2021 Men's British Open Squash Championship

The Men's 2021 Allam British Open was the men's edition of the 2021 British Open Squash Championships, which is a 2020–21 PSA World Tour event. The event took place at the Sports Complex at the University of Hull in Hull in England between 16 and 22 August 2021.[1] The event was sponsored by Dr Assem Allam.[2]

British Open
Men's British Open
Details
Event name2021 Allam British Open
LocationHull, England
VenueUniversity of Hull Sports Complex
Dates16–22 August 2021
Men's PSA World Tour
Prize money$165,000
Year2020–21 PSA World Tour
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The event was arranged for June instead of May because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and then rearranged for August. The 2020 event had also been cancelled due to the pandemic.[3]

New Zealand's Paul Coll defeated Egypt's Ali Farag and becomes first New Zealander to win the British Open men's squash title.[4][5]

Seeds

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  1.   Ali Farag (runner-up)
  2.   Mohamed Elshorbagy (semi-finals)
  3.   Paul Coll (champion)
  4.   Marwan Elshorbagy (quarter-finals)
  5.   Karim Abdel Gawad (second round)
  6.   Fares Dessouky (second round)
  7.   Diego Elías (quarter-finals)
  8.   Mostafa Asal (quarter-finals)

Draw and results

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Semi-finals and final

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Semi-finals Final
              
1   Ali Farag 11 11 11
  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 5 4 6
1   Ali Farag 11 6 6 8
3   Paul Coll 6 11 11 11
3   Paul Coll 11 11 11
2   Mohamed Elshorbagy 8 7 5

Main Draw

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Top half

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First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
1   Ali Farag
[Bye] 1   Ali Farag 11 11 11 11
[Bye]   Greg Lobban 13 3 7 2
9/16   Greg Lobban 1   Ali Farag 10 9 11 11 11
9/16   Mohamed Abouelghar   Mohamed Abouelghar 12 11 5 6 9
[Bye]   Mohamed Abouelghar 10 11 12 11
[Bye]   Adrian Waller 12 9 10 7
9/16   Adrian Waller 1   Ali Farag 9 11 7 12 11
9/16   Omar Mosaad 8   Mostafa Asal 11 0 11 10 8
[Bye]   Omar Mosaad 11 12 11
  Shahjahan Khan 8 7 11 12 6   Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi 2 10 5
17/32   Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi 11 11 4 10 11   Omar Mosaad 8 3 6
17/32   George Parker 11 11 13 8   Mostafa Asal 11 11 11
WC   Sam Todd 7 7 11   George Parker 3 4 8 Semi-finals
[Bye] 8   Mostafa Asal 11 11 11
8   Mostafa Asal 1   Ali Farag 11 11 11
5   Karim Abdel Gawad   Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 5 4 6
[Bye] 5   Karim Abdel Gawad 7 11 5 11 2
  Benjamin Aubert 6 4 4   Eain Yow Ng 11 7 11 7 11
17/32   Eain Yow Ng 11 11 11   Eain Yow Ng 13 13 12 11 4
17/32   Tom Richards 7 9 3   Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 15 11 14 8 11
  Todd Harrity 11 11 11   Todd Harrity 8 9 4
[Bye]   Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 11 11 11
9/16   Miguel Ángel Rodríguez   Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 11 11 9 11 13
17/32   Raphael Kandra 12 11 8 11 4   Marwan ElShorbagy 13 6 11 4 11
  Karim El Hammamy 10 6 11 3   Raphael Kandra 11 11 9 11
  Ben Coleman 5 4 5   Victor Crouin 9 6 11 9
17/32   Victor Crouin 11 11 11   Raphael Kandra 10 8 10
17/32   Daryl Selby 11 8 7 9 4   Marwan ElShorbagy 12 11 12
WC   Nick Wall 8 11 11 11   Nick Wall 7 8 11 8
[Bye] 4   Marwan ElShorbagy 11 11 9 11
4   Marwan ElShorbagy

Bottom half

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First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals
3   Paul Coll
[Bye] 3   Paul Coll 11 11 12
  Sebastien Bonmalais 6 8 11 5   Youssef Ibrahim 8 7 10
17/32   Youssef Ibrahim 11 11 9 11 3   Paul Coll 5 12 7 11 11
9/16   Mazen Hesham   Mazen Hesham 11 10 11 2 4
[Bye]   Mazen Hesham 11 11 11
  Rui Soares 11 3 5 5   Nicolas Müller 7 4 7
17/32   Nicolas Müller 9 11 11 11 3   Paul Coll 13 11 13
9/16   Gregoire Marche 7   Diego Elías 11 9 11
[Bye]   Gregoire Marche 11 11 11
  Nathan Lake 11 5 6 9   Borja Golan 8 9 8
17/32   Borja Golan 8 11 11 11   Gregoire Marche 9 7 3
17/32   Mathieu Castagnet 7 7 11 11 11 7   Diego Elías 11 11 11
  Ramit Tandon 11 11 7 3 4   Mathieu Castagnet 7 11 6 3 Semi-finals
[Bye] 7   Diego Elías 11 2 11 11
7   Diego Elías 3   Paul Coll 11 11 11
6   Fares Dessouky 2   Mohamed Elshorbagy 8 7 5
[Bye] 6   Fares Dessouky 11 11 7 2 8
  Richie Fallows 7 4 3   Youssef Soliman 7 5 11 11 11
17/32   Youssef Soliman 11 11 11   Youssef Soliman w/o
17/32   Alan Clyne 11 11 11   Iker Pajares Bernabeu
  Auguste Dussourd 9 5 3   Alan Clyne 4 3 11 11 7
  Bernat Jaume 12 6 7 6   Iker Pajares Bernabeu 11 11 4 9 11
17/32   Iker Pajares Bernabeu 10 11 11 11   Youssef Soliman 4 11 7 12 7
17/32   Baptiste Masotti 11 11 9 11 2   Mohamed Elshorbagy 11 7 11 10 11
  Joshua Masters 3 1 11 2   Baptiste Masotti 11 7 11 3 11
  Dimitri Steinmann 11 6 11 11 9   Lucas Serme 8 11 4 11 4
17/32   Lucas Serme 8 11 13 9 11   Baptiste Masotti 7 11 11 7
9/16   Joel Makin 2   Mohamed Elshorbagy 11 8 13 11
[Bye]   Joel Makin 10 11 7 11 6
[Bye] 2   Mohamed Elshorbagy 12 6 11 3 11
2   Mohamed Elshorbagy

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Draw". Allam British Open. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 ALLAM BRITISH OPEN FOR JUNE". British Open Squash. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 ALLAM BRITISH OPEN PROVISIONALLY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Squash: Paul Coll wins British Open becoming first Kiwi male to claim title". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  5. ^ "New Zealand's Coll and Egypt's El Sherbini Capture 2021 Allam British Open Titles - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.