2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 2016 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2016 World Championship, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 27 October to 6 November 2016. Karim Abdel Gawad won his first World Championship title, defeating Ramy Ashour in the final.

Men's World Championship 2016
38th PSA Men's World Squash Championship
LocationEgypt Cairo, Egypt
Date(s)October 27 – November 6, 2016
CategoryPSA World Championship
Prize money$325,000
Results
ChampionEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad
Runner-upEgypt Ramy Ashour
Semi-finalistsEgypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
France Grégory Gaultier
← 2015 United States England 2017 →

Prize money and ranking points

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For 2016, the prize purse was $325,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:[1]

Prize Money World Championship (2016)
Event W F SF QF 3R 2R 1R
Points (PSA) 2890 1900 1155 700 410 205 125
Prize money $48,000 $30,000 $18,000 $10,500 $6,000 $3,000 $1,500

Seeds

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  1.   Mohamed El Shorbagy (semifinals)
  2.   Grégory Gaultier (semifinals)
  3.   Omar Mosaad (second round)
  4.   Nick Matthew (quarterfinals)
  5.   Ramy Ashour (final)
  6.   Karim Abdel Gawad (champion)
  7.   Marwan El Shorbagy (third round)
  8.   Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (third round)
  9.   Mathieu Castagnet (second round)
  10.   Ali Farag (quarterfinals)
  11.   Tarek Momen (quarterfinals)
  12.   Simon Rösner (third round)
  13.   Ryan Cuskelly (first round)
  14.   Cameron Pilley (first round)
  15.   Fares Dessouky (quarterfinals)
  16.   Max Lee (third round)

Draw and results

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Finals

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Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                     
1   Mohd El Shorbagy 11 11 11
10   Ali Farag 8 5 8
1   Mohd El Shorbagy 11 12 13 2 5
6   Karim Abdel Gawad 13 10 11 11 11
6   Karim Abdel Gawad 11 11 11
4   Nick Matthew 9 4 9
6   Karim Abdel Gawad 5 11 11 2
5   Ramy Ashour 11 6 7 1 rtd
15   Fares Dessouky 6 15 8 rtd
5   Ramy Ashour 11 17 10
5   Ramy Ashour
2   Grégory Gaultier wo
11   Tarek Momen 5 5 16 8
2   Grégory Gaultier 11 11 14 11

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarter finals
1   Mohd El Shorbagy 11 12 11
Q   Rex Hedrick 7 10 9 1   Mohd El Shorbagy 11 11 11
  Lucas Serme 9 8 8   Olli Tuominen 9 2 8
  Olli Tuominen 11 11 11 1   Mohd El Shorbagy 11 11 11
  Omar Abdel Meguid 11 11 11   Karim Ali Fathi 3 6 9
  Nicolas Müller 8 4 2   Omar Abdel Meguid 11 12 7 8 4
  Karim Ali Fathi 13 2 13 11   Karim Ali Fathi 7 10 11 11 11
14   Cameron Pilley 11 11 11 6 1   Mohd El Shorbagy 11 11 11
10   Ali Farag 11 11 1 11 10   Ali Farag 8 5 8
  Declan James 9 8 11 2 10   Ali Farag 5 11 11 9 11
Q   Jaymie Haycocks 9 11 5 11 4   James Willstrop 11 1 8 11 5
  James Willstrop 11 9 11 9 11 10   Ali Farag 11 6 11 11
  Mohamed Reda 11 11 11 8   Miguel Á. Rodríguez 4 11 9 7
Q   Eain Yow 9 9 7   Mohamed Reda 9 9 2
Q   Mahesh Mangaonkar 11 9 6 3 8   Miguel Á. Rodríguez 11 11 11
8   Miguel Á. Rodríguez 4 11 11 11

