PSA World Series Finals

The PSA World Series Finals is the end of season championship of the PSA World Tour of male professional squash players. The top 8 players in the PSA World Series qualify for the event. The 8 players compete in 2 groups of 4 and play a round robin [1] to determine the semi-finalists. The competition then becomes a knock-out competition to determine the PSA World Series Finals champion. The event has been staged since 1993 in Zurich, Hatfield, London and Manchester and then London again.[2] The event has prize money of $110,000. The 2010 final between Nick Matthew and Amr Shabana had to be cancelled due to a problem with the venue.[3]

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Venues

Location Years Venue
Zurich 1993-1994 Vitis Club
Hatfield 1996-1999 The Galleria, Hatfield
London 1999-2006 Broadgate Arena
Manchester 2007-2008 National Squash Centre
London 2009-2012 Queen's Club

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Results

Year Champion Runner-up Score in final
2010 Nick Matthew Amr Shabana Not Played
2009 Gregory Gaultier Thierry Lincou 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5
2008 Gregory Gaultier Amr Shabana 11-9, 11-8, 11-8
2007 Ramy Ashour Gregory Gaultier 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 4-11, 11-4
2006 Anthony Ricketts Lee Beachill 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 11-10 (2-0)
2005 Jonathon Power Thierry Lincou 11-7, 11-6, 11-2
2004 Thierry Lincou Joe Kneipp 10-11 (0-2), 11-9, 11-2, 11-1
2003 Jonathon Power Peter Nicol 15-11, 10-15, 13-15, 15-4, 15-14
2002 David Palmer Thierry Lincou 15-9, 10-15, 15-7, 10-15, 15-4
2001 Peter Nicol David Palmer 15-7, 15-11, 13-15, 17-14
2000 Peter Nicol Simon Parke 13-15, 15-9, 15-12, 12-15, 15-12
1999 Peter Nicol Ahmed Barada 15-8, 9-15, 15-9, 15-11
1998 Jansher Khan Simon Parke 15-12, 13-15, 15-11, 15-10
1997 Jansher Khan Brett Martin 9-7, 9-5, 9-2
1996 Del Harris Brett Martin 10-8, 7-9, 9-4, 6-9, 9-2
1995 not held
1994 Jansher Khan Peter Marshall 8-15, 15-8, 15-7, 15-9
1993 Jansher Khan Chris Dittmar 15-10, 10-15, 15-13, 15-8

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