2009 PSA World Tour explained

Type:	PSA
PSA World Tour 2009
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)
World Number 1:	Karim Darwish (11 months) Grégory Gaultier (1 month)
World Champion:	Amr Shabana
Player Of The Year:	Karim Darwish
Young Player Of The Year:	Mohamed El Shorbagy
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	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

Super Series

Prize money: $92,500 and more

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

Stars

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

February

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Swedish Open 2009 Linköping, Sweden 5 Stars $60,000	5–8 February 2009	Nick Matthew w/o	Karim Darwish	James Willstrop Mohamed El Shorbagy	Aamir Atlas Khan Omar Mosaad Joey Barrington Davide Bianchetti
Bluenose Classic 2009 Halifax, Canada 4 Stars $40,000	5–8 February 2009	David Palmer 11-5, 11-5, 11-7	Peter Barker	Borja Golán Laurens Jan Anjema	Cameron Pilley Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Chris Ryder Shawn Delierre
Finnish Open 2009 Mikkeli, Finland 2&1/2 Stars $25,000	12–15 February 2009	Olli Tuominen 4-11, 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

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

April

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Hurghada International 2009 Cairo, Egypt 5 Stars $61,2500	30 March - 4 April 2009	Ramy Ashour 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8	Grégory Gaultier	Karim Darwish Amr Shabana	Aamir Atlas Khan Farhan Mehboob Mohamed El Shorbagy Tarek Momen
Irish Squash Open 2009 Dublin, Ireland 2&1/2 Stars $25,000	22-25 April 2009	Thierry Lincou 11-7, 11-6, 11-5	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Daryl Selby Joey Barrington	Márk Krajcsák Julien Balbo Rob Sutherland Nicolas Müller

July

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

November

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Santiago Open 2009 Santiago de Compostela, Spain 4 Stars $41,250	11–14 November 2009	Peter Barker 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9	Adrian Grant	Stewart Boswell Renan Lavigne	Olli Tuominen Hisham Mohd Ashour Davide Bianchetti Saurav Ghosal
Dutch Open Squash 2009 Rotterdam, Netherlands 3 Stars $40,000	26–29 November 2009	Daryl Selby 11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10	Cameron Pilley	Laurens Jan Anjema Mohd Azlan Iskandar	Tom Richards Davide Bianchetti Julian Illingworth Simon Rösner

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Year end world top 10 players

Rank	2009
1	Karim Darwish	940.000
2	Grégory Gaultier	919.375
3	Amr Shabana	916.875
4	Nick Matthew	891.250
5	Ramy Ashour	800.000
6	James Willstrop	573.125
7	Peter Barker	526.000
8	David Palmer	491.875
9	Thierry Lincou	443.750
10	Wael El Hindi	332.500

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.^[2]
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.^[3]
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.^[4]

External links

PSA World Tour

Notes and References

Web site: Calendar . psaworldtour.com . 2012-06-17 . 2012-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120623011039/http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/FindTournaments . dead .
Web site: John White profile.
Web site: Bye Bye Beach .... 10 February 2009.
Web site: Shahid Zaman profile.