2016 PSA World Tour

PSA World Tour 2016
Details
Event name	PSA World Tour 2016
Categories	World Championship World Series 15–16 & 16–17 PSA World Series Finals PSA International
Website www.psaworldtour.com
Achievements
World Number 1	Men : Mohamed El Shorbagy (12 months) Women : Nour El Sherbini (8 months) Laura Massaro (4 months)
World Champion	Men : Karim Abdel Gawad Women : Nour El Sherbini
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The PSA World Tour 2016 is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2016 squash season. The most important tournaments in the series is the Men's World Championship and the Women's World Championship. The tour features three categories of regular events, World Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger.^[1] In the middle of the year, the PSA World Series tour is concluded by the Men's PSA World Series Finals and the Women's PSA World Series Finals in Dubai, the end of the world series season for the top 8 rated players. Players performances in the tour are rated by the Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings.

2016 Calendar

Categories: International tournaments and more.

Key

January

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Tournament of Champions 2016 New York City, United States Men : World Series $150,000 - Draw Women : World Series $150,000 - Draw	7–14 January 2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy 8–11, 11–6, 11–8, 6–11, 11–6	Nick Matthew	Grégory Gaultier Mathieu Castagnet	Omar Mosaad Simon Rösner Marwan El Shorbagy Borja Golán
		Nour El Sherbini 11–4, 9–11, 12–10, 11–8	Amanda Sobhy	Nicol David Nouran Gohar	Laura Massaro Camille Serme Omneya Abdel Kawy Alison Waters
Granite Open 2016 Toronto, Canada Women : International 25 $25,000	19–22 January 2016	Victoria Lust 11–6, 11–2, 11–4	Nicolette Fernandes	Dipika Pallikal Fiona Moverley	Salma Hany Ibrahim Olivia Blatchford Samantha Terán Deon Saffery
Motor City Open 2016 Detroit, United States Men : International 70 $70,000 - Draw	22–25 January 2016	Ali Farag 11–7, 5–11, 11–6, 11–7	Nick Matthew	Mathieu Castagnet Borja Golán	Mohamed El Shorbagy Ryan Cuskelly Chris Simpson Leo Au
Cleveland Classic 2016 Cleveland, United States Women : International 50 $50,000 - Draw	30 January – 2 February 2016	Camille Serme 7–11, 11–6, 11–9, 11–5	Alison Waters	Amanda Sobhy Sarah-Jane Perry	Annie Au Joshna Chinappa Dipika Pallikal Olivia Blatchford

February

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Swedish Open 2016 Linköping, Sweden Men : International 70 $70,000 - Draw	4–7 February 2016	Karim Abdel Gawad 12–10, 8–11, 11–9, 3–11, 11–4	Tarek Momen	Simon Rösner Daryl Selby	Max Lee Cameron Pilley Chris Simpson Lucas Serme
Squash Colombia Open 2016 Cartagena, Colombia Men : International 100 $115,000 - Draw	16–20 February 2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy 11–9, 7–11, 11–3, 11–9	Omar Mosaad	Tarek Momen Marwan El Shorbagy	Miguel Á. Rodríguez Cameron Pilley Saurav Ghosal Tom Richards
Windy City Open 2016 Chicago, United States Men : World Series $150,000 - Draw Women : World Series $150,000 - Draw	25 February - 2 March 2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy 11–6, 11–3, 2–0 rtd	Nick Matthew	Omar Mosaad Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Simon Rösner Tarek Momen Mathieu Castagnet Marwan El Shorbagy
		Raneem El Weleily 9–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–6	Nour El Sherbini	Laura Massaro Camille Serme	Nicol David Omneya Abdel Kawy Amanda Sobhy Nouran Gohar

March

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Montréal Open 2016 Montreal, Canada Men : International 35 $35,000	3–6 March 2016	Ali Farag 3–11, 18–16, 9–11, 11–6, 11–7	Karim Abdel Gawad	Tom Richards Grégoire Marche	Leo Au Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Tsz Fung Yip Todd Harrity
Canary Wharf Squash Classic 2016 London, England Men : International 70 $70,000 - Draw	7–11 March 2016	Mathieu Castagnet 6–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–5	Omar Mosaad	Cameron Pilley Borja Golán	Simon Rösner Fares Dessouky Daryl Selby James Willstrop
The Wimbledon Club Open 2016 London, England Men : International 25 $25,000	15–18 March 2016	James Willstrop 11–8, 11–7, 8–11, 11–4	Omar Abdel Meguid	Declan James Joshua Masters	Joe Lee Charles Sharpes George Parker Matthew Hoppkin
British Open 2016 Hull, England Men : World Series $150,000 - Draw Women : World Series $130,000 - Draw	21–27 March 2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy 11–2, 11–5, 11–9	Ramy Ashour	Grégory Gaultier Karim Abdel Gawad	Miguel Á. Rodríguez Simon Rösner Marwan El Shorbagy Ali Farag
		Nour El Sherbini 11–7, 9–11, 7–11, 11–6, 11–8	Nouran Gohar	Nicol David Camille Serme	Laura Massaro Raneem El Weleily Omneya Abdel Kawy Amanda Sobhy

