Bank Alfalah Pakistan Open 2005

The Bank Alfalah Pakistan Open 2005 took place from July 22-29 , 2005 in Karachi , Pakistan . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2005/06 and belonged to the Super Series Silver category . It was endowed with $ 85,000.

The defending champion was James Willstrop , who reached the quarter-finals that year. Thierry Lincou won the final against David Palmer 11: 9, 8:11, 11: 1, 4:11 and 11: 7. Lincou won his 14th title on the World Tour.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of which were reserved for qualifiers. The 16 best players were seeded. Per Wildcard received Aamir Atlas Khan a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Thierry Lincou victory 02.  David Palmer final 03.  Amr Shabana Quarter finals 04th  Anthony Ricketts Semifinals 05.  James Willstrop Quarter finals 06th  Nick Matthew Quarter finals 07th  Karim Darwish Quarter finals 08th.  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals

No. player Round reached 09.  Joseph Kneipp Round of 16 10.  Ong Beng Hee Round of 16 11.  Adrian Grant Round of 16 12.  Shahid Zaman Round of 16 13.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar Round of 16 14th  Olli Tuominen Round of 16 15th  Mohammed Abbas 1 round 16.  Simon Parke 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

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	T. Lincou	10	11	11	12
	B. Ball	12	2	5	10				1	T. Lincou	8th	11	9	11	11
Q	A. Hanif	7th	3	4th					12	S. Zaman	11	4th	11	8th	4th
12	S. Zaman	11	11	11														1	T. Lincou	13	12	11
10	O. Beng Hee	11	11	1	11													7th	K. Darwish	11	10	8th
Q	R. Ashour	9	6th	11	6th				10	O. Beng Hee	5	11	6th
Q	SU Khan	5	2	3					7th	K. Darwish	11	13	11
7th	K. Darwish	11	11	11																							1	T. Lincou	9	11	14th	11
6th	N. Matthew	11	7th	11	11																						4th	A. Ricketts	11	5	12	3
Q	D. Bennett	6th	11	9	2				6th	N. Matthew	11	11	11
	J. Kemp	8th	10	7th					13	MA Iskandar	7th	7th	8th
13	MA Iskandar	11	12	11														6th	N. Matthew	7th	3	11	11	10
14th	O. Tuominen	11	11	11														4th	A. Ricketts	11	11	7th	7th	12
	H. Ashour	6th	6th	8th					14th	O. Tuominen	4th	8th	10
Q	SI Khan	2	5	9					4th	A. Ricketts	11	11	12
4th	A. Ricketts	11	11	11																																1	T. Lincou	11	8th	11	4th	11
3	A. Shabana	11	11	11																																2	D. Palmer	9	11	1	11	7th
	D. Jenson	7th	3	3					3	A. Shabana	12	11	13
Q	Y. Butt	10	7th	9					11	A. Grant	10	6th	11
11	A. Grant	12	11	11														3	A. Shabana	10	5	3
16	S. Parke	11	10	9	11	11												8th	G. Gaultier	12	11	11
Q	B. Ashfaq	2	12	11	7th	2			16	S. Parke	4th	7th	2
	M. Zaman	4th	6th	8th					8th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
8th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																							8th	G. Gaultier	11	10	6th	11	4th
5	J. Willstrop	11	11	11																							2	D. Palmer	3	12	11	6th	11
WC	AA Khan	4th	3	1					5	J. Willstrop	8th	11	17th	11
	R. Lavigne	11	11	7th	7th	4th			9	J. Kneipp	11	9	15th	7th
9	J. Kneipp	5	7th	11	11	11												5	J. Willstrop	3	9	9
15th	M. Abbas	11	5	6th	2													2	D. Palmer	11	11	11
	W. El Hindi	5	11	11	11					W. El Hindi	6th	6th	8th
Q	K. Khan	1	7th	5					2	D. Palmer	11	11	11
2	D. Palmer	11	11	11

Web links

• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)
• Results on squashinfo.com (English)