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
Draw and results
First round Player OnePlayer TwoScore Geoff Hunt (1) Rehmatullah Khan 9-1 9-3 5-9 9-1 Qamar Zaman (2) Alaaeldeen Allouba 9-2 9-4 9-5 Mohibullah Khan (3) Sherif Ali 9-2 9-1 9-2 Hiddy Jahan (4) Alam Soliman 9-10 9-5 9-1 9-2 Gogi Alauddin (5) Richard Mosley 9–5 9–2 9–3 Roland Watson (8) Mohammed Khalifa 9-4 9-2 9-5 Jonah Barrington (9) Nasser Zahran 9-1 9-0 9-1 Glen Brumby Torsam Khan (12) w/o Kevin Shawcross (15) Bosse Boström 9-2 9-6 9-5 Mohammed Yasin (seed) S Zaman 9-4 9-4 9-7 Bruce Brownlee (seed) Sajjad Muneer w/o Rahim Gul Ahmed Safwat (seed) w/o Maqsood Ahmed (seed) Bryan Patterson 9-3 9-1 9-1 Ali Abdel Aziz (seed) Ricki Hill 9-6 9-1 9-5 Murray Lilley (seed) Selwyn Machet 9-6 10-8 6-9 9-6 Mo Asran Abbas Kaoud 5–9 9–1 9–7 9–2 Peter Verow Shah Jehan Khan 9-4 9-2 9-1 Sharif Khan Richard O'Connor 9-7 9-4 9-0 Ian Robinson Joe Richardson 9-2 9-6 9-1 John Easter Atlas Khan w/o John Richardson Peter Bostrom 9-7 9-5 9-7 Steve Bowditch Gavin Dupre 9-6 6-9 9-3 10-8 Johan Stockenberg Sefan Winstrom 9-2 10-8 9-5 Kim Bruce-Lockhart Suart Goldstein 10-8 9-0 9-4 Robin Espie John Catchpole 9-7 9-4 10-8 Gawain Briars John Le Lievre 10-8 9-6 9-7 Roy Ollier Len Steward 9-6 8-10 9-3 9-2 Dean Williams Paul Chaplin 9-2 9-2 9-3 Moussa Helal Andrew Dwyer 9-7 9-1 8-10 9-2 Craig Blackwood Paul Wright 9-10 7-9 9-3 10-8 10-8 Mohammed Saleem Lars Kvant w/o
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