April

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Grasshopper Cup 2016 Zurich, Switzerland Men : International 70 $70,000 - Draw	14–17 April 2016	Marwan El Shorbagy 6–11, 13–11, 11–9, 9–11, 11–6	Grégory Gaultier	Simon Rösner Ali Farag	Cameron Pilley Chris Simpson Gregoire Marche Nicolas Müller
El Gouna International 2016 El Gouna, Egypt Men : World Series $150,000 - Draw	24–29 April 2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy 7–11, 9–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–8	Grégory Gaultier	Miguel Á. Rodríguez Fares Dessouky	Omar Mosaad Simon Rösner Marwan El Shorbagy Ali Farag

May

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Open de Paris 2016 Paris, France Men : International 25 $25,000	11–14 May 2016	Chris Simpson 11–8, 11–8, 11–4	Declan James	Nicolas Müller Paul Coll	Adrian Waller Alan Clyne Greg Lobban Lucas Serme
Houston Open 2016 Houston, United States Men : International 50 $50,000 - Draw	12–15 May 2016	Marwan El Shorbagy 11–7, 9–11, 11–9, 11–3	Mohamed Abouelghar	Ryan Cuskelly Mazen Hesham	Stephen Coppinger Grégoire Marche Zahed Mohamed Omar Abdel Meguid
Torneo Internacional PSA Sporta 2016 Guatemala City, Guatemala Men : International 50 $50,000 - Draw	18–21 May 2016	Borja Golán 11–8, 13–11, 11–4	César Salazar	Mazen Hesham Zahed Mohamed	Stephen Coppinger Omar Abdel Meguid Diego Elías Alfredo Ávila
Hong Kong FC International 2016 Hong Kong, China Men : International 25 $25,000 Women : International 25 $25,000	25–28 May 2016	Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan 11–6, 11–9, 11–8	Paul Coll	Leo Au Ivan Yuen	Adrian Waller Mohamed Reda Rex Hedrick Mazen Gamal
		Joelle King 11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 11–8	Joshna Chinappa	Annie Au Donna Urquhart	Delia Arnold Jenny Duncalf Dipika Pallikal Rachael Grinham
PSA World Series Finals 2016 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Men : PSA World Series Finals $160,000 - Draw Women : PSA World Series Finals $160,000 - Draw	24–28 May 2016	Grégory Gaultier 11–4, 11–5, 8–11, 11–6	Cameron Pilley	Mohamed El Shorbagy Miguel Á. Rodríguez	Mathieu Castagnet Nick Matthew Omar Mosaad Simon Rösner
		Laura Massaro 9-11, 11–6, 5–11, 12–10, 11–5	Raneem El Weleily	Nicol David Nour El Sherbini	Omneya Abdel Kawy Nouran Gohar Camille Serme Amanda Sobhy

August

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Hong Kong Open 2016 Hong Kong, China Men : World Series $150,000 - Draw Women : World Series $100,000 - Draw	23–28 August 2016	Ramy Ashour 11–9, 8–11, 11–6, 5–11, 11–6	Karim Abdel Gawad	Ryan Cuskelly Max Lee	Simon Rösner Cameron Pilley Fares Dessouky James Willstrop
		Nouran Gohar 6–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–8	Amanda Sobhy	Nour El Sherbini Nicol David	Laura Massaro Camille Serme Omneya Abdel Kawy Nour El Tayeb

