AJ Bell British Grand Prix 2015

The 2015 AJ Bell British Squash Grand Prix took place in Manchester , United Kingdom , from September 9-14, 2015 . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2015/16 and belonged to the PSA 70 rating category .

Defending champion was Nick Matthew , who reached the final again. In this he was beaten by Mohamed Elshorbagy with 11: 7, 12:10, 9:11 and 11: 6.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. Per Wildcard got Richie Fallows a spot in the main draw.

Prize money and world ranking points

At the tournament, 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 $ 70,000.

	Men's
round	Points	Prize money
victory	1225	$ 11,875
final	805	$ 8,125
Semifinals	490	$ 5,315
Quarter finals	300	$ 3,280
First round	175	$ 1,875

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Mohamed Elshorbagy victory 02.  Nick Matthew final 03.  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 04th  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05.  Peter Barker Quarter finals 06th  Karim Abdel Gawad Semifinals 07th  Daryl Selby Quarter finals 08th.  James Willstrop Quarter finals

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

First round									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
WC	R. Fallows	4th	7th	7th					1	M. Elshorbagy	6th	11	11	11
	C. Pilley	8th	3	9					7th	D. Selby	11	7th	7th	7th
7th	D. Selby	11	11	11														1	M. Elshorbagy	7th	11	11	6th	11
5	P. Barker	11	11	8th	11													3	G. Gaultier	11	7th	9	11	8th
Q	C. Salazar	7th	5	11	2				5	P. Barker	4th	7th	4th
Q	A. Clyne	14th	7th	6th					3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
3	G. Gaultier	16	11	11																							1	M. Elshorbagy	11	12	9	11
4th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	11																							2	N. Matthew	7th	10	11	6th
Q	G. Marche	9	8th	6th					4th	M. Á. Rodríguez	7th	13	11	11	3
	T. Richards	11	9	11	6th	2			6th	KA Gawad	11	15th	4th	3	11
6th	KA Gawad	8th	11	7th	11	11												6th	KA Gawad	7th	6th	11
8th	J. Willstrop	11	4th	11	11													2	N. Matthew	11	11	13
Q	LJ Anjema	8th	11	5	6th				8th	J. Willstrop	7th	5	7th
	C. Simpson	4th	7th	6th					2	N. Matthew	11	11	11
2	N. Matthew	11	11	11

Web links

• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)
• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Guide 2015 (PDF) Retrieved September 8, 2015.