World Championship
WORLD OPEN AND WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1. INTRODUCTION
The World Amateur Individual Championship was inaugurated by the ISRF at the same time as the
Team event and until 1983 was played together every two years. However, as a number of players
turned professional in the 1970s, a clamouring began for an Open title. Initially in February 1976 the
event was incorporated into the British Open, but subsequently it developed as the Premier World
Individual Championship. The illogicality of playing both the World Amateur Individual and World
Open titles in the same year meant that agreement was reached between the ISRF and ISPA for
them to be merged as the World Open on alternative years and played in conjunction with the team
event.
2. ROLL OF HONOUR
WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1967
Quarter finals: Jonah
(Aus) beat Dick Carter (Aus) 9/5, 7/9, 9/6, 3/9, 9/4; Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Mike Corby (Eng) 9/3,
9/3, 10/8; Ken Hiscoe (Aus) beat Tyson Burgess (Aus) 9/5, 9/3, 9/3.
Semi finals: Nancarrow beat
Final: Hunt beat Nancarrow 9/3, 9/2, 9/1.
WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1969
Quarter finals: Jonah
(Aus) beat Dick Carter (Aus) 10/8, 9/7, 9/7; Ken Hiscoe (Aus) beat Mike Corby (Eng) 9/7, 9/5, 9/6;
Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Aftab Jawaid (Pak) 9/5, 9/2, 9/2.
Semi finals:
Final: Hunt beat
Notes:
Championships held in
Jonah Barrington reached the final for the only occasion, following which he turned professional.
WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1971
Quarter finals: Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Aftab Jawaid (Pak) 5/9, 9/6, 9/6, 9/7; Ken Hiscoe (Aus) beat
John Easter (Eng) 9/4, 9/7, 9/5; Mo Asran (
Nancarrow (Aus) beat Philip Ayton (Eng) 2/9, 10/9, 9/2, 9/7.
Semi finals: Hunt beat Hiscoe 9/1, 9/3, 3/9, 9/1; Nancarrow beat Asran 9/3, 6/9, 9/7, 9/5.
Final: Hunt beat Nancarrow 9/0, 9/7, 8/10, 9/5.
Notes:
Geoff Hunt completed a hat trick of World Amateur titles and turned professional.
WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1973
Quarter finals:
(Aus) beat Philip Ayton (Eng) 3/9, 10/8, 9/2, 10/8; Bryan Patterson (Eng) beat John Easter (Eng)
9/4, 10/8, 9/1; Dave Wright (Aus) beat Lionel Robberds (Aus) 9/4, 9/10 9/4, 9/5.
Semi finals: Nancarrow beat Donnelly 10/9, 9/2, 7/9, 9/6; Patterson beat Wright 5/9, 9/5, 9/7, 10/8.
Final: Nancarrow beat Patterson 9/2, 9/5, 9/3.
Notes:
Third final appearance for Nancarrow - after which he turned professional.
Runner up Bryan Patterson was unseeded in the Championship.
Both finalists left handed.
WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1976
Quarter finals: Kevin Shawcross (Aus) beat Nevan Barbour (Nzl) 9/5, 9/1, 9/4;Mike Donnelly (Aus)
beat Bruce Brownlee (Nzl) 5/9, 9/7, 9/0, 9/0; Dave Scott (RSA) beat Leo Keppell (Aus) 9/7, 9/4, 9/4;
Ian Holding (RSA) beat Philip Ayton (Eng) 9/1, 9/3, 5/9, 9/6.
Semi finals: Shawcross beat Donnelly 9/3, 9/4, 9/2; Scott beat Holding 2/9, 9/3, 9/10, 9/6, 9/2.
Final: Shawcross beat Scott 9/1, 0/9, 9/6, 6/9, 9/2.
Notes:
World Individual played in
Winner Shawcross had already won the Australian and British Amateur titles in the season.
He maintained complete Australian dominance since inception.
WORLD OPEN
1976
Quarter finals: Qamar Zaman (Pak) beat Jonah Barrington (Ire) 9/0, 9/1, 9/6; Mohibullah Khan
(Pak) beat Hiddy Jahan (Pak) 6/9, 9/1, 4/9, 9/7, 9/1; Gogi Alauddin (Pak) beat Ken Hiscoe (Aus)
5/9, 9/0, 9/2, 9/1; Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Cam Nancarrow (Aus) 9/5, 9/6, 9/4.
