2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 2016 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2016 World Championship, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 27 October to 6 November 2016. Karim Abdel Gawad won his first World Championship title, defeating Ramy Ashour in the final.

Men's World Championship 2016
38th PSA Men's World Squash Championship
LocationEgypt Cairo, Egypt
Date(s)October 27 – November 6, 2016
CategoryPSA World Championship
Prize money$325,000
Results
ChampionEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad
Runner-upEgypt Ramy Ashour
Semi-finalistsEgypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
France Grégory Gaultier
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Prize money and ranking points

For 2016, the prize purse was $325,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:[1]

Prize Money World Championship (2016)
EventWFSFQF3R2R1R
Points (PSA)289019001155700410205125
Prize money$48,000$30,000$18,000$10,500$6,000$3,000$1,500

Seeds

  1. Mohamed El Shorbagy (semifinals)
  2. Grégory Gaultier (semifinals)
  3. Omar Mosaad (second round)
  4. Nick Matthew (quarterfinals)
  5. Ramy Ashour (final)
  6. Karim Abdel Gawad (champion)
  7. Marwan El Shorbagy (third round)
  8. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (third round)
  9. Mathieu Castagnet (second round)
  10. Ali Farag (quarterfinals)
  11. Tarek Momen (quarterfinals)
  12. Simon Rösner (third round)
  13. Ryan Cuskelly (first round)
  14. Cameron Pilley (first round)
  15. Fares Dessouky (quarterfinals)
  16. Max Lee (third round)

Draw and results

Finals

Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal
                     
1 Mohd El Shorbagy111111
10 Ali Farag858
1 Mohd El Shorbagy11121325
6 Karim Abdel Gawad1310111111
6 Karim Abdel Gawad111111
4 Nick Matthew949
6 Karim Abdel Gawad511112
5 Ramy Ashour11671rtd
15 Fares Dessouky6158rtd
5 Ramy Ashour111710
5 Ramy Ashour
2 Grégory Gaultierwo
11 Tarek Momen55168
2 Grégory Gaultier11111411

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
1 Mohd El Shorbagy111211
Q Rex Hedrick71091 Mohd El Shorbagy111111
Lucas Serme988 Olli Tuominen928
Olli Tuominen1111111 Mohd El Shorbagy111111
Omar Abdel Meguid111111 Karim Ali Fathi369
Nicolas Müller842 Omar Abdel Meguid1112784
Karim Ali Fathi1321311 Karim Ali Fathi710111111
14 Cameron Pilley11111161 Mohd El Shorbagy111111
10 Ali Farag111111110 Ali Farag858
Declan James9811210 Ali Farag51111911
Q Jaymie Haycocks9115114 James Willstrop1118115
James Willstrop1191191110 Ali Farag1161111
Mohamed Reda1111118 Miguel Á. Rodríguez41197
Q Eain Yow Ng997 Mohamed Reda992
Q Mahesh Mangaonkar119638 Miguel Á. Rodríguez111111
8 Miguel Á. Rodríguez4111111

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
6 Karim Abdel Gawad99111111
Q Nathan Lake11117366 Karim Abdel Gawad11115711
Q Shehab Essam344 Mohamed Abouelghar8911119
Mohamed Abouelghar1111116 Karim Abdel Gawad7111111
Chris Simpson11131116 Max Lee11366
Q Alister Walker2119 Chris Simpson967
Zahed Mohamed9116316 Max Lee111111
16 Max Lee11911116 Karim Abdel Gawad111111
12 Simon Rösner1111114 Nick Matthew949
Diego Elías92812 Simon Rösner111112
Q Karim El Hammamy121143 César Salazar8610
César Salazar1013111112 Simon Rösner119710
Leo Au1111114 Nick Matthew6111112
Q Lance Beddoes445 Leo Au778
Campbell Grayson7114114 Nick Matthew111111
4 Nick Matthew1161113

Bottom half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
3 Omar Mosaad111111
Q Shawn Delierre6653 Omar Mosaad118101110
Alan Clyne11101010 Mohd Nafi. Adnan61112112
Mohd Nafi. Adnan9121212 Mohd Nafi. Adnan11116126
Grégoire Marche1111121115 Fares Dessouky136111011
WC Youssef Ibrahim137104 Grégoire Marche115119
Joe Lee66515 Fares Dessouky1311811
15 Fares Dessouky11111115 Fares Dessouky6158rtd
9 Mathieu Castagnet11116115 Ramy Ashour111710
Q Mazen Gamal631179 Mathieu Castagnet888
Tom Richardsw/o Daryl Selby111111
Daryl Selby Daryl Selby61158
LL Evan Williams11375 Ramy Ashour1181111
Stephen Coppinger131111 Stephen Coppinger368
Todd Harrity3545 Ramy Ashour111111
5 Ramy Ashour111111

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarter finals
7 Marwan El Shorbagy121111
Raphael Kandra10617 Marwan El Shorbagy1111911
Q Joshua Masters111067 Ben Coleman74113
Ben Coleman51211117 Marwan El Shorbagy9118113
Abdulla Al Tamimi117119611 Tarek Momen11911911
Q Youssef Soliman81151111Q Youssef Soliman71435
Q Peter Creed810611 Tarek Momen11121111
11 Tarek Momen11121111 Tarek Momen55168
13 Ryan Cuskelly7101192 Grégory Gaultier11111411
Q Jens Schoor1112811Q Jens Schoor12496
Q Joel Makin96116 Tsz Fung Yip10111111
Tsz Fung Yip1111811 Tsz Fung Yip826
Saurav Ghosal111111122 Grégory Gaultier111111
Adrian Waller713910 Saurav Ghosal723
Paul Coll6101182 Grégory Gaultier111111
2 Grégory Gaultier1112611

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See also

References

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