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PSA World Tour Finals
The PSA World Tour Finals is the end of season championship of the PSA World Tour of male and female professional squash players. The top eight players in the current PSA World Tour is qualified for the event.
| PSA World Tour Finals | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Event name | PSA World Tour Finals |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt (2019–present) |
| Venue | Vitis Club (1994–1995) The Galleria, Hatfield (1996–1999) Broadgate Arena (1999–2006) National Squash Centre (2007–2008) Queen's Club (2009–2013) Westwood Club (2014) Burj Park (2016) Dubai Opera (2017) Emirates Golf Club (2018) Mall of Arabia (2019–2022) EDNC SODIC (2023–) |
| Dates | 1993– |
| Website worldseriesfinals | |
| Men's PSA World Tour | |
| Most recent champion(s) | Mostafa Asal (men's) Nouran Gohar (women's) |
The eight players compete in two groups of four and play a round robin[1] to determine the semi-finalists. The competition then becomes a knock-out competition to determine the World Series Finals champions. The event has been staged since 1993 in Zürich, Hatfield, London and Manchester and then London again before switching to Dubai in 2016.[2] The event has prize money of $160,000. In 2012 the event added a women's section 2011 and 2013 has seen the women compete again during the day session, with the men competing in the evening session.[3] The first edition of the women's competition was won by Nicol David.[4]
Before the 2018–19 PSA World Tour season, it was named PSA World Series Finals.
Venues edit
| Location | Years | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 1993–1994 | Vitis Club |
| Hatfield | 1996–1999 | The Galleria, Hatfield |
| London | 1999–2006 | Broadgate Arena |
| Manchester | 2007–2008 | National Squash Centre |
| London | 2009–2013 | Queen's Club |
| Richmond, Virginia | 2014 | Westwood Club |
| Dubai | 2016 | Burj Park |
| Dubai | 2017 | Dubai Opera |
| Dubai | 2018 | Emirates Golf Club |
| Cairo | 2019–2022 | Mall of Arabia |
| New Cairo | 2023– | EDNC SODIC |
Results edit
Men's edit
| Year | Location | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Cairo | Mostafa Asal (EGY) | Diego Elías (PER) | 9–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–5 |
| 2022 | Cairo | Mostafa Asal (EGY) | Paul Coll (NZL) | 13–11, 11–8, 11–7 |
| 2021 | Mostafa Asal (EGY) | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | 12–14, 11–4, 11–7, 11–3 | |
| 2020 | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 11–6, 11–5, 11–3 | |
| 2019 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | 12–10, 11–6, 5–11, 8–11, 12–10 | |
| 2018 | Dubai | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | Ali Farag (EGY) | 9–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–8 |
| 2017 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | James Willstrop (ENG) | 12–10, 11–9, 11–8 | |
| 2016 | Grégory Gaultier (FRA) | Cameron Pilley (AUS) | 11–4, 11–5, 8–11, 11–6 | |
| 2015 | Finals not held | |||
| 2014 | ||||
| 2013 | Richmond | Ramy Ashour (EGY) | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | 15–17, 11–7, 11–4, 11–5 |
| 2012 | London | Amr Shabana (EGY) | Nick Matthew (ENG) | 4–11, 11–2, 11–4, 11–7 |
