Australian Open 2011 (Squash)

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The Australian Open 2011 took place from August 8-14, 2011 in Canberra , Australia . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2011/12 and belonged to the World Series Platinum category .

Defending champion was Nick Matthew , who reached the final again. As in the previous year, he met Ramy Ashour , who defeated Matthew 12:14, 11: 6, 10:12, 11: 8 and 11: 4.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of whom were qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. A wildcard was not awarded.

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 $ 150,000.

	Men's
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.  Nick Matthew final 02.  Ramy Ashour victory 03.  Karim Darwish Quarter finals 04th  James Willstrop Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05.  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 06th  Peter Barker Quarter finals 07th  Thierry Lincou 1 round 08th.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar 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. Matthew	11	11	11
	S. Coppinger	7th	8th	9					1	N. Matthew	11	11	11
Q	M. Knight	11	8th	9	4th					O. Beng Hee	7th	8th	9
	O. Beng Hee	5	11	11	11													1	N. Matthew	11	11	7th	11
	J. Illingworth	11	11	7th	11														LJ Anjema	5	9	11	5
	N. Muller	6th	7th	11	9					J. Illingworth	4th	3	3
	LJ Anjema	14th	11	14th	11					LJ Anjema	11	11	11
7th	T. Lincou	16	9	12	5																						1	N. Matthew	11	11	11
8th	MA Iskandar	14th	11	5	9	8th																						D. Palmer	9	4th	5
	D. Palmer	12	9	11	11	11				D. Palmer	4th	11	11	11
	T. Richards	11	11	11						T. Richards	11	9	6th	5
	R. Cuskelly	9	8th	5															D. Palmer	11	10	11	12
Q	M. Lee	6th	11	12	11													3	K. Darwish	3	12	8th	10
Q	M. Karwalski	11	8th	10	7th				Q	M. Lee	5	11	5	7th
Q	Z. Alexander	8th	13	2	6th				3	K. Darwish	11	8th	11	11
3	K. Darwish	11	11	11	11																															1	N. Matthew	14th	6th	12	8th	4th
4th	J. Willstrop	13	11	11																																2	R. Ashour	12	11	10	11	11
	C. Ryder	11	8th	0					4th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
Q	A. Clyne	11	11	11					Q	A. Clyne	5	5	2
Q	MA Azan	5	9	4th														4th	J. Willstrop	11	10	4th	5
	S. Rösner	11	11	9	5	8th												5	G. Gaultier	5	12	11	11
	A. Grant	2	7th	11	11	11				A. Grant	7th	5	8th
	C. Pilley	6th	8th	7th					5	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
5	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																							5	G. Gaultier	11	9	9	9
6th	P. Barker	11	11	11																							2	R. Ashour	7th	11	11	11
	A. Frankcomb	8th	7th	6th					6th	P. Barker	11	11	11
Q	D. Lau	7th	4th	3						MN Adnan	4th	2	7th
	MN Adnan	11	11	11														6th	P. Barker	11	9	4th	4th
	S. Ghosal	12	2	5														2	R. Ashour	5	11	11	11
	S. Boswell	14th	11	11						S. Boswell	11	7th	8th	7th
Q	I. Yuen	3	7th	3					2	R. Ashour	9	11	11	11
2	R. Ashour	11	11	11

Web links

• Results of the men on squashinfo.com (English)
• Results of the women on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved on February 5, 2014.