2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals explained

PSA World Tour Finals
Number:2
Series:Women's PSA World Tour Finals
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Venue:Mall of Arabia
Dates:28 Sep.–3 Oct. 2020
Prize Money:$185,000
Semi-Finalists:
Prev:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 Women's PSA World Series Finals was the second women's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000) after the renaming of PSA World Series. The top 8 players in the 2019–20 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event took place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 28 September–3 October 2020.

It was the second edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB remains as the title sponsor.

Defending champion Raneem El Weleily could not defend last year title as she announced its retirement on 25 June 2020. Hania El Hammamy won its first PSA Finals in his first Finals appearance after defeating compatriot Nour El Tayeb 3–2 in the Final. El Hammamy went 2–0 down, but managed to turn it around to win 3–2.[1]

PSA World Ranking Points

PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows:

Match points distribution

Points towards the standings are awarded when the following scores:

Match scorePoints
2–0 win 4 points
2–1 win 3 points
1–2 loss 1 point
0–2 loss 0 point

Qualification & Seeds

Qualification

Top eight players at 2019–20 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals.

Seeds

Group stage results

Times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00). To the best of three games.

Group A

DateTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
28 September 18:00 11–9, 11–1
28 September 19:30 11–7, 12–10
29 September 19:30 11–6, 11–7
29 September 21:00 7–11, 13–11, 8–11
30 September 21:00 11–7, 12–10
1 October 18:00 10–12, 7–11

Standings

Group B

DateTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
28 September 21:00 11–5, 11–5
29 September 18:00 11–9, 10–12, 7–11
30 September 18:00 8–11, 5–11
30 September 19:30 12–10, 11–8
1 October 19:30 8–11, 11–3, 11–7
1 October 21:00 9–11, 5–11

Standings

Knockout stage

Semifinal

To the best of three games.

DateTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
2 October 18:30 11–5, 6–11, 3–11
2 October 19:45 18–20, 11–8, 11–2

Final

To the best of five games.


See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Tour Finals: El Hammamy Comes Back from 2-0 Down to Beat El Tayeb. 3 October 2020. psaworldtour.com.