Semi finals: Mohibullah beat Zaman 6/9, 9/5, 3/9, 9/2 9/7; Hunt beat Alauddin 9/2, 9/5,
1/9, 9/5.
Final: Hunt beat Mohibullah 7/9, 9/4, 8/10, 9/2, 9/2.
Notes:
The World Open was appended to the British Open.
Forty one of the sixty four main draw places were filled by overseas players.
Qamar Zaman was top seed above Geoff Hunt.
Hunt won the first World Open as well as the first World Amateur Individual (in 1967).
The final lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes.
WORLD OPEN
1977
Quarter finals: Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Bruce Brownlee (Nzl) 9/2, 9/7,9/3, Gogi Alauddin (Pak) beat
Hiddy Jahan (Pak) 7/9, 9/3, 5/9, 10/9, 10/8; Qamar Zaman (Pak) beat Jonah Barrington (Ire) 9/1,
9/5, 9/5; Mohibullah Khan (Pak) beat Roland Watson (RSA) 9/4, 9/6, 9/5.
Semi finals: Hunt beat Alauddin 9/6, 5/9, 9/2, 9/6; Zaman beat Mohibullah 5/9, 9/4, 9/6, 8/10, 9/1.
Final: Hunt beat Zaman 9/5, 10/9, 0/9, 9/4.
Notes:
Geoff Hunt took time out between his first and second round matches to achieve runner-up position
in the Australian Superstars in
The 94 minute final was shown live to nationwide television audience.
Sponsors Uniroyal put up a total prize fund of $40,000.00 (Aust). 1st prize $8,000.00
WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1977
Quarter finals: Mohammed Saleem (Pak) beat Bruce Brownlee (Nzl) 10/8, 4/9, 9/5, 3/9, 9/1;
Gamal Awad (
(Swe) 9/0, 9/1, 9/4; Jonny Leslie (Eng) beat Dean Williams (Aus) 9/2, 6/9, 9/1, 9/0.
Semi finals: Saleem beat Awad 9/7, 9/4, 1/9, 9/7; Ahmed beat Leslie 6/9, 9/2, 7/9, 9/5,9/2.
Final: Ahmed beat Saleem 9/4, 9/7, 9/3.
Notes:
The final was played between brothers, Maqsood (aged 19) and Saleem (aged 30) and lasted 39
minutes.
Maqsood was seeded 3 and Saleem 8.
Bruce Brownlee (Nzl) and Jonny Leslie (Eng) were seeded 1 and 2 respectively.
WORLD OPEN
1979
Quarter finals: Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Roland Watson (RSA) 9/6, 9/0, 5/9, 9/7; Mohibullah Khan
(Pak) beat Gogi Alauddin (Pak) 5/9, 9/3, 9/2, 9/4; Qamar Zaman (Pak) beat Bruce Brownlee (Nzl)
9/1, 9/4, 9/6; Maqsood Ahmed (Pak) beat Hiddy Jahan (Pak) 4/9, 9/4, 9/6, 7/9, 9/4.
Semi finals: Hunt beat Mohibullah 9/3, 9/0, 9/2; Zaman beat Ahmed 9/7, 9/10, 9/4,6/9, 9/4.
Final: Hunt beat Zaman 9/2, 9/3, 9/2.
WORLD AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL
1979
Quarter finals: Atlas Khan (Pak) beat Ross Norman (Nzl) 9/6, 9/4, 2/9, 9/3; Philip Kenyon (Eng)
beat Mohammed Awad (
9/4, 2/9, 9/4, 9/2; Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Jonny Leslie (Eng) 9/7, 9/3, 9/4.
Semi finals: Kenyon beat Atlas Khan 8/10, 9/1, 9/0, 9/4; Jahangir Khan beat Donnelly 9/4, 9/4, 9/3.
Final: Jahangir Khan beat Kenyon 2/9, 9/3, 9/3, 9/5.
Notes:
Jahangir Khan - aged 15 and unseeded - took the title. He was then excluded from the team
championship squad in the event which followed immediately.
