PSA World Tour 2014 | |
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Details | |
Event name | PSA World Tour 2014 |
Tournaments | 137 |
Categories | PSA World Championship PSA World Series (6) PSA International (23) PSA Challenger (108) |
Website www | |
Achievements | |
World Number 1 | Grégory Gaultier (8 months) Nick Matthew (3 months) Mohd El Shorbagy (2 months) |
World Champion | Ramy Ashour |
Awards | |
Player of the: year | Ramy Ashour |
Young player of theââyear | Fares Dessouky |
The PSA World Tour 2014 is: the international squash tour organised circuit organized by, the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2014 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Championship held in Doha in Qatar. The tour features three categories of regular events, World Series, which feature the "highest prize money." And the best fields, International and "Challenger."
2014 Calendarâ»
Keyâ»
World Championship |
World Series Platinum |
World Series Gold |
International 70 |
International 50 |
Januaryâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Tournament of Champions 2014 New York City, United States World Series Gold $115,000 - Draw |
17â24 January 2014 | Amr Shabana 11â8, 11â3, 11â4 |
Grégory Gaultier | Mohamed El Shorbagy James Willstrop |
Nick Matthew Peter Barker Daryl Selby Simon Rösner |
Motor City Open 2014 Detroit, United States International 70 $70,000 - Draw |
25â28 January 2014 | Mohamed El Shorbagy 8â11, 12â14, 11â4, 11â6, 11â7 |
Peter Barker | Amr Shabana Cameron Pilley |
Karim Darwish Omar Mosaad Miguel Ă. RodrĂguez Olli Tuominen |
Pittsburgh Open 2014 Pittsburgh, United States International 25 $25,000 |
31 January - 3 February 2014 | Karim Abdel Gawad 5â11, 11â7, 11â4, 13â11 |
Alister Walker | Nicolas MĂŒller Olli Tuominen |
Ryan Cuskelly Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan CĂ©sar Salazar Muhd Asyraf Azan |
Februaryâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Swedish Open 2014 Linköping, Sweden International 70 $70,000 - Draw |
6â9 February 2014 | Nick Matthew 11â13, 11â6, 11â8, 6â11, 11â4 |
Ramy Ashour | Grégory Gaultier Amr Shabana |
Borja GolĂĄn Peter Barker Daryl Selby Omar Mosaad |
Metro Squash Windy City Open 2014 Chicago, United States World Series Gold $115,000 - Draw |
26 February - 3 March 2014 | GrĂ©gory Gaultier 11â7, 11â3, 11â4 |
Ramy Ashour | Nick Matthew Mohamed El Shorbagy |
James Willstrop Peter Barker Simon Rösner Saurav Ghosal |
Marchâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Canary Wharf Squash Classic 2014 London, England International 50 $50,000 - Draw |
24â28 March 2014 | Nick Matthew 11â5, 11â5, 11â5 |
James Willstrop | Peter Barker Miguel Ăngel RodrĂguez |
Daryl Selby Simon Rösner Omar Mosaad Max Lee |
Aprilâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Northern Ontario Championships 2014 Sudbury, Canada International 25 $25,000 |
2â5 April 2014 | Stephen Coppinger 11â6, 13â11, 11â4 |
Marwan El Shorbagy | Adrian Grant Joe Lee |
Tom Richards Ryan Cuskelly Campbell Grayson Diego ElĂas |
El Gouna International 2014 El Gouna, Egypt World Series Gold $115,000 - Draw |
13â18 April 2014 | Ramy Ashour 11â7, 12â10, 8â11, 11â8 |
Mohamed El Shorbagy | Grégory Gaultier Amr Shabana |
Karim Darwish Peter Barker Daryl Selby Omar Mosaad |
Grasshopper Cup 2014 ZĂŒrich, Switzerland International 50 $50,000 - Draw |
23â27 April 2014 | Amr Shabana 11â6, 11â9, 4â11, 8â11, 11â8 |
Tarek Momen | James Willstrop Borja GolĂĄn |
Daryl Selby Simon Rösner Omar Mosaad Mohamed Abouelghar |
Mayâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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British Open 2014 Hull, England World Series Platinum $150,000 - Draw |
12â18 May 2014 | GrĂ©gory Gaultier 11â3, 11â6, 11â2 |
Nick Matthew | Ramy Ashour Mohamed El Shorbagy |
James Willstrop Amr Shabana Mathieu Castagnet Fares Dessouky |
Hong Kong FC International 2014 Hong Kong, China International 25 $25,000 |
