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 most often refers to:
* Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets
* Squash (plant), the fruit of vines of the genus ''Cucurbita''
Squash may also refer to: Sports
* Squash (professional wrestling), an extr ...
players. The event took place in
Giza
Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza''; , , ' ) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of ...
,
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
in
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
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 w ...
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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