Squash World Championship 2011

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The 33 Squash World Cup ( English PSA World Championship ) Men found from October 28 to November 6, 2011 at the Luxor Theater in Rotterdam , The Netherlands instead. It was the most valuable tournament on the PSA World Tour 2011/12 .

Englishman Nick Matthew managed to successfully defend his title from last year. After smooth wins over Stéphane Galifi and Tarek Momen , Matthew had to walk the full distance of five sets before he could defeat Mohamed Elshorbagy, who was ninth . In the quarterfinals he defeated Peter Barker 3-1, in the semifinals the third-placed Egyptian Karim Darwish clearly 3-0. In the final, he met six-seeded French Grégory Gaultier , who for his part had initially clearly won against Dylan Bennett and César Salazar . Gaultier was also only able to win his round of 16 against Laurens Jan Anjema in the fifth set , before he subsequently benefited from the injury-related abandonment of Ramy Ashour . In the semifinals, he defeated the four seeded Englishman James Willstrop 3-0. In the final, Nick Matthew had the upper hand with 9:11, 11: 9, 11: 6 and 11: 5. It was his second title after 2010 when he defeated James Willstrop in the final. For Grégory Gaultier it was already the third final at a world championship that he lost, as in 2006 and 2007. Nick Matthew became the first squash player since Jansher Khan to defend his world title from last year. Khan did this for the last time in 1996.

A total of three players from German-speaking countries took part in the main round: Raphael Kandra from Germany initially successfully qualified, but had no chance against Cameron Pilley in the first round . The second German player, Simon Rösner , was eliminated after the opening round in the second round against the Egyptian Mohamed Elshorbagy. The only Swiss participant in the main field, Nicolas Müller , also only reached the second round, in which he lost to Ramy Ashour in five sets. Jens Schoor from Germany (defeat in the second qualifying round), Aqeel Rehman from Austria and Reiko Peter from Switzerland (both defeats in the first qualifying round) competed in the qualification.

David Palmer , world champion in 2002 and 2006, ended his active professional career after losing to Karim Darwish in the quarter-finals at the age of 35.

There were a total of 64 participants in the main field, the 16 best players were seeded. The 32 best participants in the following started directly in the first round, the other 16 starting positions were determined through a qualification. A total of 64 players competed in the qualification. Thus a total of 112 players were involved in the 2011 World Cup.

Prize money and world ranking points

At the Squash World Cup 2011, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 275,000.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	2890	$ 40,000
final	1900	$ 25,000
Semifinals	1155	$ 15,000
Quarter finals	700	$ 8,750
Round of 16	410	$ 5,000
Second round	205	$ 2,500
First round	125	$ 1,250

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Nick Matthew victory 02.  Ramy Ashour Quarter finals 03.  Karim Darwish Semifinals 04th  James Willstrop Semifinals 05.  Amr Shabana Quarter finals 06th  Grégory Gaultier final 07th  Peter Barker Quarter finals 08th.  David Palmer Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09.  Mohamed Elshorbagy Round of 16 10.  Thierry Lincou Round of 16 11.  Daryl Selby 2nd round 12.  Laurens Jan Anjema Round of 16 13.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar 2nd round 14th  Omar Mosaad 2nd round 15th  Hisham Ashour Round of 16 16.  Cameron Pilley Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

	Semifinals									final
	1	Nick Matthew	11	11	11
	3	Karim Darwish	9	9	1
										1	Nick Matthew	6th	11	11	11
										6th	Grégory Gaultier	11	9	6th	5
	4th	James Willstrop	6th	8th	4th
	6th	Grégory Gaultier	11	11	11

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
1	N. Matthew	11	11	11
Q	S. Galifi	4th	5	6th					1	N. Matthew	11	11	11
	T. Richards	9	11	1	5					T. Momen	4th	9	4th
	T. Momen	11	7th	11	11													1	N. Matthew	8th	11	11	5	11
Q	C. Leeuw	10	6th	3														9	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	5	9	11	1
	S. Rösner	12	11	11						S. Rösner	10	7th	10
9	Mo. Elshorbagy	12	11	7th	11				9	Mo. Elshorbagy	12	11	12
	J. Kemp	10	8th	11	6th																						1	N. Matthew	6th	11	11	11
Q	R. Kandra	2	3	8th																							7th	P. Barker	11	8th	8th	5
16	C. Pilley	11	11	11					16	C. Pilley	11	11	11
	C. Ryder	8th	11	11	11					C. Ryder	9	3	5
	O. Tuominen	11	4th	4th	4th													16	C. Pilley	7th	10	4th
	C. Simpson	1	10	8th														7th	P. Barker	11	12	11
	S. Coppinger	11	12	11						S. Coppinger	7th	10	4th
	A. Frankcomb	4th	1	4th					7th	P. Barker	11	12	11
16	P. Barker	11	11	11