| 2011 | Amr Shabana (EGY) | Grégory Gaultier (FRA) | 6–11, 12–10, 11–7, 7–11, 11–8 | |
| 2010[7] | Nick Matthew (ENG) / Amr Shabana (EGY) | Cancelled[8] | ||
| 2009 | Grégory Gaultier (FRA) | Thierry Lincou (FRA) | 11–6, 8–11, 11–5, 11–5 | |
| 2008 | Grégory Gaultier (FRA) | Amr Shabana (EGY) | 11–9, 11–8, 11–8 | |
| 2007 | Manchester | Ramy Ashour (EGY) | Grégory Gaultier (FRA) | 11–10 (2–0), 11–8, 4–11, 11–4 |
| 2006 | London | Anthony Ricketts (AUS) | Lee Beachill (ENG) | 11–7, 6–11, 11–4, 11–10 (2–0) |
| 2005 | Jonathon Power (CAN) | Thierry Lincou (FRA) | 11–7, 11–6, 11–2 | |
| 2004 | Thierry Lincou (FRA) | Joe Kneipp (AUS) | 10–11 (0–2), 11–9, 11–2, 11–1 | |
| 2003 | Jonathon Power (CAN) | Peter Nicol (SCO) | 15–11, 10–15, 13–15, 15–4, 15–14 | |
| 2002 | David Palmer (AUS) | Thierry Lincou (FRA) | 15–9, 10–15, 15–7, 10–15, 15–4 | |
| 2001 | Peter Nicol (SCO) | David Palmer (AUS) | 15–7, 15–11, 13–15, 17–14 | |
| 2000 | Peter Nicol (SCO) | Simon Parke (ENG) | 13–15, 15–9, 15–12, 12–15, 15–12 | |
| 1999 | Peter Nicol (SCO) | Ahmed Barada (EGY) | 15–8, 9–15, 15–9, 15–11 | |
| 1998 | Hatfield | Jansher Khan (PAK) | Simon Parke (ENG) | 15–12, 13–15, 15–11, 15–10 |
| 1997 | Jansher Khan (PAK) | Brett Martin (AUS) | 9–7, 9–5, 9–2 | |
| 1996 | Del Harris (ENG) | Brett Martin (AUS) | 10–8, 7–9, 9–4, 6–9, 9–2 | |
| 1995 | No competition held | |||
| 1994 | Zürich | Jansher Khan (PAK) | Peter Marshall (ENG) | 8–15, 15–8, 15–7, 15–9 |
| 1993 | Jansher Khan (PAK) | Chris Dittmar (AUS) | 15–10, 10–15, 15–13, 15–8 | |
Women's edit
| Year | Location | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Cairo | Nouran Gohar (EGY) | Hania El Hammamy (EGY) | 10–11, 11–9, 9–11, 11–6, 12–10 |
| 2022 | Cairo | Nour El Sherbini (EGY) | Nouran Gohar (EGY) | 11–6, 11–8, 11–5 |
| 2021 | Nouran Gohar (EGY) | Hania El Hammamy (EGY) | 11–9, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8 | |
| 2020 | Hania El Hammamy (EGY) | Nour El Tayeb (EGY) | 9–11, 9–11, 11–9, 11–4, 11–3 | |
| 2019 | Raneem El Weleily (EGY) | Camille Serme (FRA) | 12–10, 11–6, 5–11, 8–11, 12–10 | |
| 2018 | Dubai | Nour El Sherbini (EGY) | Raneem El Weleily (EGY) | 3–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–4, 11–6 |
| 2017 | Laura Massaro (ENG) | Nour El Sherbini (EGY) | 11–8, 12–10, 11–5 | |
| 2016 | Laura Massaro (ENG) | Raneem El Weleily (EGY) | 9–11, 11–6, 5–11, 12–10, 11–5 | |
| 2015 | Finals not held | |||
| 2014 | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| 2012 | London | Nicol David (MAS) | Laura Massaro (ENG) | 11–3, 11–2, 11–9 |
| 2011 | Nicol David (MAS) | Madeline Perry (IRL) | 11–9, 11–9, 11–9 | |
References edit
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "World Series Finals Returns to Queen's - Professional Squash Association".
- ^ "ATCO World Series Squash Finals Tickets | Tennis/Squash Tickets".
- ^ "World Series Squash Finals 2012".
- ^ "Darwish Heads Super Series Finals".
- ^ "Home - Squash Pros".
- ^ Tournament moved from December to January 2011
- ^ "Squash – Queens World Series final scrapped after wind damage". BBC News. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
External links edit
- Official website
- Page at PSA World Tour