WORLD OPEN
1980
Quarter finals; Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Gogi Alauddin (Pak) 9/5, 10/8, 9/0; Hiddy Jahan (Pak) beat
Gamal Awad (
Qamar Zaman (Pak) beat Jahangir Khan (Pak) 5/9, 9/4, 9/0, 7/9, 9/2.
Semi finals: Hunt beat Jahan 7/9, 10/9, 9/3, 9/5; Zaman beat Mohibullah 10/8, 9/3, 9/3.
Final: Hunt beat Zaman 9/0, 9/3, 9/3.
Notes:
Jahangir Khan - aged 16 - beat No 6 seed Maqsood Ahmed (
Hunt beat Zaman in the final for the third time in a row.
This was the last of Hunt's World Championship wins.
WORLD OPEN
1981
Quarter finals: Geoff Hunt (Aus) beat Maqsood Ahmed (Pak) 9/0, 9/4, 9/1; Qamar Zaman (Pak)
beat Ahmed Safwat (
Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Gamal Awad (
Semi finals: Hunt beat Zaman 9/5, 7/9, 9/2, 9/3; Jahangir beat Jahan 9/3, 9/3, 9/3.
Final: Jahangir Khan beat Hunt 7/9, 9/1, 9/2, 9/1.
Notes:
Jahangir won his first World Open title.
WORLD INDIVIDUAL
1981
Quarter Finals: Lars Kvant (Swe) beat Mikael Hellstrom (Swe) 10/8, 9/4, 9/7;Craig Blackwood (Nzl)
beat Peter Bostrom (Swe) 6/9, 6/9, 9/3, 9/6, 9/3; Jan Ulf Soderberg (Swe) beat Robert Henning
(Swe) 7/9, 9/6, 9/3, 2/9, 9/4; Steve Bowditch (Aus) beat Magdi Saad (
Semi Finals: Blackwood beat Kvant 8/10, 8/10, 9/2, 9/1, 10/8; Bowditch beat Soderberg 9/7, 9/2,
9/3.
Final: Bowditch beat Blackwood 3/9, 7/9, 9/4, 9/3, 9/3.
Notes:
Now open to professionals but few played as prize money was not permitted to be paid.
WORLD OPEN
1982
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Philip Kenyon (Eng) 9/2, 9/7, 9/6; Glen Brumby (Aus)
beat Maqsood Ahmed (Pak) 9/7, 9/7, 9/6; Dean Williams (Aus) beat Qamar Zaman (Pak) 6/9, 5/9,
9/1, 9/3, 9/2; Hiddy Jahan (Pak) beat Gamal Awad (
Semi finals: Jahangir beat Brumby 9/1, 9/2, 9/0; Williams beat Jahan 9/6, 9/2, 0/9, 9/1.
Final: Jahangir Khan beat Williams 9/2, 6/9, 9/1, 9/1.
Notes:
Total prize fund ’30,000.00
Jahangir's second World Open title
The first World Open played on a multi sided transparent court with viewing on three sides and on
solid side wall. Then, as 1987 at the National Exhibition Centre,
hall.
WORLD OPEN
1983
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Philip Kenyon (Eng) 9/6, 9/0, 9/6; Gamal Awad (
beat Dean Williams (Aus) 10/8, 9/5, 9/4; Chris Dittmar (Aus) beat Maqsood Ahmed (Pak) 9/1, 9/7,
9/5; Stuart Davenport (Nzl) beat Qamar Zaman (Pak) 9/6, 10/8, 9/1.
Semi finals: Jahangir beat Awad 9/0, 9/1, 9/0; Dittmar beat
Final: Jahangir Khan beat Dittmar 9/3, 9/6, 9/0.
WORLD INDIVIDUAL
1983
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Philip Kenyon (Eng) 6/9, 9/1, 9/2, 9/3;Stuart Davenport
(Nzl) beat Ross Thorne (Aus) 9/4, 1/9, 9/5, 9/2; Hiddy Jahan (Eng) beat Gawain Briars (Eng) 9/6,
9/2, 9/5; Qamar Zaman (Pak) beat Maqsood Ahmed (Pak) 9/7, 5/9, 9/5, 9/4.
Semi finals: Jahangir beat
Final: Jahangir beat Zaman 9/0, 9/4, 9/3.
Notes:
Last ISRF World Individual Championship.
Was contested immediately preceding the World Team Championship.
Third title for Jahangir Khan.