Upper half 2

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
8th	D. Palmer	11	11	6th	3	11
	A. Clyne	6th	7th	11	11	8th			8th	D. Palmer	11	11	11	11
	J. Barrington	5	7th	5						R. Cuskelly	6th	11	5	5
	R. Cuskelly	11	11	11														8th	D. Palmer	11	3	11	6th	11
	S. Boswell	11	11	11														10	T. Lincou	9	11	8th	11	9
	MA Adnan	3	6th	4th						S. Boswell	5	11	7th	7th
Q	S. Delierre	11	11	3	11	13			10	T. Lincou	11	8th	11	11
10	T. Lincou	13	4th	11	4th	15th																					8th	D. Palmer	9	7th	1
14th	O. Mosaad	14th	12	9	11																						3	K. Darwish	11	11	11
Q	OA Meguid	12	10	11	9				14th	O. Mosaad	11	7th	8th	7th
	J. Illingworth	3	6th	11	3					B. Golan	6th	11	11	11
	B. Golan	11	11	9	11														B. Golan	9	7th	1
	W. El Hindi	6th	11	11	11													3	K. Darwish	11	11	11
	A. Salazar	11	7th	3	1					W. El Hindi	9	3	4th
Q	H. Mustonen	4th	1	2					3	K. Darwish	11	11	11
3	K. Darwish	11	11	11

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
4th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
	M. Lee	8th	6th	7th					4th	J. Willstrop	11	4th
	S. Razik	11	11	6th	11					S. Razik	4th	1	r
Q	J. Lee	5	9	11	6th													4th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
	F. Mehboob	6th	8th	r														Q	Ma. Elshorbagy	8th	3	0
Q	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11						Q	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	4th	4th	14th
Q	A. Waller	2	11	7th					11	D. Selby	8th	7th	11	11	12
11	D. Selby	11	13	11																							4th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11	11
15th	H. Ashour	11	13	11																							5	A. Shabana	8th	2	13	1
Q	Z. Alexander	6th	11	6th					15th	H. Ashour	11	11	15th
	J. Koukal	11	11	8th	8th	8th				M. Knight	3	8th	14th
	M. Knight	3	4th	11	11	11												15th	H. Ashour	11	11	4th	9	5
	KA Gawad	12	11	11														5	A. Shabana	3	8th	11	11	11
	AA Khan	10	9	5						KA Gawad	11	8th	5	9
Q	E. Gálvez	5	6th	6th					5	A. Shabana	5	11	11	11
5	A. Shabana	11	11	11

Lower half 2

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
6th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	D. Bennett	4th	3	6th					6th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	A. Grant	11	3	5	11	5			Q	C. Salazar	3	9	5
Q	C. Salazar	8th	11	11	8th	11												6th	G. Gaultier	8th	5	11	11	11
Q	D. Bianchetti	5	12	d														12	LJ Anjema	11	11	5	2	7th
	S. Ghosal	11	14th							S. Ghosal	4th	11	6th	6th
Q	G. Marche	4th	12	7th	1				12	LJ Anjema	11	9	11	11
12	LJ Anjema	11	10	11	11																						6th	G. Gaultier	11	11	3
13	MA Iskandar	11	11	3	11																						2	R. Ashour	8th	1	0	r
	O. Beng Hee	3	7th	11	5				13	MA Iskandar	12	8th	7th	5
	OA Aziz	5	8th	8th						A. Walker	10	11	11	11
	A. Walker	11	11	11															A. Walker	11	11	6th	9	3
	MAA Reda	5	9	11	3													2	R. Ashour	8th	3	11	11	11
	N. Muller	11	11	4th	11					N. Muller	11	11	3	8th	5
Q	C. Grayson	9	12	5					2	R. Ashour	8th	9	11	11	11
2	R. Ashour	11	14th	11

Web links

• Official tournament website ( Memento from April 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Results on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved on March 28, 2013.