CIMB Malaysian Open 2005

The CIMB Malaysian Open 2005 took place in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . The men's squash tournament took place from November 14th to 19th, 2005 and was part of the PSA World Tour 2005/06 . It belonged to the category 3 Star and was endowed with 30,000 US dollars. The women's tournament was held from July 25th to 30th, 2005 and was part of the WSA World Tour 2004/05 . It belonged to the Silver 25 category and was worth $ 31,000.

Last year's winner Mohd Azlan Iskandar failed this year in the semifinals to Ong Beng Hee , who also won the tournament. He defeated Wael El Hindi in the final with 13:11 and 11: 6, 8:11, 11: 7. The defending champion in the women's category was Vanessa Atkinson , who also reached the final this year. As in the previous year, she met Nicol David , who won the final this year with 3: 9, 9: 3, 1: 9, 9: 1 and 9: 4. It was David's first title win at the tournament.

The fields of participants in the men's and women's competition consisted of 16 players each, four of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were each seeded. Per Wildcard received Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan and Sharon Wee a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar Semifinals 02.  Graham Ryding Semifinals 03.  Ong Beng Hee victory 04th  Wael El Hindi final

No. player Round reached 05.  Timothy Manning 1 round 06th  Ritwik Bhattacharya Quarter finals 07th  Mark Heather Quarter finals 08th.  Dylan Bennett 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									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	MA Iskandar	11	11	11
	K. Shuja	7th	0	2					1	MA Iskandar	11	11	12	11
Q	S. camel	11	2	8th	5				7th	M. Heather	6th	3	14th	9
7th	M. Heather	3	11	11	11													1	MA Iskandar	7th	8th	11	11	4th
6th	R. Bhattacharya	11	5	11	11													3	O. Beng Hee	11	11	7th	7th	11
	B. Al Hussaini	4th	11	2	5				6th	R. Bhattacharya	8th	8th	13	5
Q	J. Mudge	6th	7th	9					3	O. Beng Hee	11	11	11	11
3	O. Beng Hee	11	11	11																							3	O. Beng Hee	13	11	8th	11
4th	W. El Hindi	11	11	11																							4th	W. El Hindi	11	6th	11	7th
	N. Kyme	7th	3	9					4th	W. El Hindi	11	11	11
WC	MN Adnan	6th	8th	7th					8th	D. Bennett	5	9	9
8th	D. Bennett	11	11	11														4th	W. El Hindi	3	11	11	13
5	T. Manning	13	2	5	6th													2	G. Ryding	11	7th	3	11
Q	J. Engelbrecht	11	11	11	11				Q	J. Engelbrecht	7th	5	8th
Q	C. White	11	2	3	8th				2	G. Ryding	11	11	11
2	G. Ryding	5	11	11	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Rachael Grinham Semifinals 02.  Vanessa Atkinson final 03.  Nicol David victory 04th  Natalie Grinham Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Linda Elriani Quarter finals 06th  Omneya Abdel Kawy Quarter finals 07th  Shelley Kitchen Quarter finals 08th.  Annelize Naudé 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									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	R. Grinham	9	9	9
WC	S. Wee	0	2	1					1	R. Grinham	9	9	9	9
Q	T. Leevey	5	1	1					5	L. Elriani	7th	10	4th	4th
5	L. Elriani	9	9	9														1	R. Grinham	9	6th	9	3	7th
7th	S. Kitchen	9	9	9														3	N. David	6th	9	3	9	9
	L. Khan	1	1	5					7th	S. Kitchen	6th	0	1
	P. Nimmo	5	4th	6th					3	N. David	9	9	9
3	N. David	9	9	9																							3	N. David	3	9	1	9	9
4th	N. Grinham	9	9	9																							2	V. Atkinson	9	3	9	1	4th
	R. Chiu	4th	6th	3					4th	N. Grinham	9	9	10
Q	S. Teran	0	6th	4th					8th	A. Naude	5	4th	8th
8th	A. Naude	9	9	9														4th	N. Grinham	9	5	9	3	4th
6th	OA Kawy	10	5	9	9													2	V. Atkinson	0	9	5	9	9
Q	T. Malik	9	9	6th	3				6th	OA Kawy	9	9	7th	2	7th
Q	M. Martin	10	2	7th	1				2	V. Atkinson	1	3	9	9	9
2	V. Atkinson	8th	9	9	9

Web links

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