United States Open (squash)

US Open
Details
Event name	United States Open
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue	Daskalakis Athletic Center
Website www.usopensquash.com/philadelphia/
PSA World Tour
Category	World Series
Prize money	$150,000
Most recent champion(s)	Grégory Gaultier
Current	Men's United States Open (squash) 2015
WSA World Tour
Category	World Series
Prize money	$150,000
Most recent champion(s)	Laura Massaro
Current	Women's United States Open (squash) 2015

The U.S. Open (squash) is the most prestigious squash tournament in the United States, and one of the most significant in the world. It is a major international display of supreme talent in the sport, and showcases the top players from around the world.

In 2012 the U.S. Open squash championships was held from October 4-12 at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.

The event forms part of the World Series for both the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and the Women's Squash Association (WSA), and is organized by the national governing body for squash in the United States, U.S. Squash.

The championship was inaugurated in 1954 as an opportunity for professionals and amateurs to compete against each other. Prior to the mid-1980s, the tournament was held using the hardball squash format (a North American version of squash, which uses a smaller court and a faster-moving ball than the international "softball" version). In 1966, the championship merged with the Canadian Open and became the North American Open. The North American Open continued to use the hardball format and came to establish itself as the most prestigious event in the hardball game. In 1985, the United States Open was reinstituted as a "softball" squash event using the international format. A separate North American Open competition has continued to run as a hardball event.

The glass show court used at the 2011 US Open Squash Championships hosted by Drexel University at the Daskalakis Athletic Center

The first championship final in 1954 saw the Boston amateur player Henri Salaun defeat the great Pakistani player Hashim Khan in Hashim's first foray to North America. Subsequently the championship came to be dominated by members of the Khan family for the next three decades. Hashim won the title three times between 1956 and 1963. His son Sharif Khan then captured the title a record 12 times in the 13-year period between 1969 and 1981. Four other members of their extended family also won the championship – Roshan Khan (three titles), Azam Khan (one title), Mo Khan (three titles), and Jahangir Khan (three titles – one hardball and two softball). Sharif's younger brother Aziz Khan also finished runner-up in 1981. Another Khan, Jansher Khan, also won three titles in the 1980s and 1990s. Jansher's last win in 1995 marks the last time that a Pakistani player won the title. In recent years, players from the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada have enjoyed success at the event.

Past results

Men's championship

David Palmer holding a plate trophy after winning the 2002 US Open.

United States Open Championship (softball)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2015	Grégory Gaultier	Omar Mosaad	11-6, 11-3, 11-5
2014	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Amr Shabana	8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3
2013	Grégory Gaultier	Nick Matthew	11-4, 11-5, 11-5
2012	Ramy Ashour	Grégory Gaultier	11-4, 11-9, 11-9
2011	Amr Shabana	Nick Matthew	11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4
2010	Wael El Hindi	Laurens Jan Anjema	11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7
2009	Amr Shabana	Ramy Ashour	11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 12-14, 11-8
2008	No competition
2007	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	11-7, 11-4, 11-7
2006	Grégory Gaultier	Amr Shabana	11-5, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9
2005	Lee Beachill	David Palmer	11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-1, 11-8
2004	Lee Beachill	Peter Nicol	11-8, 11-9, 11-9
2003	Peter Nicol	David Palmer	15-10, 14-15, 15-14, 17-15
2002	David Palmer	Stewart Boswell	15-13, 15-10, 15-11
2001	No competition
2000	Jonathon Power	Simon Parke	15-3, 11-15, 15-12, 15-12
1999	Simon Parke	Jonathon Power	15-13, 15-7, 8-15, 7-15, 15-13
1998	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	10-15, 15-12, 15-11, 15-3
1997	Jonathon Power	Simon Parke	15-6, 15-10, 15-9
1996	Rodney Eyles	Peter Nicol	9-15, 17-15, 15-12, 15-17, 15-12
1995	Jansher Khan	Simon Parke	15-11, 17-16, 15-8
1994	Peter Nicol	Chris Walker	15-13, 15-9, 13-15, 12-15, 15-5
1993	Rodney Eyles	Paul Lord	15-7, 15-11, 7-15, 15-12
1992	No competition
1991	Rodney Martin	Brett Martin	15-11, 15-11, 13-15, 15-6
1990	Jansher Khan	Chris Robertson	13-15, 15-5, 15-7, 15-7
1989	Rodney Martin	Jansher Khan	15-9, 1-15, 15-12, 15-12
1988	Jahangir Khan	Chris Dittmar	15-11, 15-6, 15-11
1987	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar	15-7, 11-15, 15-1, 15-7
1986	Stuart Davenport	Ross Norman	16-17, 5-15, 15-10, 15-10, 15-10
1985	Jahangir Khan	Ross Norman	15-4, 15-5, 15-8

Women's championship

United States Open Championship (softball)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2015	Laura Massaro	Nour El Tayeb	11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7
2014	Nicol David	Nour El Sherbini	11-5, 12-10, 12-10
2013	Nicol David	Laura Massaro	13-11, 11-13, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5
2012	Nicol David	Raneem El Weleily	14-12, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7
2011	Laura Massaro	Kasey Brown	5-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3
2010	Vanessa Atkinson	Amanda Sobhy	11-6, 11-4, 11-8
2009	Jenny Duncalf	Alison Waters	11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9
2008	No competition
2007
2006
2005	Natalie Grinham	Vicky Botwright	9-7, 9-10, 9-3, 9-4
2004	Natalie Grainger	Linda Elriani	6-9, 9-4, 9-6, 9-4
2003	Cassie Jackman	Carol Owens	9-5, 5-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-5
2002	Carol Owens	Tania Bailey	9-7, 9-1, 10-8
2001	No competition
2000
1999	Cassie Jackman	Michelle Martin	9-4, 9-4, 4-9, 9-3
1998	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	4-9, 8-10, 9-3, 9-1, 9-6
1997	Cassie Jackman	Sabine Schöne	9-4, 9-4, 9-6
1996	No competition
1995
1994	Suzanne Horner	Vicki Cardwell	9-3, 9-0, 9-2
1993	Cassie Jackman	Suzanne Horner	9-5, 9-5, 9-5

North American Open Championship (hardball)

United States Open Championship (hardball)

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See also

• U.S. Squash
• US Junior Open squash championship
• British Open Squash
• World Open

Note

¹ The 2001 United States Open was played in January 2002 as the Memorial Open in honor of those who died in the September 11 2001 attacks. The event was scheduled to take place in September 2001, but was postponed following the attacks.

References

External links

• U.S. Open Squash website
• USsquash.com tournament list
• Historical information at squashtalk.com