2009 PSA World Tour

PSA World Tour 2009
Details
Event name PSA World Tour 2009
Tournaments 120
Categories PSA World Championship
PSA World Series (8)
PSA World Series Finals
PSA Stars (over 2&1/2) (16)
PSA Stars (under 2&1/2) (94)
Website
www.psaworldtour.com
Achievements
World Number 1 Egypt Karim Darwish
(11 months)
France Gregory Gaultier
(1 month)
World Champion Egypt Amr Shabana
Awards
Player of the year Egypt Karim Darwish
Young player of the year Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
 2008 2010 

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 Open
World Series Platinum
World Series Gold & Silver
5 Stars
4 Stars

World Open

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsRound of 16
World Open 2009
Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
World Open
$277,500 - Draw
1–7 November 2009 Egypt Amr Shabana
11–8, 11–5, 11–5
Egypt Ramy Ashour France Gregory Gaultier
England James Willstrop
England Nick Matthew
England Peter Barker
France Thierry Lincou
Egypt Wael El Hindi
Egypt Karim Darwish
Malaysia Ong Beng Hee
Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema
Botswana Alister Walker
Australia Cameron Pilley
Egypt Hisham Mohd Ashour
England Daryl Selby
Egypt Tarek Momen

Super Series

Prize money: $92,500 and more

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Tournament of Champions 2009
United States New York City, United States
Super Series Gold
$117,500
23–29 January 2009 France Gregory Gaultier
11-9, 2-11, 11-8, 11-4
England Nick Matthew Egypt Karim Darwish
Egypt Ramy Ashour
England James Willstrop
Australia David Palmer
France Thierry Lincou
Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
North American Open 2009
United States Richmond, Virginia, United States
World Series Silver
$93,750
23–28 February 2009 Egypt Ramy Ashour
11-8, 13-11, 10-12, 5-11, 11-8
England Nick Matthew Egypt Karim Darwish
England Gregory Gaultier
Egypt Amr Shabana
Australia David Palmer
France Thierry Lincou
Egypt Wael El Hindi
British Open 2009
England Manchester, England
Super Series Silver
$92,500
10-14 September 2009 England Nick Matthew
8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3, 12-10
England James Willstrop Egypt Amr Shabana
England Peter Barker
France Gregory Gaultier
Australia David Palmer
Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
England Daryl Selby
Sky Open 2009
Egypt Cairo, Egypt
Super Series Platinum
$147,500
19-23 September 2009 Egypt Karim Darwish
11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3
France Gregory Gaultier Egypt Ramy Ashour
Botswana Alister Walker
Egypt Amr Shabana
Egypt Wael El Hindi
England James Willstrop
Australia Cameron Pilley
Hong Kong Open 2009
Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
Super Series Platinum
$145,000
14–18 October 2009 Egypt Amr Shabana
11-9, 9-11, 11-3, 5-2 rtd
France Gregory Gaultier Egypt Karim Darwish
England James Willstrop
Egypt Ramy Ashour
France Thierry Lincou
England Daryl Selby
Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
Qatar Classic 2009
Qatar Doha, Qatar
Super Series Platinum
$147,500
19–23 November 2009 England Nick Matthew
11-5, 12-10, 11-6
Egypt Karim Darwish Egypt Ramy Ashour
England Peter Barker
Australia David Palmer
England James Willstrop
France Thierry Lincou
Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan
PSA Masters 2009
India New Delhi, India
Super Series Platinum
$152,500
5–10 December 2009 Egypt Ramy Ashour
11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9
England Nick Matthew Egypt Amr Shabana
England Peter Barker
Australia David Palmer
France Thierry Lincou
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema
Saudi International 2009
Saudi Arabia Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Super Series Platinum
$250,000
13–18 December 2009 Egypt Ramy Ashour
11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8
England Nick Matthew Australia David Palmer
England Adrian Grant
France Thierry Lincou
Egypt Wael El Hindi
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan

World Series Finals

Final tournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsRound Robin
PSA World Series Finals 2009
England Queen's Club, London, England
PSA World Series Finals
$110,000
14–17 March 2009 France Gregory Gaultier
11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5
France Thierry Lincou Egypt Karim Darwish
Egypt Amr Shabana
Egypt Ramy Ashour
England James Willstrop
Australia David Palmer
Egypt Wael El Hindi

Stars

Prize money: between $25,000 (2&1/2 Stars) and $50,000 (5 Stars)

January

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Motor City Open 2009
United States Detroit, United States
3 Stars
$30,000
30 January - 2 February 2009 Spain Borja Golan
10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 14-12
England Adrian Grant Finland Olli Tuominen
Egypt Tarek Momen
Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema
Australia Stewart Boswell
Egypt Hisham Mohd Ashour
Canada Shahier Razik