September

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
China Open 2016 Shanghai, China Men : International 100 $100,000 - Draw Women : International 70 $70,000 - Draw	1–4 September 2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy 11–5, 11–3, 11–3	Grégory Gaultier	Karim Abdel Gawad Borja Golán	Mathieu Castagnet Tarek Momen Cameron Pilley Saurav Ghosal
		Laura Massaro 11–9, 11–5, 11–3	Nouran Gohar	Raneem El Weleily Joelle King	Joshna Chinappa Sarah-Jane Perry Alison Waters Salma Hany Ibrahim
Open International de Nantes 2016 Nantes, France Men : International 25 $25,000	7–11 September 2016	Grégoire Marche 11–6, 8–11, 11–6, 11–2	Chris Simpson	Daryl Selby Tom Richards	Declan James Karim Ali Fathi Olli Tuominen Joel Makin
Macau Open 2016 Macau, China Men : International 50 $50,000 - Draw Women : International 50 $50,000 - Draw	15–18 September 2016	Daryl Selby Walkover	Max Lee	Mohamed El Shorbagy Saurav Ghosal	Alan Clyne Ivan Yuen Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Harinder Pal Sandhu
		Joelle King 5–11, 11–8, 11–3, 11–9	Annie Au	Delia Arnold Emily Whitlock	Line Hansen Mayar Hany Donna Urquhart Joey Chan
Charlottesville Open 2016 Charlottesville, United States Men : International 25 $25,000	14–17 September 2016	Stephen Coppinger 11–8, 15–13, 12–14, 9–11, 4–11	Ryan Cuskelly	Diego Elías Adrian Waller	Arturo Salazar Alfredo Ávila Campbell Grayson Alister Walker
Al-Ahram International 2016 Cairo, Egypt Men : International 100 $100,000 - Draw Women : International 100 $100,000 - Draw	19–23 September 2016	Karim Abdel Gawad 11–4, 11–7, 11–5	Ali Farag	Mohamed El Shorbagy Omar Mosaad	Tarek Momen Simon Rösner Ramy Ashour Zahed Mohamed
		Raneem El Weleily 11–5, 11–9, 9–11, 9–11, 11–7	Nour El Sherbini	Sarah-Jane Perry Nour El Tayeb	Nicol David Omneya Abdel Kawy Amanda Sobhy Alison Waters
Netsuite Open 2016 San Francisco, United States Men : International 100 $100,000 - Draw Women : International 50 $50,000 - Draw	27 September - 1 October 2016	Grégory Gaultier 11–9, 11–2, 14–12	James Willstrop	Marwan El Shorbagy Diego Elías	Simon Rösner Cameron Pilley Ryan Cuskelly Grégoire Marche
		Laura Massaro 11–4, 9–11, 11–8, 11–7	Amanda Sobhy	Nicol David Joelle King	Victoria Lust Nour El Tayeb Joey Chan Heba El Torky
JSW ISC Otters International 2016 Mumbai, India Women : International 35 $35,000	29 September - 2 October 2016	Annie Au 11–9, 13–11, 11–7	Joshna Chinappa	Delia Arnold Tesni Evans	Dipika Pallikal Karthik Liu Tsz-Ling Nadine Shahin Milou van der Heijden

October

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
US Open 2016 Philadelphia, United States Men : World Series $150,000 - Draw Women : World Series $150,000 - Draw	8–15 October 2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy 10–12, 12–14, 11–1, 11–4, 3–0 (retired)	Nick Matthew	Karim Abdel Gawad James Willstrop	Grégory Gaultier Marwan El Shorbagy Ali Farag Stephen Coppinger
		Camille Serme 11–8, 7–11, 12–10, 11–9	Nour El Sherbini	Raneem El Weleily Amanda Sobhy	Laura Massaro Nicol David Nouran Gohar Alison Waters
Pakistan CNS International 2016 Islamabad, Pakistan Men : International 25 $25,000	19–22 October 2016	Zahed Mohamed 12–10, 11–9, 6–3 (retired)	Omar Abdel Meguid	Todd Harrity Farhan Mehboob	Farhan Zaman Peter Creed Tayyab Aslam Youssef Soliman
Carol Weymuller Open 2016 Brooklyn, United States Women : International 50 $50,000 - Draw	20–24 October 2016	Nour El Sherbini 13–11, 11–6, 11–3	Alison Waters	Camille Serme Sarah-Jane Perry	Joshna Chinappa Joelle King Annie Au Olivia Blatchford
PSA Men's World Championship 2016 Cairo, Egypt Men : World Championship $350,000 - Draw	30 October - 6 November 2016	Karim Abdel Gawad 5–11, 11–6, 11–7, 2–1 (retired)	Ramy Ashour	Mohamed El Shorbagy Grégory Gaultier	Nick Matthew Ali Farag Tarek Momen Fares Dessouky
Wadi Degla Open 2016 Cairo, Egypt Women : International 50 $50,000 - Draw	31 October - 4 November 2016	Raneem El Weleily 11–8, 7–11, 11–4, 11–5	Nouran Gohar	Nicol David Tesni Evans	Nour El Tayeb Donna Urquhart Mariam Metwally Salma Hany Ibrahim