First time prize money offered.
WORLD OPEN
1984
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Hiddy Jahan (Eng) 9/0, 9/4, 9/1; Ross Norman (Nzl) beat
Stuart Davenport (Nzl) 9/4, 7/9, 9/4, 9/0; Qamar Zaman (Pak) beat Greg Pollard (Aus) 10/9, 9/1,
9/1; Maqsood Ahmed (Pak) beat Chris Dittmar (Aus) 6/9, 9/3, 3/9, 9/3, 9/2.
Semi finals: Jahangir beat R Norman 9/2, 9/1, 9/1; Q Zaman beat Ahmed 4/9, 9/3, 9/5, 9/3.
Final: Jahangir Khan beat Zaman 9/0, 9/3, 9/4.
Notes:
Jahangir equalled Hunt's World Open wins.
In Jahangir's six matches he dropped a total of only 28 points.
First prize was ’5,600.00.
WORLD OPEN
1985 EGYPT
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Ross Thorne (Aus) 9/2, 9/2, 9/5; Glen Brumby (Aus) beat
Dean Williams (Aus) 6/9, 9/6, 9/1, 9/0; Gawain Briars (Eng) beat Maadi Saad (
9/2; Ross Norman (Nzl) beat Umar Hayat Khan (Pak) 9/1, 9/3, 9/1.
Semi finals: Jahangir beat Brumby 9/2, 9/0, 9/7;
Final: Jahangir Khan beat
Notes:
Fifth World Open title for Jahangir Khan (beating Geoff Hunt's record four).
Finals staged on a three glass wall installation in
WORLD OPEN
1986
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Jan Ulf Soderberg (Swe) 9/0, 9/1, 9/1;Chris Dittmar (Aus)
beat Ross Thorne (Aus) 9/2, 9/1, 9/7; Chris Robertson (Aus) beat Stuart Davenport (Nzl) 9/6, 9/2,
9/1; Ross Norman (Nzl) beat Gawain Briars (Eng) 9/4, 9/7, 9/7.
Semi finals: Jahangir beat Dittmar 9/3, 9/5, 3/9, 9/1;
Final:
Notes:
Historic first triumph by
Staged on a transparent "Perspex" court in
WORLD OPEN
1987
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Chris Robertson (Aus) 9/5, 10/8, 9/6; Jansher Khan
(Pak) beat Umar Hayat Khan (Pak) 9/3, 7/9, 9/0, 9/7; Chris Dittmar (Aus) beat Stuart Davenport
(Nzl) 9/4, 9/3, 9/4; Rodney Martin (Aus) beat Neil Harvey (Eng) 9/5, 9/2, 9/7.
Semi finals: Jansher beat Jahangir 3/9, 9/4, 9/7, 9/7; Dittmar beat Martin 10/9, 9/2, 4/9, 9/4.
Final: Jansher Khan beat Dittmar 9/5, 9/4, 4/9, 9/6.
Notes:
Jansher's first title. He was seeded four, with Jahangir seeded one.
Staged on a "Perspex" transparent court at NEC,
WORLD OPEN
1988
Quarter finals: Jansher Khan (Pak) beat Chris Robertson (Aus) 9/4, 9/2, 9/2; Ross Norman (Nzl)
beat Del Harris (Eng) 9/6, 9/3, 9/2; Chris Dittmar (Aus) beat Rodney Martin (Aus) 4/9, 9/1, 9/3, 9/7;
Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Umar Hayat Khan (Pak) 9/1, 9/1, 9/4.
Semi finals: Jansher beat
Final: Jahangir Khan beat Jansher 9/6, 9/2, 9/2.
Notes:
The championship staged in May, six months after 1987 event
Transparent glass court used in
WORLD OPEN
1989
Quarter finals: Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Mark Maclean (Scot) 15/11, 15/11, 15/12;Chris Dittmar
(Aus) beat Rodney Eyles (Aus) 15/3, 15/8, 10/15, 15/12; Chris Robertson (Aus) beat Brett Martin
(Aus) 15/12, 17/15, 8/15, 15/13; Jansher Khan (Pak) beat Bryan Beeson (Eng) 15/7, 15/2, 15/3.
Semi finals: Dittmar beat Jahangir 15/9, 12/15, 15/9, 9/15, 15/13; Jansher beat Robertson 15/3,
15/12, 15/6.
