Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions 2008

The Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions 2008 took place January 8-16, 2008 at Grand Central Terminal in New York City , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2007/08 and belonged to the Super Series category .

The defending champion was Amr Shabana , who did not run again this year. In the final, the top seeded Ramy Ashour and the fourth seeded James Willstrop faced each other. Ashour won the final 11: 7, 13:11 and 11: 9.

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 Christopher Gordon a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Ramy Ashour victory 02.  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 03.  David Palmer Semifinals 04th  James Willstrop final 05.  Wael El Hindi Quarter finals 06th  John White Quarter finals 07th  Mohammed Abbas Quarter finals 08th.  Stewart Boswell Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09.  Olli Tuominen 1 round 10.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar Round of 16 11.  Hisham Ashour Round of 16 12.  Jonathan Kemp Round of 16 13.  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Round of 16 14th  Omar Abdel Aziz 1 round 15th  Omar Elborolossy Round of 16 16.  Rafael Alarçón 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	R. Ashour	11	11	11
WC	C. Gordon	6th	5	5					1	R. Ashour	11	11	11
	M. Giuffre	7th	12	6th	2				15th	O. Elborolossy	2	9	2
15th	O. Elborolossy	11	10	11	11													1	R. Ashour	5	7th	11	11	11
9	O. Tuominen	9	13	11	8th													5	W. El Hindi	11	11	5	4th	8th
	J. Illingworth	11	15th	2	11					J. Illingworth	6th	5	5
Q	R. Schonborn	7th	5	7th					5	W. El Hindi	11	11	11
5	W. El Hindi	11	11	11																							1	R. Ashour	11	7th	11	15th
7th	M. Abbas	11	11	11																							3	D. Palmer	4th	11	3	13
Q	MAA Reda	5	7th	8th					7th	M. Abbas	11	11	11
Q	B. Samper	9	5	10					13	M. Á. Rodríguez	6th	5	2
13	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	12														7th	M. Abbas	11	10	12	8th
14th	OA Aziz	9	8th	11	11	8th												3	D. Palmer	8th	12	14th	11
Q	R. Cuskelly	11	11	9	7th	11			Q	R. Cuskelly	9	9	3
	L. Kenny	7th	5	5					3	D. Palmer	11	11	11
3	D. Palmer	11	11	11																																1	R. Ashour	11	13	11
4th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11																																4th	J. Willstrop	7th	11	9
Q	J. Rooney	4th	2	7th					4th	J. Willstrop	11	11	14th
Q	A. Maqbool	6th	5	1					10	MA Iskandar	8th	5	12
10	MA Iskandar	11	11	11														4th	J. Willstrop	11	8th	11	11
16	R. Alarcon	11	11	8th	11													8th	S. Boswell	8th	11	5	6th
	Y. El Halaby	8th	5	11	5				16	R. Alarcon	4th	9	11	11
Q	A. Mansi	4th	11	6th	4th				8th	S. Boswell	11	11	9	13
8th	S. Boswell	11	9	11	11																						4th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
6th	J. White	11	11	11																							2	G. Gaultier	9	2	1
Q	R. Bhattacharya	4th	3	8th					6th	J. White	11	11	4th	10	11
	M. Krajcsák	11	11	5	9	3			12	J. Kemp	8th	6th	11	12	7th
12	J. Kemp	8th	8th	11	11	11												6th	J. White	8th	5	11	13	7th
11	H. Ashour	5	11	15th	9	11												2	G. Gaultier	11	11	6th	11	11
	T. Momen	11	5	13	11	4th			11	H. Ashour	3	5	9
	S. Delierre	9	8th	7th					2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)