Al Ahram International

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The Al Ahram International was a squash tournament for men and women. It took place in Giza , Egypt and was part of the PSA World Tour and the WSA World Tour .

The men's tournament was first held in 1996 as part of the PSA Super Series . The prize pool was $ 100,000, making it one of the highest of the season. A year later, the first women's competition was played. For the women, the tournament belonged to the WSA Silver or WSA Gold category until 2000 with prize money of up to 41,000 US dollars. The annual competition mode ended for women in 2000 and for men in 2001. In 2016, the tournament took place for the last time so far, with a men’s and a women’s competition. Record winner in the men’s race is Peter Nicol with four victories, and in the women’s category, Michelle Martin was the only one to win two titles.

winner

Men's

year winner Final opponent Result
2016 EgyptEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad EgyptEgypt Ali Farag 11: 4, 11: 7, 11: 5
2002 to 2015: no event
2001 EnglandEngland Peter Nicol CanadaCanada Jonathon Power 15: 8, 17:15, 15:12
2000 ScotlandScotland Peter Nicol EgyptEgypt Ahmed Barada 15:14, 9:15, 15: 3, 15:12
1999 ScotlandScotland Peter Nicol EgyptEgypt Ahmed Barada 15: 9, 15:13, 15:11
1998 EgyptEgypt Ahmed Barada ScotlandScotland Martin Heath 15: 7, 15:17, 15:11, 13:15, 15:13
1997 ScotlandScotland Peter Nicol PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan 12:15, 15:14, 15:12, 15:11
1996 PakistanPakistan Jansher Khan EgyptEgypt Ahmed Barada 15: 4, 15:11, 15: 8

Ladies

year Winner Final opponent Result
2016 EgyptEgypt Raneem El Weleily EgyptEgypt Nour El Sherbini 11: 5, 11: 9, 9:11, 9:11, 11: 7
2001 to 2015: no event
2000 New ZealandNew Zealand Leilani Joyce New ZealandNew Zealand Carol Owens 8:10, 9: 7, 9: 5, 3: 9, 9: 5
1999 AustraliaAustralia Michelle Martin AustraliaAustralia Carol Owens 9: 5, 9: 0, 10: 9
1998 AustraliaAustralia Michelle Martin EnglandEngland Cassie Jackman 9: 5, 9: 3, 9: 2
1997 AustraliaAustralia Sarah Fitz-Gerald AustraliaAustralia Michelle Martin 9: 3, 9: 3, 9: 0

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