Final: Jansher Khan beat Dittmar 10/15, 6/15, 15/4, 15/11, 15/10.
Notes:
The first World Open to use point-a-rally scoring, as part of an experiment authorised by ISRF.
Second win for Jansher Khan.
Transparent staging at the World Trades Centre,
WORLD OPEN
1990
Quarter finals: Tristan Nancarrow (Aus) beat Mir Zamal Gul (Pak) 15/4, 17/16, 9/15, 15/8; Chris
Dittmar (Aus) beat Paul Carter (Eng) 15/0, 15/6, 15/2; Chris Robertson (Aus) beat Brett Martin
(Aus) 15/13, 9/15, 15/7, 15/8; Jansher Khan (Pak) beat Ross Norman (Nzl) 15/12, 15/7, 15/8.
Semi finals: Dittmar beat Nancarrow 15/8, 15/3, 15/7; Jansher beat Robertson 10/15, 15/5, 15/13,
15/11.
Final: Jansher Khan beat Dittmar 15/8, 17/15, 13/15, 15/5.
Notes:
Staged for a second time at Palais des Sports,
Third title for Jansher Khan. Jahangir Khan (seeded 1) withdrew through illness.
Fourth time runner up for Chris Dittmar.
WORLD OPEN
1991
Quarter finals: Rodney Martin (Aus) beat Jansher Khan (Pak) 15/8, 15/7, 15/9; Chris Dittmar (Aus)
beat Anthony Hill (Aus) 15/6, 15/3, 15/6; Chris Robertson (Aus) beat Brett Martin (Aus) 15/13, 8/15,
15/12, 15/12; Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Ross Norman (Nzl) 15/5, 15/5, 15/7.
Semi finals: Jahangir beat Robertson 15/3, 14/15, 15/6, 16/4; Martin beat Dittmar 5/15, 15/13,
17/14, 15/13.
Final: Martin beat Jahangir 14/17, 15/9, 15/4, 15/13.
Notes:
The first ever victory over Jahangir and Jansher by one player in the same event. In fact Rodney
Martin beat the World 1, 2 and 3 to win his first World Open title.
First time Jansher Khan hadn't reached the final since 1987.
1992
Quarter finals: Jansher Khan (Pak) beat Sami Elopuro (Fin) 15/7, 15/5, 15/9; Austin Adarraga
(
Martin (Aus) 17/16, 15/5, 15/17, 15/17, 15/10; Chris Dittmar (Aus) beat Rodney Eyles (Aus) 15/10,
15/7, 15/4.
Semi finals: Jansher beat Adarraga 15/5, 13/15, 15/7, 15/9; Dittmar beat Martin 15/4, 12/15, 17/16,
15/8.
Final: Jansher Khan beat Dittmar 15/11, 15/9, 10/15, 15/6.
Notes:
First staging in
The brothers Martin played each other in the quarter-finals.
Fifth time as runner-up for Chris Dittmar, four times to Jansher.
1993 PAKISTAN
Quarter finals: Jansher Kahn (Pak) beat Rodney Eyles (Aus) 15/7, 15/7, 15/7; Peter Marshall
(Eng) beat Tony Hands (Eng) 15/8, 15/12, 15/14; Jahangir Khan (Pak) beat Brett Martin (Aus)
17/16, 17/15,15/11; Chris Walker (Eng) beat Rodney Martin (Aus) 15/13, 15/8, 15/6
Semi finals: Jansher beat
Final: Jansher Khan beat Jahangir Khan 14/15, 15/9, 15/5, 15/5
Notes:
This was the last Individual event played by Jahangir Khan who came out of retirement to reach the
final.