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarter finals
6   Karim Abdel Gawad 9 9 11 11 11
Q   Nathan Lake 11 11 7 3 6 6   Karim Abdel Gawad 11 11 5 7 11
Q   Shehab Essam 3 4 4   Mohamed Abouelghar 8 9 11 11 9
  Mohamed Abouelghar 11 11 11 6   Karim Abdel Gawad 7 11 11 11
  Chris Simpson 11 13 11 16   Max Lee 11 3 6 6
Q   Alister Walker 2 11 9   Chris Simpson 9 6 7
  Zahed Mohamed 9 11 6 3 16   Max Lee 11 11 11
16   Max Lee 11 9 11 11 6   Karim Abdel Gawad 11 11 11
12   Simon Rösner 11 11 11 4   Nick Matthew 9 4 9
  Diego Elías 9 2 8 12   Simon Rösner 11 11 12
Q   Karim El Hammamy 12 11 4 3   César Salazar 8 6 10
  César Salazar 10 13 11 11 12   Simon Rösner 11 9 7 10
  Leo Au 11 11 11 4   Nick Matthew 6 11 11 12
Q   Lance Beddoes 4 4 5   Leo Au 7 7 8
  Campbell Grayson 7 11 4 11 4   Nick Matthew 11 11 11
4   Nick Matthew 11 6 11 13

Bottom half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarter finals
3   Omar Mosaad 11 11 11
Q   Shawn Delierre 6 6 5 3   Omar Mosaad 11 8 10 11 10
  Alan Clyne 11 10 10 10   Mohd Nafi. Adnan 6 11 12 1 12
  Mohd Nafi. Adnan 9 12 12 12   Mohd Nafi. Adnan 11 11 6 12 6
  Grégoire Marche 11 11 12 11 15   Fares Dessouky 13 6 11 10 11
WC   Youssef Ibrahim 13 7 10 4   Grégoire Marche 11 5 11 9
  Joe Lee 6 6 5 15   Fares Dessouky 13 11 8 11
15   Fares Dessouky 11 11 11 15   Fares Dessouky 6 15 8 rtd
9   Mathieu Castagnet 11 11 6 11 5   Ramy Ashour 11 17 10
Q   Mazen Gamal 6 3 11 7 9   Mathieu Castagnet 8 8 8
  Tom Richards w/o   Daryl Selby 11 11 11
  Daryl Selby   Daryl Selby 6 11 5 8
LL   Evan Williams 11 3 7 5   Ramy Ashour 11 8 11 11
  Stephen Coppinger 13 11 11   Stephen Coppinger 3 6 8
  Todd Harrity 3 5 4 5   Ramy Ashour 11 11 11
5   Ramy Ashour 11 11 11

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarter finals
7   Marwan El Shorbagy 12 11 11
  Raphael Kandra 10 6 1 7   Marwan El Shorbagy 11 11 9 11
Q   Joshua Masters 11 10 6 7   Ben Coleman 7 4 11 3
  Ben Coleman 5 12 11 11 7   Marwan El Shorbagy 9 11 8 11 3
  Abdulla Al Tamimi 11 7 11 9 6 11   Tarek Momen 11 9 11 9 11
Q   Youssef Soliman 8 11 5 11 11 Q   Youssef Soliman 7 14 3 5
Q   Peter Creed 8 10 6 11   Tarek Momen 11 12 11 11
11   Tarek Momen 11 12 11 11   Tarek Momen 5 5 16 8
13   Ryan Cuskelly 7 10 11 9 2   Grégory Gaultier 11 11 14 11
Q   Jens Schoor 11 12 8 11 Q   Jens Schoor 12 4 9 6
Q   Joel Makin 9 6 11 6   Tsz Fung Yip 10 11 11 11
  Tsz Fung Yip 11 11 8 11   Tsz Fung Yip 8 2 6
  Saurav Ghosal 11 11 11 12 2   Grégory Gaultier 11 11 11
  Adrian Waller 7 13 9 10   Saurav Ghosal 7 2 3
  Paul Coll 6 10 11 8 2   Grégory Gaultier 11 11 11
2   Grégory Gaultier 11 12 6 11

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World open Prize Money" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  2. ^ "Tournaments - Professional Squash Association".
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