association. The men's event was first held in 1976 in London, England and the women's was inaugurated in 1976 in Brisbane, Australia. History The British Open Squash Championships, British Open had for many years been generally considered to be the sport's effective world championship, and this continued to be the case until the World Open (now called World Championship) was established. The women's World Championship was held once every two years until the early 1990s, when it became an annual event. The men's event has been held every year since 1976, except for a two-year gap in 2000 and 2001 when it was not held due primarily to difficulties in securing sponsorship. In recent years, the men's World Championship has been part of the PSA World Series. Editions & results Men SourceWorld Squash ''Note ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostafa Asal
Mostafa Asal (; born 9 May 2001) is an Egyptian professional squash player. A two-time World_Squash_Team_Championships, World Team Champion, and current rank one Official Men's Squash World Ranking, squash player, Mostafa is nicknamed "The Raging Bull" for his controversial play style and contemptible on-court behavior, having injured multiple opponents and serving multiple suspensions for serious offenses. Career Mostafa Asal won the British Junior U17 Open 2018, the PSA10 Tour de las Américas de Squash, 2018 Mar del Plata Open, PSA10 Tour de las Américas de Squash, 2018 Regatas Resistencia Open, the 2021 Men's PSA World Tour Finals, and the 2021 U.S. Open Squash Men's Championship. In January 2021, Asal accepted a two-month suspension from the Professional Squash Association, PSA following on-court disciplinary matters. Asal reached the semi-final of the 2022 PSA Men's World Squash Championship, where he lost to the eventual champion Ali Farag. In the 2022 U.S. Open, As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Men's World Open Squash Championship
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 squash players. The event took place in Toronto in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ... during September 1979. Geoff Hunt won his third consecutive World Open title, defeating Qamar Zaman in a repeat of the 1977 final. Seeds Draw and results First round Main draw Notes Torsam Khan 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. See also * PSA World Open * 1979 Women's World Open Squash Championship References External linksWorld Squash History {{Men's World Squash Championship champions M World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Dittmar
Chris Dittmar (born 16 January 1964) is an Australian sports commentator who was formerly the World No. 1-ranked men's squash player. Dittmar is widely considered to be the "best player never to have won" one of squash's two biggest titles. He finished runner-up at the World Open five times – in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1992 – and was runner-up at the British Open twice – in 1985 and 1993. Dittmar was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and was a contemporary of two great Pakistani players – Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan. Dittmar provided probably the most consistent challenge of any player to the dominance of these two greats during the 1980s and early 1990s, but never quite managed to break their iron grip on the game. In all seven of the World Open and British Open finals he played in, Dittmar lost to one of the two Khans. There were several occasions in his career when Dittmar managed to beat one of the Khans in a semi-final round, only to lose to the other in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Men's World Open Squash Championship
The 1983 Canadian Club Men's World Open Squash Championship was the men's edition of the 1983 World Open, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Munich in West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ... from 1 December to 6 December 1983. Jahangir Khan won his third consecutive World Open title, defeating Chris Dittmar in the final. Seeds Draw and results First round Main draw Third Place See also * PSA World Open * 1983 Women's World Open Squash Championship References External linksWorld Squash History {{Men's World Squash Championship champions M World Squash Championships Squash tournaments in Germany 1983 in German sport International sports competitions hosted by West Germany [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Brumby
Glen Thomas Brumby (born 11 May 1960) is an Australian former professional squash player. Born in Maylands, South Australia, Brumby was a world's top ten player and represented Australia in the 1979, 1981 & 1985 World Team Squash Championships The World Squash Team Championships are an international squash competition organised by the World Squash Federation and played between teams representing different nations. Countries enter teams of three or four players to represent them in th .... References External links * Australian male squash players 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Adelaide Sportsmen from South Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Williams (squash Player)
Dean Williams (born 22 April 1956 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired squash player from Australia. He was one of the leading players in the game in the late-1970s and 1980s, reaching a career–high world ranking of World No. 3 in 1984. Retrieved 20 December 2011 In 1982, Williams finished runner–up at the World Open, losing in the final to the legendary Pakistani player Jahangir Khan
Jahangir Khan (Pashto, born 10 December 1963) is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times, and the British ...
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the List of English districts by population, largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of million people in the city proper in . Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.65million. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Men's World Open Squash Championship
The 1982 Audi Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1982 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham in England from the quarter final stage onwards. The event lasted from 6 November until 16 November 1982. Jahangir Khan won his second consecutive World Open title, defeating Dean Williams in the final. The early rounds were held at squash clubs throughout cities and towns in Britain including matches in Colwyn Bay, Blackpool, Bradford, Leeds, Wanstead, Basingstoke, Ilkeston and Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with a population of 130,245 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census. The demonym is ''Colcestrian''. Colchester occupies the .... Seeds First round Draw and results Notes The tournament was held at the NEC in Birmingham from the quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahangir Khan
Jahangir Khan (Pashto, born 10 December 1963) is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times, and the British Open title ten times (1982–1991). He is widely regarded as the greatest squash player of all time, and the greatest sportsman in Pakistan history. From 1981 to 1986, Khan was unbeaten and won 555 consecutive matches during that time – the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport as recorded by ''Guinness World Records''. He retired as a player in 1993, and served as President of the World Squash Federation from 2002 to 2008. Later in 2008, he became Emeritus President of the World Squash Federation. Early and personal life Khan was born on 10 December 1963 in Karachi. His family originally hailed from Nawan Kalli, a small village near Peshawar in Pakistan. A member of the Khan family, he was born into a family of squash players; his father Roshan Khan won the British Open title in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Men's World Open Squash Championship
The 1981 McGuinness Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1981 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Toronto in Canada from 19 November until 28 November 1981. Jahangir Khan Jahangir Khan (Pashto, born 10 December 1963) is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times, and the British Open title ten times (1982–1991). He is widely regarded as the greatest squash player ... won his first World Open title, defeating Geoff Hunt in the final. Seeds First round Main Draw Notes Geoff Hunt was defeated for the first time in the World Open, every edition of the event which had been inaugurated in 1976 had been won by Geoff Hunt previously. See also * PSA World Open * 1981 Women's World Open Squash Championship References External linksWorld Squash History {{Men's World Squash Championship champions M World Squash Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiddy Jahan
Hidayet "Hiddy" Jahan (born 15 March 1950, in Quetta, Pakistan) is a former squash player who was ranked among the top-6 players in the world from 1970 through to 1986. A serious accident almost killed him in 1967. He had been selected to represent Pakistan in the inaugural squash World Team Championship, and was on a train travelling from Quetta to Karachi for the final training camp when he leaned too far out of a railway carriage door and struck his head against a signal post. He was extremely lucky to survive. In later years, as he established himself as a top player on the international scene, Hiddy felt that he did not receive proper support from the Pakistani squash authorities. He thus chose to go on a tour of South Africa during the apartheid era for purely financial reasons. For this, he was banned and his passport impounded. As a result, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1978 (he was able to secure permission to do so partly because of his British wife), and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