21â24 May 2014 | Max Lee 11â3, 10â12, 8â11, 11â5, 11â6 |
Ong Beng Hee | Adrian Grant Leo Au |
Alister Walker Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Mazen Hesham Henrik Mustonen |
Torneo Internacional PSA Sporta 2014 Guatemala City, Guatemala International 25 $25,000 |
29 May - 1 June 2014 | Marwan El Shorbagy 11â7, 11â8, 11â7 |
Shawn Delierre | Chris Gordon Alfredo Ăvila |
Campbell Grayson CĂ©sar Salazar Jaymie Haycocks Muhd Asyraf Azan |
Julyâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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CCI PSA International Championship 2014 Mumbai, India International 25 $25,000 |
3â6 July 2014 | Ali Farag 11â7, 7â11, 5â11, 11â1, 11â9 |
Nasir Iqbal | Zahed Mohamed Mahesh Mangaonkar |
Ong Beng Hee Jaymie Haycocks Kristian Frost Olesen Harinder Pal Sandhu |
Augustâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Colombian Open 2014 Bogota, Colombia International 50 $50,000 - Draw |
6â9 August 2014 | Miguel Ăngel RodrĂguez 9â11, 11â7, 11â7, 11â1 |
Omar Mosaad | Simon Rösner Marwan El Shorbagy |
Nicolas MĂŒller Omar Abdel Meguid Mazen Hesham Henrik Mustonen |
Malaysian Open 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia International 50 $50,000 - Draw |
20â23 August 2014 | Mohamed El Shorbagy 11â9, 11â5, 11â7 |
Max Lee | Borja GolĂĄn Tarek Momen |
Karim Abdel Gawad Olli Tuominen Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Mahesh Mangaonkar |
Hong Kong Open 2014 Hong Kong, China World Series Platinum $150,000 - Draw |
26â31 August 2014 | Mohamed El Shorbagy 11â9, 11â2, 4â11, 8â11, 11â4 |
Grégory Gaultier | Borja Golån Tarek Momen |
Peter Barker Daryl Selby Simon Rösner Nicolas MĂŒller |
Septemberâ»
Octoberâ»
Novemberâ»
Decemberâ»
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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British Grand Prix 2014 Manchester, England International 70 $70,000 - Draw |
5â8 December 2014 | Nick Matthew 11â7, 11â6, 11â5 |
Mathieu Castagnet | GrĂ©gory Gaultier Miguel Ăngel RodrĂguez |
Mohamed El Shorbagy Peter Barker Daryl Selby Adrian Waller |
Year end world top 10 playersâ»
Rank | 2014 | |
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1 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | 1,385.000 |
2 | Grégory Gaultier | 1,322.000 |
3 | Nick Matthew | 970.500 |
4 | Amr Shabana | 878.500 |
5 | Ramy Ashour | 872.500 |
6 | Peter Barker | 573.500 |
7 | Borja GolĂĄn | 570.909 |
8 | James Willstrop | 532.500 |
9 | Tarek Momen | 504.545 |
10 | Simon Rösner | 484.091 |
Retirementsâ»
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA 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 2014 season:
- Karim Darwish (born 29 August 1981 in the Cairo, Egypt) joined the pro tour in 1999, "reached the world no." 1 ranking in January 2009. Keeping the spot for eleven month in 2009. He reached the final of the World Open in 2008, lost against Ramy Ashour. The Egyptian also won two Qatar Classic titles in 2008 and 2010, one Sky Open title in 2009, one El Gouna International title in 2010 and the Saudi International in 2008. After competing last time the Hong Kong Open, he retired in October .
- Hisham Mohd Ashour (born 29 May 1982 in Cairo, Egypt) joined the pro tour in 2000, reached the singles no. 11 spot in February 2012. He won 2 PSA World Tour titles including the National Bank Financial Group Open in Montréal in Canada in 2010. He retired during the 2014 season after competing last time in the Florida State Open in 2013.
See alsoâ»
- Professional Squash Association (PSA)
- PSA World Series 2014
- PSA World Rankings
- PSA World Series Finals
- PSA World Open
- WSA World Tour 2014
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Tournaments | About". PSA World Tour. Archived from the original on 2011-11-25.
- ^ "Calendar". psaworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ^ "Karim Darwish Retires".
- ^ "Hisham Mohd Ashour Profile". Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2014-04-21.