1994
Quarter finals:
Jansher Khan (Pak) beat Chris Walker (Eng) 15/11, 15/6 15/10
Rodney Eyles (Aus) beat Anthony Hill (Aus) 15/6, 15/10, 15/8
Peter Marshall (Eng) beat Rodney Martin (Aus) 15/13, 13/15, 15/10, 15/11
Peter Nicol (Sco) beat Brett Martin (Aus) 15/10, 15/11, 6/15, 15/10
Semi finals:
Jansher beat Eyles 15/7, 15/12, 15/13
Final:
Jansher Khan beat Marshall 10/15, 15/11 15/8, 15/4
1995
Quarter finals:
Jansher Khan (Pak) beat Simon Parke (Eng) 15/5, 17/15, 15/9
Anthony Hill (Aus) beat Sami Elopuro (Fin) 15/13, 15/4, 15/13
Craig Rowland (Aus) beat Mark Challoner (Eng) 17/15, 12/15, 15/7, 15/6
Del Harris (Eng) beat Rodney Eyles (Aus) 15/13, 10/15, 15/4, 15/8
Semi finals:
Jansher beat Hill 15/7, 15/12, 15/6
Harris beat Rowland 10/15, 15/13, 15/4, 15/8
Final:
Jansher Khan beat Harris 15/10, 17/14, 16/17, 15/8
Notes:
In winning his seventh World Open title, Jansher Khan took the record holder for the number of
World Open titles from his fellow countryman, Jahangir Khan.
1996
Quarter finals:
Jansher Khan (Pak) beat Simon Parke (Eng) 15/3, 15/4, 15/8
Peter Nicol (Sco) beat Craig Rowland (Aus) 15/13, 15/6, 15/9
Chris Walker (Eng) beat Brett Martin (Aus) 15/12, 15/9, 15/13
Rodney Eyles (Aus) beat Zubair Jahan Khan (Pak) 15/17, 13/15, 17/16, 15/7
Semi finals:
Jansher beat Nicol 15/9, 15/9, 15/9
Eyles beat
Final:
Jansher Khan beat Eyles 15/13, 17/15, 11/15, 15/3
Notes:
Jansher Khan took his eighth World Open title including the last five consecutive years.- D47 -
1997
Quarter finals:
Rodney Eyles (Aus) beat Anthony Hill (Aus) 15/8, 17/16, 15/2
Peter Marshall (Eng) beat Jonathon Power (Can) 15/12, 15/14, 2/15, 15/9
Alex Gough (Wal) beat Mark Cairns (Eng) 15/12, 15/11, 15/9
Peter Nicol (Sco) beat Ahmed Barada (Egy) 9/15, 14/15, 15/7, 15/13, 15/3
Semi finals:
Eyles beat Marshall 10/15, 15/8, 15/8, 15/6
Nicol beat Gough 15/13, 15/8, 15/5
Final:
Eyles beat Nicol 15/11, 15/12, 15/12
Notes:
Holder Jansher Khan declined to enter due to a pending court order in
maintenance payments for his son.
Rodney Eyles, runner up in 1996, wins his first World Open Title.
1998
Quarter finals:
Peter Nicol (Sco) beat Paul Johnson (Eng) 13/15 15/4 17/16 15/9
Stefan Casteleyn (Bel) beat John White (Sco) 10/15 15/13 15/9 17/15
Anthony Hill (Aus) beat Alex Gough (Wal) 13/15 15/11 15/10 15/7
Jonathon Power (Can) beat Ahmed Barada (Egy) 15/5 15/2 15/3
Semi finals:
Nicol beat Casteleyn 15/8 15/13 15/7
Power beat Hill 15/3 13/15 15/10 15/8
Final:
Power beat Nicol 15/17 15/7 15/9 15/10
Notes:
Jonathon Power became the first North American world squash champion.
1999
Quarter finals:
Jonathan Power (Can) beat Simon Parke (Eng) 15/8. 9/15, 15/7, 15/3
Ahmed Barada (Egy) beat Anthony Hill (Aus) 15/4, 17/14, 15/8
Martin Heath (Sco) beat Paul Johnson (Eng) 15/13, 15/6, 15/13
Peter Nicol (Sco) beat Mark Chaloner (Eng) 14/17, 15/8, 15/6, 15/12
Semi finals:
Barada beat Power 9/15, 15/9. 13/3 retired
Nicol beat Heath 11/15, 15/13, 15/9, 15/12.
