2020 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

The 2020 CIB Men's PSA World Series Finals was the men's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000). The top 8 players in the 2019–20 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event took place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 28 September–3 October 2020.

PSA World Tour Finals
2nd Men's PSA World Tour Finals
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	Mall of Arabia
Date(s)	28 Sep.–3 Oct. 2020
Website worldtourfinals.com
Prize money	$185,000
Results
Champion	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)
Runner-up	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
Semi-finalists	Ali Farag (EGY)  Joel Makin (WAL)
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It's the second edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB remains as the title sponsor.

Karim Abdel Gawad was the defending champion but was beaten in the Final to Marwan El Shorbagy. Marwan won the Final 3–0 (11–6, 11–5, 11–3) (47min) in his only second World Tour Finals appearance.^[1]

PSA World Ranking Points

PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows:

PSA World Tour Finals		Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Winner	Runner up	3/4	Round-Robin Match Win	Undefeated bonus
World Tour Finals	$185,000	1000	550	200	150	150

Match points distribution

Points towards the standings are awarded when the following scores:

Match score	Points
2–0 win	4 points
2–1 win	3 points
1–2 loss	1 point
0–2 loss	0 point

Qualification & Seeds

Qualification

Top eight players at 2019–20 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals.

World Championship 177.5 1st Round 290 2nd Round 475 3rd Round 780 Quarterfinalist 1270 Semifinalist 2090 Runner-up 3175 Winner

Platinum 152.5 1st Round 250 2nd Round 410 3rd Round 675 Quarterfinalist 1100 Semifinalist 1810 Runner-up 2750 Winner

Gold 160 1st Round 260 2nd Round 430 Quarterfinalist 700 Semifinalist 1150 Runner-up 1750 Winner

Silver 112.5 1st Round 182.5 2nd Round 300 Quarterfinalist 490 Semifinalist 805 Runner-up 1225 Winner

Bronze 80 1st Round 130 2nd Round 215 Quarterfinalist 350 Semifinalist 575 Runner-up 875 Winner

Top 16 Men's PSA World Tour Standings 2019–20^[2]
Rank	Player	Tournaments Played	CHN	FRA	USA	USA	EGY	QAT	ENG	USA	USA	USA	CAN	USA	ENG	Total Points
1	Mohamed El Shorbagy‡	8	1750	–	1750	1810	–	780	1150	2750	–	–	–	675	1750	12415
2	Ali Farag	6	1150	–	–	2750	1810	–	–	1100	–	–	–	2750	1150	10710
3	Tarek Momen	8	–	–	1150	1100	250	3175	–	1810	–	–	1225	1100	700	10510
4	Paul Coll	8	–	1225	–	675	1100	2090	700	675	–	–	805	1810	–	9080
5	Karim Abdel Gawad	7	–	–	–	675	2750	475	1750	1100	–	–	–	1100	260	8110
6	Marwan El Shorbagy	10	700	–	700	250	675	1270	430	250	–	300	–	250	700	5525
7	Diego Elías	9	–	–	–	1100	250	780	260	250	–	1225	490	675	430	5460
8	Joel Makin	10	–	805	430	410	1100	475	430	675	–	–	300	410	160	5195
9	Simon Rösner	8	–	300	260	675	250	1270	–	675	–	–	–	675	260	4365
10	Saurav Ghosal	9	700	–	–	250	410	475	430	410	575	–	–	250	430	3930
11	Fares Dessouky	7	–	300	–	250	675	475	–	–	875	–	–	250	430	3255
12	Mazen Hesham	9	430	–	–	410	410	290	430	250	–	–	300	410	160	3090
13	Grégoire Marche	9	–	490	–	410	410	177.5	–	410	350	182.5	–	250	160	2840
14	Mathieu Castagnet	9	–	300	260	250	–	290	260	250	–	–	490	410	260	2770
15	Zahed Salem	8	–	490	–	410	250	780	–	250	130	182.5	–	250	–	2742.5
16	Omar Mosaad	8	430	–	–	250	250	475	–	250	350	–	–	410	260	2675

Bold – Players qualified for the Finals
(*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals.
(‡) – Mohamed ElShorbay opts out to not play due to personal reasons. ^[3]

Seeds

1.   Ali Farag
2.   Tarek Momen
3.   Paul Coll
4.   Karim Abdel Gawad
5.   Marwan El Shorbagy
6.   Diego Elías
7.   Joel Makin
8.   Simon Rösner

Group stage results

Times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00). To the best of three games.

Group A

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
28 September	18:45	Ali Farag (EGY)	Simon Rösner (GER)	12–10, 11–6
28 September	20:15	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–9, 3–11, 5–11
29 September	20:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	8–11, 11–4, 8–11
29 September	21:45	Diego Elías (PER)	Simon Rösner (GER)	11–8, 9–11, 6–11
30 September	20:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	14–16, 11–5, 11–3
1 October	18:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Simon Rösner (GER)	13–11, 11–8

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	3	2	1	69	77	−8	8^[a]	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Ali Farag (EGY)	3	2	1	86	66	+20	8^[a]
3	Diego Elías (PER)	3	1	2	81	85	−4	5
4	Simon Rösner (GER)	3	1	2	65	73	−8	3

Source: PSA World Tour Finals
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Gawad (11–8, 4–11, 11–8) Farag

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
28 September	21:45	Tarek Momen (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	5–11, 11–6, 9–11
29 September	20:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	6–11, 5–11
30 September	18:45	Tarek Momen (EGY)	Paul Coll (NZL)	9–11, 8–11
30 September	21:45	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–8, 11–6
1 October	20:15	Tarek Momen (EGY)	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	11–8, 11–3
1 October	21:45	Paul Coll (NZL)	Joel Makin (WAL)	3–11, 5–11

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	3	2	1	55	47	+8	8	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Joel Makin (WAL)	3	2	1	64	55	+9	7
3	Tarek Momen (EGY)	3	1	2	64	61	+3	5
4	Paul Coll (NZL)	3	1	2	41	61	−20	4

Source: PSA World Tour Finals

Knockout stage

	Semi finals (2 October)									Final (3 October)
	4	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11	11
	7	Joel Makin (WAL)	9	8
										4	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	6	5	3
										5	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	11	11	11
	5	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	11	7	12
	1	Ali Farag (EGY)	9	11	10

Semifinal

To the best of three games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
2 October	19:15	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–9, 11–8
2 October	20:30	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–9, 7–11, 12–10

Final

To the best of five games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
3 October	20:00	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	6–11, 5–11, 3–11

2020 Men's PSA World Tour Finals winner
Marwan El Shorbagy First title

See also

• 2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
• 2019–20 PSA World Tour
• 2020–21 PSA World Tour
• 2019–20 PSA World Tour Finals
• PSA World Tour Finals

References

1. "World Tour Finals: ElShorbagy Lifts Men's Title". psaworldtour.com. 3 October 2020.
2. PSA Men's World Tour Standings
3. "World's Best Squash Players to Line up at Mall of Arabia for CIB PSA World Tour Finals". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

External links

• PSA World Tour Finals at PSA website
• PSA World Tour Finals official website