Allam British Open 2017

The Allam British Open 2017 took place from March 19-26, 2017 in Kingston upon Hull , United Kingdom . The venues were the Airco Arena and the University of Hull . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2016/17 and belonged to the World Series category . The women's squash tournament also belonged to the World Series category and was part of the women's PSA World Tour 2016/17 .

Last year's winners were Mohamed Elshorbagy for men and Nour El Sherbini for women . The men's final contested Grégory Gaultier and Nick Matthew , Gaultier won with 8:11, 11: 7, 11: 3 and 11: 3. After 2007 and 2014 , this was his third title win at the British Open. With his final victory and Karim Abdel Gawad's failure to reach the quarter-finals, Gaultier regained the lead in the world rankings on April 1st. In the women’s first all-English final since 1991, Laura Massaro prevailed against Sarah-Jane Perry with 11: 8, 11: 8, 6:11 and 11: 6 . It was Massaro's second title at the British Open after 2013 .

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. In the women's competition there were also 32 players, 16 of whom were seeded. Of the other 16 places, eight were reserved for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Declan James and Fiona Moverley a starting place in the respective main field.

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 money for the men and women was US $ 150,000 each.

round	Points	Prize money
victory	2625	$ 23,625
final	1725	$ 15,525
Semifinals	1050	$ 9,450
Quarter finals	640	$ 5,740
Round of 16	375	$ 3,375
First round	190	$ 1,690

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Mohamed Elshorbagy Semifinals 02.  Karim Abdel Gawad Round of 16 03.  Grégory Gaultier victory 04th  Nick Matthew final

No. player Round reached 05.  Ramy Ashour Semifinals 06th  Marwan Elshorbagy 1 round 07th  Ali Farag Quarter finals 08th.  Tarek Momen 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									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	10	11	8th	11
	F. Dessouki	8th	12	7th	11	8th			1	Mo. Elshorbagy	12	11	11
	D. Selby	11	10	9	11	11				D. Selby	10	4th	7th
Q	T. Richards	9	12	11	1	6th												1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	9	8th	12	11
Q	T.-F. Yip	11	6th															7th	A. Farag	8th	11	11	10	5
	S. Coppinger	6th	0	r					Q	T.-F. Yip	8th	2	9
	R. Cuskelly	9	1	11	1				7th	A. Farag	11	11	11
7th	A. Farag	9	11	9	11																						1	Mo. Elshorbagy	8th	8th	11	5
8th	T. Momen	11	11	11																							4th	N. Matthew	11	11	8th	11
Q	A. Clyne	7th	8th	3					8th	T. Momen	11	11	20th
	P. Coll	9	11	9	11	11				P. Coll	6th	9	18th
WC	D. James	11	8th	11	2	5												8th	T. Momen	9	12	6th	11	6th
	S. Rösner	11	11	11														4th	N. Matthew	11	10	11	7th	11
Q	G. Marche	3	4th	8th						S. Rösner	7th	5	11	3
	B. Golan	9	6th	3					4th	N. Matthew	11	11	5	11
4th	N. Matthew	11	11	11																																4th	N. Matthew	11	7th	3	3
3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																																3	G. Gaultier	8th	11	11	11
	M. Á. Rodríguez	5	4th	0					3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	C. Pilley	11	11	11						C. Pilley	1	3	2
Q	A. Waller	6th	5	6th														3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	J. Willstrop	9	12	10	9														M. Castagnet	4th	6th	6th
	M. Castagnet	11	10	12	11					M. Castagnet	12	11	11
	M. Lee	5	7th	11	11	11				M. Lee	10	8th	8th
6th	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	5	6th	6th																					3	G. Gaultier	11
5	R. Ashour	11	11	11																							5	R. Ashour	9	r
Q	Z. Mohamed	4th	6th	5					5	R. Ashour	11	11	12
Q	N. Lake	7th	11	1	6th					D. Elias	9	6th	10
	D. Elias	11	8th	11	11													5	R. Ashour	10	7th	11	11	11
	M. Abouelghar	11	5	11	11														M. Abouelghar	12	11	9	5	5
Q	C. Sharpes	3	11	5	6th					M. Abouelghar	6th	12	11	11
	O. Mosaad	11	11	2	11	6th			2	KA Gawad	11	10	9	7th
2	KA Gawad	13	6th	11	5	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Nour El Sherbini Semifinals 02.  Camille Serme Quarter finals 03.  Raneem El Weleily Quarter finals 04th  Nouran Gohar 1 round 05.  Laura Massaro victory 06th  Nicol David Semifinals 07th  Sarah-Jane Perry final 08th.  Alison Waters Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 09.  Joelle King 1 round 10.  Annie Au Round of 16 11.  Nour El Tayeb Round of 16 12.  Joshna Chinappa Round of 16 13.  Emily Whitlock Quarter finals 14th  Joey Chan Round of 16 15th  Donna Urquhart Quarter finals 16.  Salma Hany 1 round

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									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
	L. Hansen	5	7th	3					1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
Q	C. Aumard	11	11	9	5	9			10	A. Au	4th	8th	6th
10	A. Au	7th	6th	11	11	11												1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
13	E. Whitlock	11	1	11	11													13	E. Whitlock	3	4th	4th
	T.-L. Liu	8th	11	6th	3				13	E. Whitlock	11	11	11
OLD	M. Metwally	5	2	r					8th	A. Waters	4th	7th	9
8th	A. Waters	11	7th																								1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	5	3	6th
5	L. Massaro	11	11	11	11																						5	L. Massaro	5	7th	11	11	11
	D. Pallikal	4th	5	13	1				5	L. Massaro	11	11	11
Q	M. Hany	7th	11	11	11				Q	M. Hany	5	1	9
9	J. King	11	9	4th	9													5	L. Massaro	11	13	11	11
12	J. Chinappa	11	8th	11	12													3	R. El Weleily	3	15th	6th	6th
Q	R. Grinham	6th	11	6th	10				12	J. Chinappa	8th	7th	7th
WC	F. Moverley	11	7th	6th					3	R. El Weleily	11	11	11
3	R. El Weleily	13	11	11																																5	L. Massaro	11	11	6th	11
4th	N. Gohar	10	12	11	8th																															7th	S.-J. Perry	8th	8th	11	6th
Q	N. Abbas	12	14th	5	11				Q	N. Abbas	11	3	8th	11	1
Q	M. Tomlinson	11	12	6th	5				15th	D. Urquhart	8th	11	11	6th	11
15th	D. Urquhart	9	14th	11	11													15th	D. Urquhart	4th	11	11	11	4th
16	S. Hany	7th	5	9														7th	S.-J. Perry	11	7th	13	6th	11
	T. Evans	11	11	11						T. Evans	5	8th	8th
Q	N. Gilis	6th	5	5					7th	S.-J. Perry	11	11	11
7th	S.-J. Perry	11	11	11																							7th	S.-J. Perry	11	7th	13	11
6th	N. David	11	11	11																							6th	N. David	8th	11	11	7th
OLD	O. Blatchford	7th	7th	4th					6th	N. David	11	14th	9	11
	J. Duncalf	2	6th	7th					14th	J. Chan	4th	12	11	2
14th	J. Chan	11	11	11														6th	N. David	11	11	11
11	N. El Tayeb	11	11	11														2	C. Serme	6th	6th	8th
Q	S. Teran	3	7th	4th					11	N. El Tayeb	8th	9	11	9
Q	H. El Hammamy	9	10	3					2	C. Serme	11	11	5	11
2	C. Serme	11	12	11

Web links

• Official tournament website (English)
• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF). Accessed February 21, 2017.