2009 PSA World Tour

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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.

PSA World Tour 2009
Details
Event namePSA World Tour 2009
Tournaments120
CategoriesPSA 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 1Egypt Karim Darwish
(11 months)
France Grégory Gaultier
(1 month)
World ChampionEgypt Amr Shabana
Awards
Player of the yearEgypt Karim Darwish
Young player of the yearEgypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
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2009 Calendar

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World Open
World Series Platinum
World Series Gold & Silver
5 Stars
4 Stars
Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists Round of 16
World Open 2009
  Kuwait City, Kuwait
World Open
$277,500 - Draw
1–7 November 2009   Amr Shabana
11–8, 11–5, 11–5
  Ramy Ashour   Grégory Gaultier
  James Willstrop
  Nick Matthew
  Peter Barker
  Thierry Lincou
  Wael El Hindi
  Karim Darwish
  Ong Beng Hee
  Laurens Jan Anjema
  Alister Walker
  Cameron Pilley
  Hisham Mohd Ashour
  Daryl Selby
  Tarek Momen

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
Final tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Round Robin
PSA World Series Finals 2009
  Queen's Club, London, England
PSA World Series Finals
$110,000
14–17 March 2009   Grégory Gaultier
11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5
  Thierry Lincou   Karim Darwish
  Amr Shabana
  Ramy Ashour
  James Willstrop
  David Palmer
  Wael El Hindi

Stars

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

January

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Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Motor City Open 2009
  Detroit, United States
3 Stars
$30,000
30 January - 2 February 2009   Borja Golán
10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 14-12
  Adrian Grant   Olli Tuominen
  Tarek Momen
  Laurens Jan Anjema
  Stewart Boswell
  Hisham Mohd Ashour
  Shahier Razik

February

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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

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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

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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

June

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Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Internationaux De La Reunion 2009
  Saint-Pierre, Reunion Island, France
3 Stars
$30,000
24–27 June 2009   Thierry Lincou
13-11, 11-3, 11-7
  Laurens Jan Anjema   Omar Mosaad
  Mohd Ali Anwar Reda
  Renan Lavigne
  Aaron Frankcomb
  Liam Kenny
  Yann Perrin

July

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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

August

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Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Colombian Open 2009
  Bogota, Colombia
3 Stars
$30,000
27–30 August 2009   David Palmer
12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 5-11, 12-12 rtd
  Borja Golán   Olli Tuominen
  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
  Mohd Azlan Iskandar
  Eric Gálvez
  Arturo Salazar
  César Salazar

September

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Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
US Open 2009
  Chicago, United States
5 Stars
$52,500
2-6 September 2009   Amr Shabana
11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 12-14, 11-8
  Ramy Ashour   David Palmer
  James Willstrop
  Peter Barker
  Adrian Grant
  Wael El Hindi
  Olli Tuominen

November

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Calendar". psaworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  2. ^ "John White profile".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Bye Bye Beach ..." 10 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Shahid Zaman profile".[permanent dead link]
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