The PSA World Tour 2009 is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2009 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Open held in Kuwait. The tour features three categories of regular events, Super Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, Stars Tournament and Challenger.
2009 Calendar
Key World OpenWorld Series PlatinumWorld Series Gold & Silver5 Stars4 Stars
World Open TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsRound of 16World Open 2009 Kuwait City, KuwaitWorld Open$277,500 - Draw1–7 November 2009 Amr Shabana11–8, 11–5, 11–5 Ramy Ashour Grégory Gaultier James Willstrop Nick Matthew Peter Barker Thierry Lincou Wael El Hindi Karim Darwish Ong Beng Hee Laurens Jan Anjema Alister Walker Cameron Pilley Hisham Mohd Ashour Daryl Selby Tarek Momen
Super Series Prize money: $92,500 and more TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsTournament of Champions 2009 New York City, United StatesSuper Series Gold$117,50023–29 January 2009 Grégory Gaultier11-9, 2-11, 11-8, 11-4 Nick Matthew Karim Darwish Ramy Ashour James Willstrop David Palmer Thierry Lincou Mohd Azlan IskandarNorth American Open 2009 Richmond, Virginia, United StatesWorld Series Silver$93,75023–28 February 2009 Ramy Ashour11-8, 13-11, 10-12, 5-11, 11-8 Nick Matthew Karim Darwish Grégory Gaultier Amr Shabana David Palmer Thierry Lincou Wael El HindiBritish Open 2009 Manchester, EnglandSuper Series Silver$92,50010-14 September 2009 Nick Matthew8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3, 12-10 James Willstrop Amr Shabana Peter Barker Grégory Gaultier David Palmer Mohd Azlan Iskandar Daryl SelbySky Open 2009 Cairo, EgyptSuper Series Platinum$147,50019-23 September 2009 Karim Darwish11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3 Grégory Gaultier Ramy Ashour Alister Walker Amr Shabana Wael El Hindi James Willstrop Cameron PilleyHong Kong Open 2009 Hong Kong, ChinaSuper Series Platinum$145,00014–18 October 2009 Amr Shabana11-9, 9-11, 11-3, 5-2 rtd Grégory Gaultier Karim Darwish James Willstrop Ramy Ashour Thierry Lincou Daryl Selby Mohd Azlan IskandarQatar Classic 2009 Doha, QatarSuper Series Platinum$147,50019–23 November 2009 Nick Matthew11-5, 12-10, 11-6 Karim Darwish Ramy Ashour Peter Barker David Palmer James Willstrop Thierry Lincou Aamir Atlas KhanPSA Masters 2009 New Delhi, IndiaSuper Series Platinum$152,5005–10 December 2009 Ramy Ashour11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9 Nick Matthew Amr Shabana Peter Barker David Palmer Thierry Lincou Mohamed El Shorbagy Laurens Jan AnjemaSaudi International 2009 Al Khobar, Saudi ArabiaSuper Series Platinum$250,00013–18 December 2009 Ramy Ashour11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8 Nick Matthew David Palmer Adrian Grant Thierry Lincou Wael El Hindi Mohamed El Shorbagy Aamir Atlas Khan
World Series Finals Final tournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsRound RobinPSA World Series Finals 2009 Queen's Club, London, EnglandPSA World Series Finals$110,00014–17 March 2009 Grégory Gaultier11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5 Thierry Lincou Karim Darwish Amr Shabana Ramy Ashour James Willstrop David Palmer Wael El Hindi
Stars Prize money: between $25,000 (2&1/2 Stars) and $50,000 (5 Stars)
January TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsMotor City Open 2009 Detroit, United States3 Stars$30,00030 January - 2 February 2009 Borja Golán10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 14-12 Adrian Grant Olli Tuominen Tarek Momen Laurens Jan Anjema Stewart Boswell Hisham Mohd Ashour Shahier Razik
February TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsSwedish Open 2009 Linköping, Sweden5 Stars$60,0005–8 February 2009 Nick Mattheww/o Karim Darwish James Willstrop Mohamed El Shorbagy Aamir Atlas Khan Omar Mosaad Joey Barrington Davide BianchettiBluenose Classic 2009 Halifax, Canada4 Stars$40,0005–8 February 2009 David Palmer11-5, 11-5, 11-7 Peter Barker Borja Golán Laurens Jan Anjema Cameron Pilley Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Chris Ryder Shawn DelierreFinnish Open 2009 Mikkeli, Finland2&1/2 Stars$25,00012–15 February 2009 Olli Tuominen4-11, 5-11, 11-9, 6-1 rtd Stewart Boswell Omar Mosaad Omar Abdel Aziz Hisham Mohd Ashour Mohamed El Shorbagy Davide Bianchetti Márk Krajcsák
March TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsKuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5 Stars$50,0004–7 March 2009 Peter Barker11-6, 11-2, 11-4 Adrian Grant Ong Beng Hee Borja Golán Aamir Atlas Khan Farhan Mehboob Yasir Ali Butt Chris SimpsonIndian Challenger 2009 Kolkata, India3 Stars $30,00018–21 March 2009 Adrian Grant11-8, 11-5, 11-8 Hisham Mohd Ashour Ong Beng Hee Mohd Azlan Iskandar Mohammed Abbas Saurav Ghosal Aaron Frankcomb Amr SwelimCanary Wharf Squash Classic 2009 Canary Wharf, London, England5 Stars$52,50023–27 March 2009 David Palmer11-9, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7 James Willstrop Amr Shabana Grégory Gaultier Wael El Hindi Peter Barker Borja Golán Mohamed El Shorbagy
April TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsHurghada International 2009 Cairo, Egypt5 Stars$61,250030 March - 4 April 2009 Ramy Ashour7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 Grégory Gaultier Karim Darwish Amr Shabana Aamir Atlas Khan Farhan Mehboob Mohamed El Shorbagy Tarek MomenIrish Squash Open 2009 Dublin, Ireland2&1/2 Stars$25,00022-25 April 2009 Thierry Lincou11-7, 11-6, 11-5 Mohamed El Shorbagy Daryl Selby Joey Barrington Márk Krajcsák Julien Balbo Rob Sutherland Nicolas Müller
June TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsInternationaux De La Reunion 2009 Saint-Pierre, Reunion Island, France3 Stars$30,00024–27 June 2009 Thierry Lincou13-11, 11-3, 11-7 Laurens Jan Anjema Omar Mosaad Mohd Ali Anwar Reda Renan Lavigne Aaron Frankcomb Liam Kenny Yann Perrin
July TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsAustralian Open 2009 Clare, Australia3 Stars$30,00016–19 July 2009 Stewart Boswell11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9 Cameron Pilley Ong Beng Hee Tarek Momen Aaron Frankcomb Martin Knight Campbell Grayson Scott ArnoldMalaysian Open Squash Championships 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5 Stars$52,50029 July – 1 August 2009 Amr Shabana5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4 Nick Matthew Wael El Hindi James Willstrop Ong Beng Hee Aamir Atlas Khan Farhan Mehboob Omar Mosaad
August TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsColombian Open 2009 Bogotá, Colombia3 Stars$30,00027–30 August 2009 David Palmer12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 5-11, 12-12 rtd Borja Golán Olli Tuominen Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mohd Azlan Iskandar Eric Gálvez Arturo Salazar César Salazar
September TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsUS Open 2009 Chicago, United States5 Stars$52,5002-6 September 2009 Amr Shabana11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 12-14, 11-8 Ramy Ashour David Palmer James Willstrop Peter Barker Adrian Grant Wael El Hindi Olli Tuominen
November TournamentDateChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsSantiago Open 2009 Santiago de Compostela, Spain4 Stars$41,25011–14 November 2009 Peter Barker11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 Adrian Grant Stewart Boswell Renan Lavigne Olli Tuominen Hisham Mohd Ashour Davide Bianchetti Saurav GhosalDutch Open Squash 2009 Rotterdam, Netherlands3 Stars$40,00026–29 November 2009 Daryl Selby11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10 Cameron Pilley Laurens Jan Anjema Mohd Azlan Iskandar Tom Richards Davide Bianchetti Julian Illingworth Simon Rösner
Year end world top 10 players Rank20091 Karim Darwish940.0002 Grégory Gaultier919.3753 Amr Shabana916.8754 Nick Matthew891.2505 Ramy Ashour800.0006 James Willstrop573.1257 Peter Barker526.0008 David Palmer491.8759 Thierry Lincou443.75010 Wael El Hindi332.500
Retirements 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 2009 season:
John White (born 15 June 1973 in Mount Isa, Australia) joined the pro tour in 1991, reached the world no. 1 ranking in March 2004. Keeping the spot for two months. In 2002, he was runner-up at both the World Open against David Palmer and the British Open against Peter Nicol. He also has won major tournaments as the PSA Masters, the Davenport Virginia North American Open, the Motor City Open and the Irish Open. He retired in January after competing a last time in the Tournament of Champions. Lee Beachill (born 28 November 1977 in Pontefract, England) joined the pro tour in 1998, reached the world no. 1 ranking in October 2004. Keeping the spot for three months. In 2004, he was runner-up of the World Open against Thierry Lincou. He won 8 PSA World Tour titles including the US Open twice and the Qatar Classic. He announced his retirement in February. Shahid Zaman (born 12 August 1982 in Quetta, Pakistan) joined the pro tour in 1998, reached the singles no. 14 spot in July 2005. He won 5 PSA World Tour titles including a Pakistan Circuit in 2004 and CAOS International in 2005. He retired after competing in the Atlanta Open in May 2009.
See also 2009 Men's World Team Squash Championships PSA World Tour PSA World Rankings PSA World Series Finals PSA World Open
References
External links PSA World Tour