February

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Swedish Open 2009
Sweden Linköping, Sweden
5 Stars
$60,000
5–8 February 2009 England Nick Matthew
w/o
Egypt Karim Darwish England James Willstrop
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan
Egypt Omar Mosaad
England Joey Barrington
Italy Davide Bianchetti
Bluenose Classic 2009
Canada Halifax, Canada
4 Stars
$40,000
5–8 February 2009 Australia David Palmer
11-5, 11-5, 11-7
England Peter Barker Spain Borja Golan
Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema
Australia Cameron Pilley
Colombia Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
England Chris Ryder
Canada Shawn Delierre
Finnish Open 2009
Finland Mikkeli, Finland
2&1/2 Stars
$25,000
12–15 February 2009 Finland Olli Tuominen
4-11, 5-11, 11-9, 6-1 rtd
Australia Stewart Boswell Egypt Omar Mosaad
Egypt Omar Abdel Aziz
Egypt Hisham Mohd Ashour
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
Italy Davide Bianchetti
Hungary Mark Krajcsak

March

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships 2009
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5 Stars
$50,000
4–7 March 2009 England Peter Barker
11-6, 11-2, 11-4
England Adrian Grant Malaysia Ong Beng Hee
Spain Borja Golan
Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan
Pakistan Farhan Mehboob
Pakistan Yasir Ali Butt
England Chris Simpson
Indian Challenger 2009
India Kolkata, India
3 Stars
$30,000
18–21 March 2009 England Adrian Grant
11-8, 11-5, 11-8
Egypt Hisham Mohd Ashour Malaysia Ong Beng Hee
Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
Egypt Mohammed Abbas
India Saurav Ghosal
Australia Aaron Frankcomb
India Amr Swelim
Canary Wharf Squash Classic 2009
England Canary Wharf, London, England
5 Stars
$52,500
23–27 March 2009 Australia David Palmer
11-9, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7
England James Willstrop Egypt Amr Shabana
France Gregory Gaultier
Egypt Wael El Hindi
England Peter Barker
Spain Borja Golan
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy

April

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Hurghada International 2009
Egypt Cairo, Egypt
5 Stars
$61,2500
30 March - 4 April 2009 Egypt Ramy Ashour
7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8
France Gregory Gaultier Egypt Karim Darwish
Egypt Amr Shabana
Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan
Pakistan Farhan Mehboob
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
Egypt Tarek Momen
Irish Squash Open 2009
Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland
2&1/2 Stars
$25,000
22-25 April 2009 France Thierry Lincou
11-7, 11-6, 11-5
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy England Daryl Selby
England Joey Barrington
Hungary Mark Krajcsak
France Julien Balbo
Wales Rob Sutherland
Switzerland Nicolas Mueller

June

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Internationaux De La Reunion 2009
France Saint-Pierre, Reunion Island, France
3 Stars
$30,000
24–27 June 2009 France Thierry Lincou
13-11, 11-3, 11-7
Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema Egypt Omar Mosaad
Egypt Mohd Ali Anwar Reda
France Renan Lavigne
Australia Aaron Frankcomb
Republic of Ireland Liam Kenny
France Yann Perrin

July

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Australian Open 2009
Australia Clare, Australia
3 Stars
$30,000
16–19 July 2009 Australia Stewart Boswell
11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9
Australia Cameron Pilley Malaysia Ong Beng Hee
Egypt Tarek Momen
Australia Aaron Frankcomb
New Zealand Martin Knight
New Zealand Campbell Grayson
Australia Scott Arnold
Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2009
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5 Stars
$52,500
29 July – 1 August 2009 Egypt Amr Shabana
5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4
England Nick Matthew Egypt Wael El Hindi
England James Willstrop
Egypt Ong Beng Hee
Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan
Pakistan Farhan Mehboob
Egypt Omar Mosaad

August

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Colombian Open 2009
Colombia Bogota, Colombia
3 Stars
$30,000
27–30 August 2009 Australia David Palmer
12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 5-11, 12-12 rtd
Spain Borja Golan Finland Olli Tuominen
Colombia Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
Mexico Eric Galvez
Mexico Arturo Salazar
Mexico César Salazar

September

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
US Open 2009
United States Chicago, United States
5 Stars
$52,500
2-6 September 2009 Egypt Amr Shabana
11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 12-14, 11-8
Egypt Ramy Ashour Australia David Palmer
England James Willstrop
England Peter Barker
England Adrian Grant
Egypt Wael El Hindi
Finland Olli Tuominen

November

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Santiago Open 2009
Spain Santiago de Compostela, Spain
4 Stars
$41,250
11–14 November 2009 England Peter Barker
11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9
England Adrian Grant Australia Stewart Boswell
France Renan Lavigne
Finland Olli Tuominen
Egypt Hisham Mohd Ashour
Italy Davide Bianchetti
India Saurav Ghosal
Dutch Open Squash 2009
Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
3 Stars
$40,000
26–29 November 2009 England Daryl Selby
11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10
Australia Cameron Pilley Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema
Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
England Tom Richards
Italy Davide Bianchetti
United States Julian Illingworth
Germany Simon Rosner

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Year end world top 10 players

Rank 2009
1Egypt Karim Darwish940.000
2France Grégory Gaultier919.375
3Egypt Amr Shabana916.875
4England Nick Matthew891.250
5Egypt Ramy Ashour800.000
6England James Willstrop573.125
7England Peter Barker526.000
8Australia David Palmer491.875
9France Thierry Lincou443.750
10Egypt 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:

See also

References

  1. "Calendar". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  2. "John White profile".
  3. "Bye Bye Beach ...". 10 February 2009.
  4. "Shahid Zaman profile".

External links

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