2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals

The 2020 CIB Women's PSA World Series Finals was the second women's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000) after the renaming of PSA World Series. 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 Women'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	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
Runner-up	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
Semi-finalists	Joelle King (NZL)  Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
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It was 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.

Defending champion Raneem El Weleily could not defend last year title as she announced its retirement on 25 June 2020. Hania El Hammamy won its first PSA Finals in his first Finals appearance after defeating compatriot Nour El Tayeb 3–2 in the Final. El Hammamy went 2–0 down, but managed to turn it around to win 3–2.^[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 Women's World Tour Standings 2019–20^[2]
Rank	Player	Tournaments Played	CHN	FRA	USA	USA	EGY	USA	USA	USA	USA	USA	EGY	Total Points
1	Nour El Sherbini	4	–	–	–	–	3175	1810	–	–	–	2750	1810	9545
2	Raneem El Weleily‡	7	1150	–	1750	1100	2090	675	–	–	–	1810	675	9250
3	Nour El Tayeb	9	1750	–	1150	1810	780	410	575	875	–	250	1100	8700
4	Nouran Gohar	7	700	–	–	2750	1270	1100	875	–	–	1100	410	8205
5	Camille Serme	8	–	1225	700	1100	780	2750	350	–	–	675	410	7990
6	Hania El Hammamy	8	700	490	–	410	1270	410	–	–	350	410	2750	6790
7	Sarah-Jane Perry	9	–	490	430	675	780	675	–	575	575	1100	1100	6400
8	Amanda Sobhy	9	–	805	430	675	177.5	250	130	–	875	675	675	4692.5
9	Joelle King	9	430	–	430	410	780	1100	350	350	–	250	250	4350
10	Salma Hany	9	430	–	260	410	475	675	215	130	–	410	250	3255
11	Olivia Blatchford Clyne	9	–	300	260	250	290	410	–	215	350	675	410	3160
12	Joshna Chinappa	8	–	–	700	410	475	410	130	350	–	250	250	2975
13	Yathreb Adel	7	430	–	–	410	475	410	130	–	–	410	410	2675
14	Rowan Elaraby	6	–	–	–	675	290	250	–	–	215	675	410	2515
15	Nadine Shahin	8	430	182.5	–	250	290	250	–	130	–	410	410	2352.5
16	Nele Gilis	9	–	182.5	260	250	290	250	80	–	215	410	410	2347.5

Bold – Players qualified for the Finals
(*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals.
(‡) – Announced retirement from squash on 25 June 2020.

Seeds

1.   Nour El Sherbini
2.   Nour El Tayeb
3.   Nouran Gohar
4.   Camille Serme
5.   Hania El Hammamy
6.   Sarah-Jane Perry
7.   Amanda Sobhy
8.   Joelle King

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	18:00	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	Joelle King (NZL)	11–9, 11–1
28 September	19:30	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	11–7, 12–10
29 September	19:30	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	11–6, 11–7
29 September	21:00	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Joelle King (NZL)	7–11, 13–11, 8–11
30 September	21:00	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	11–7, 12–10
1 October	18:00	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Joelle King (NZL)	10–12, 7–11

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	3	3	0	67	40	+27	12	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Joelle King (NZL)	3	2	1	66	67	−1	7
3	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	3	1	2	53	62	−9	4
4	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	3	0	3	62	79	−17	1

Source: PSA World Tour Finals

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
28 September	21:00	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	11–5, 11–5
29 September	18:00	Camille Serme (FRA)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	11–9, 10–12, 7–11
30 September	18:00	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	Camille Serme (FRA)	8–11, 5–11
30 September	19:30	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	12–10, 11–8
1 October	19:30	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	8–11, 11–3, 11–7
1 October	21:00	Camille Serme (FRA)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	9–11, 5–11

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	3	2	1	76	76	0	8	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	3	2	1	65	53	+12	7
3	Camille Serme (FRA)	3	1	2	64	67	−3	5
4	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	3	1	2	50	59	−9	4

Source: PSA World Tour Finals

Knockout stage

	Semi finals (2 October)									Final (3 October)
	1	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11	6	3
	2	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	5	11	11
										2	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11	11	9	4	3
										5	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	9	9	11	11	11
	5	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	18	11	11
	8	Joelle King (NZL)	20	8	2

Semifinal

To the best of three games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
2 October	18:30	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–5, 6–11, 3–11
2 October	19:45	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	Joelle King (NZL)	18–20, 11–8, 11–2

Final

To the best of five games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
3 October	19:00	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 4–11, 3–11

2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals winner
Hania El Hammamy First title

See also

• 2020 Men'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: El Hammamy Comes Back from 2-0 Down to Beat El Tayeb". psaworldtour.com. 3 October 2020.
2. PSA Women's World Tour Standings

External links

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