Final:
Nicol beat Barada 15/9, 15/13, 15/11
Notes:
Defending champion Jonathon Power sustained a leg injury during the first game of his semi-final
against Peter Nicol, who went on to win the title after losing in the preceding two finals. The later
rounds were played on a glass court in the shadows of the Pyramids of Giza (
2002
Quarter finals:
Peter Nicol (Eng) beat Anthony Ricketts (Aus) 12/15, 15/12, 11/15 15/10, 15/8
John White (Sco) beat Simon Parke (Eng) 16/17, 15/10, 15/6, 15/7
David Palmer (Aus) beat Martin Heath (Sco) 15/9, 15/11, 15/10
Jonathon Power (Can) beat Thierry Lincou (Fra) 15/8, 15/14, 15/8
Semi finals:
White beat Nicol 15/9, 15/7, 15/10
Palmer beat Power 13/15 10/10 retired
Final:
Palmer beat White 13/15, 12/15, 15/6, 15/14, 15/11
Notes:
Both of the top two seeds went out in the semi-finals in the first Mens World Open played for three
years following sponsorship difficulties.
2003
Quarter finals:
Karim Darwish (Egy) beat Davide Bianchetti (Ita) 17/16, 15/8, 15/5)
Amr Shabana (Egy) beat Antony Ricketts (Aus) 14/15, 15/14, 15/12, 12/15, 17/16
Thierry Lincou (Fra) beat Nick Matthew (Eng) 14/15, 15/7, 15/3, 15/11
Joseph Kneipp (Aus) beat Lee Beachill (Eng) 10/15, 15/10, 15/8, 11/15, 15/10
Semi finals:
Shabana beat Darwish 15/11, 11/15, 15/8, 15/14
Lincou beat Kneip 15/12, 15/10, 15/7
Final:
Shabana beat Lincou 15/14, 9/15, 15/11,15/7
2004
Quarter-Finals:
[1] Lee Beachill (Eng) bt [12] James Willstrop (Eng) 11/7, 11/4, 11/9 (44m)
[4] David Palmer (Aus) bt [6] Amr Shabana (Egy) 6/11, 7/11, 11/2, 11/8, 11/10 (2/0) (81m)
Graham Ryding (Can) bt [3] Peter Nicol (Eng) 11/5, 11/7, 9/11, 11/3 (47m)
[2] Thierry Lincou (Fra) bt [14] Anthony Ricketts (Aus) 12/10, 11/7, 7/11, 8/11, 11/3 (72m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Lee Beachill (ENG) bt [4] David Palmer (AUS) 11-8, 11-6, 5-11, 11-10 (2-0) (70m)
[2] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt Graham Ryding (CAN) 6-11, 11-3, 11-4, 7-11, 11-10 (2-0) (65m)
Lincou beat Beachill 5/11, 11/2, 2/11, 12/10, 11/8
2005
Quarter-Finals
[6] Peter Nicol (ENG) bt [1] Thierry Lincou (FRA) 8-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-9 (46m)
[5] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [4] Lee Beachill (ENG) 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 (31m)
[3] David Palmer (AUS) bt [7] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) 11-9, 2-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 (73m)
[8] James Willstrop (ENG) bt [2] Jonathon Power (CAN) 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6 (45m)
Semi-finals:
[5] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [6] Peter Nicol (ENG) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 (35m)
[3] David Palmer (AUS) bt [8] James Willstrop (ENG) 11-9, 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (2-0) (44m)
Men's Final:
[5] Amr Shabana (Egy) bt [3] David Palmer (Aus) 11/6, 11/7, 11/8 (40m)
2006 CAIRO
Quarter-Finals
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt Wael El Hindi (EGY) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5
[8] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Ramy Ashour (EGY) 11-10 (3-1), 11-9, 11-2
[3] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [6] Peter Nicol (ENG) 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-6
[2] David Palmer (AUS) bt [5] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[8] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [1] Amr Shabana (EGY) 11-5, 11-7, 2-11, 11-9
[2] David Palmer (AUS) bt [3] Thierry Lincou (FRA) 11-2, 11-10 (2-0), 10-11 (0-2), 11-5