November

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Qatar Classic 2016 Doha, Qatar Men : World Series $150,000 - Draw	12–18 November 2016	Karim Abdel Gawad 12-10, 15-13, 11-7	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Nick Matthew Daryl Selby	Simon Rösner Grégoire Marche Marwan El Shorbagy Cameron Pilley
CAS International Squash Championship 2016 Islamabad, Pakistan Men : International 25 $25,000	18–21 November 2016	Farhan Mehboob 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5	Farhan Zaman	Leo Au Mohamed Reda	Youssef Soliman Shehab Essam Nathan Lake Karim El Hammamy
Monte Carlo Classic 2016 Monte Carlo, Monaco Women : International 25 $25,000	22–25 November 2016	Victoria Lust 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8	Millie Tomlinson	Nadine Shahin Donna Urquhart	Fiona Moverley Line Hansen Hollie Naughton Hana Ramadan
Edmonton Open 2016 Edmonton, Canada Men : International 35 $35,000	23–26 November 2016	Diego Elías 11-4, 11-4, 11-7	César Salazar	Daryl Selby Alfredo Ávila	Ben Coleman Joe Lee Charles Sharpes Alister Walker
JSW CCI International 2016 Mumbai, India Men : International 50 $50,000	24–27 November 2016	Fares Dessouky 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5	Mohamed Abouelghar	Chris Simpson Nicolas Müller	Alan Clyne Lucas Serme Saurav Ghosal Mohamed Reda

December

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
British Grand Prix 2016 Manchester, England Men : International 70 $70,000 - Draw	2–5 December 2016	Nick Matthew 11-7, 12-10, 11-4	James Willstrop	Grégory Gaultier Daryl Selby	Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Cameron Pilley Richie Fallows Max Lee
St George's Hill Open 2016 Weybridge, England Men : International 100 $100,000 - Draw	8–12 December 2016	Paul Coll 11-7, 13-11, 11-4	Tarek Momen	Daryl Selby James Willstrop	Saurav Ghosal Miguel Á. Rodríguez Marwan El Shorbagy Stephen Coppinger
PSA Women's World Championship 2016 El Gouna, Egypt Women : World Championship $165,000 - Draw	7–14 April 2017 (Previously scheduled for 2016)	Nour El Sherbini 11-8, 11-9, 11-9	Raneem El Weleily	Nouran Gohar Camille Serme	Sarah-Jane Perry Nicol David Laura Massaro Joshna Chinappa

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Current world top 10 players

Men's world ranking Main article: Official Men's Squash World Ranking Current Top 10 PSA Rankings PSA Men's World Rankings, of April 2017[3] Rank Player Average Points Move† 1  Grégory Gaultier (FRA) 1543 2 2  Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 1519 3  Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) 1370 2 4  Nick Matthew (ENG) 828 5  Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) 721 2 6  Ali Farag (EGY) 687 2 7  James Willstrop (ENG) 681 1 8  Ramy Ashour (EGY) 657 3 9  Fares Dessouky (EGY) 570 2 10  Simon Rösner (GER) 545 1 †Change since previous month's rankings

Women's world ranking Main article: Official Women's Squash World Ranking Current Top 10 WSA Rankings PSA Women's World Rankings, of April 2017[4] Rank Player Average Points Move† 1  Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 1,439.0 2  Laura Massaro (ENG) 1,284.0 3 3  Camille Serme (FRA) 1,188.0 1 4  Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 1,153.0 1 5  Nouran Gohar (EGY) 968.0 1 6  Nicol David (MAS) 797.0 1 7  Amanda Sobhy (USA) 748.0 1 8  Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 670.0 9  Alison Waters (ENG) 501.0 1 10  Joelle King (NZL) 437.0 1 †Change since previous month's rankings

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season:

• Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1 December 1982 in The Hague, Netherlands) joined the pro tour in 1999, reached the singles no. 9 spot in 2010. He won 12 PSA World Tour titles including the Netsuite Open against Omar Mosaad and the Bluenose Classic against Borja Golán. He reached in 2010 the final of the US Open against Wael El Hindi. He retired in July after 15 years on the tour.^[5]

See also

• Professional Squash Association (PSA)
• 2015–16 PSA World Series
• 2016–17 PSA World Series
• Men's World Rankings
• Women's World Rankings
• PSA World Series Finals
• PSA World Championship
• 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships

References

External links

• PSA World Tour