Men's Final:
[2] David Palmer (AUS) bt [8] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) 9-11 9-11 11-9 11-10(6-4) 11-2 (102 min)
2007 BERMUDES
Quarter-finals:
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [5] Thierry Lincou (FRA) 10-11 (0-2), 11-6, 11-10 (2-0), 11-5 (64m)
[3] David Palmer (AUS) bt Alex Gough (WAL) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (41m)
[7] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [4] James Willstrop (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (60m)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [6] John White (SCO) 1-10 (2-0), 11-6, 11-5 (55m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [3] David Palmer (AUS) 11-6, 3-11, 11-5, 11-5 (67m)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [7] Nick Matthew (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 (58m)
Men's Final:
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 (42m)
3. SUMMARY OF WINNERS (WORLD OPEN / WORLD INDIVIDUAL)
Maqsood Ahmed (Pak): 1977*
Ramy Ashour (Egy): 2008
Steve Bowditch (Aus): 1981*
Rodney Eyles (Aus): 1997
Geoff Hunt (Aus): 1967* 1969* 1971* 1976 1979 1980
Jahangir Khan (Pak): 1979* 1981 1982 1983 1983* 1984 1985 1988
Jansher Khan (Pak): 1987 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Thierry Lincou (Fra) : 2004
Rodney Martin (Aus): 1991
Peter Nicol (Sco): 1999
Ross Norman (Nzl): 1986
David Palmer (Aus): 2002 2006
Jonathon Power (Can): 1998
Amr Shabana (Egy) : 2003, 2005, 2007
Kevin Shawcross (Aus): 1976*
* World Individual World Open
4. SUMMARY OF RUNNERS UP
Ahmed Barada (Egy): 1999
Jonah
Lee Beachill (Eng) : 2004
Craig Blackwood (Nzl): 1981*
Karim Darwish (Egy) : 2008
Chris Dittmar (Aus): 1983 1987 1989 1990 1992
Rodney Eyles (Aus): 1996
Gregory Gaultier (Fra) : 2006 2007
Del Harris (Eng): 1995
Geoff Hunt (Aus): 1981
Philip Kenyon (Eng): 1979*
Jahangir Khan (Pak): 1986 1991 1993
Jansher Khan (Pak): 1988
Mohibullah Khan (Pak): 1976
Thierry Lincou (Fra) : 2003
Peter Marshall (Eng): 1994
Peter Nicol (Sco): 1997 1998
Ross Norman (Nzl): 1985
David Palmer (Eng ) 2005
Bryan Patterson (Eng): 1973*
Mohammed Saleem (Pak): 1977*
David Scott (RSA): 1976*
John White (Sco): 2002
Dean Williams (Aus): 1982
Qamar Zaman (Pak): 1977 1979 1980 1983* 1984
5. SUMMARY OF LOSING SEMI FINALISTS
Austin Adarraga (Spa): 1992
Maqsood Ahmed (Pak): 1979 1984
Gogi Alauddin (Pak): 1976 1977
Mo Asran (Egy): 1971*
Gamal Awad (Egy): 1977* 1983
Jonah
Gawain Briars (Eng): 1985
Glen Brumby (Aus): 1982 1985
Stefan Casteleyn (Bel): 1998
Karim Darwich (Egy) : 2003
Stuart Davenport (Nzl): 1983 1983*
Chris Dittmar (Aus): 1986 1988 1991
Mike Donnelly (Aus): 1973* 1976* 1979*
Rodney Eyles (Aus): 1994
Alex Gough (Wal): 1997
Martin Heath (Sco): 1999
Anthony Hill (Aus): 1995 1998
Ken Hiscoe (Aus): 1967* 1969* 1971*
Ian Holding (RSA): 1976*
Hiddy Jahan (Pak/Eng): 1980 1981 1982 1983
Atlas Khan (Pak): 1979*
Jahangir Khan (Pak): 1987 1989
Mohibullah Khan (Pak): 1977 1979 1980
Joseph Kneip (Aus) : 2003
Jonny Leslie (Eng): 1977*
Thierry Lincou (Fra) : 2006
Nick Matthew (Eng) : 2007
Peter Marshall (Eng): 1997
Rodney Martin (Aus): 1987 1992
Tristan Nancarrow (Aus): 1990
Peter Nicol (Sco): 1994 1996 2002 2005
Ross Norman (Nzl): 1984 1988
David Palmer (Aus) : 2004 2007 2008
Jonathon Power (Can): 1999 2002
Chris Robertson (Aus): 1986 1989 1990 1991.
Craig Rowland (Aus): 1995
Grham Ryding (Can) : 2004
Amr Shabana (Egy) : 2006 2008
Chris Walker (Eng): 1996
James Willstrup (Eng) : 2005
David Wright (Aus): 1973*
Qamar Zaman (Pak): 1976 1981