Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open 2016

The Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open 2016 took place from 23 to 28 August 2016 in Hong Kong instead. The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2016/17 and belonged to the PSA World Series category . The women's squash tournament was part of the women's PSA World Tour 2016/17 and also belonged to the PSA World Series category .

The defending champions were Mohamed Elshorbagy , who defeated Cameron Pilley 3-0 in the final, and Nicol David , who beat Laura Massaro in three sets in the final last year and won the tournament for the tenth time in a row. Ramy Ashour won the men's competition this year after beating Karim Abdel Gawad in the final . In the women's final , Nouran Gohar prevailed over Amanda Sobhy in four sets.

The fields of participants in the men's and women's competitions each consisted of 32 players, eight of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Yip Tsz-Fung in the men's and Ho Tze-Lok in the women each a spot in the main draw.

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 is $ 150,000 for men and $ 115,000 for women.

		Prize money
round	Points	Men's	Ladies
victory	2625	$ 23,625	$ 20,758
final	1725	$ 15,525	$ 14,203
Semifinals	1050	$ 9,450	$ 9,286
Quarter finals	640	$ 5,740	$ 5,735
Round of 16	375	$ 3,375	$ 3,277
First round	190	$ 1,690	$ 1,447

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Mohamed Elshorbagy Round of 16 02.  Grégory Gaultier Round of 16 03.  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 1 round 04th  Marwan Elshorbagy Round of 16

No. player Round reached 05.  Mathieu Castagnet Round of 16 06th  Karim Abdel Gawad final 07th  Ali Farag Round of 16 08th.  Tarek Momen 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	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	12	7th	11
	C. Simpson	8th	10	11	8th				1	Mo. Elshorbagy	9	11	11	12	9
	L. Au	6th	5	5						C. Pilley	11	8th	9	14th	11
	C. Pilley	11	11	11															C. Pilley	3	11	6th	7th
	M. Hesham	11	11	11														6th	KA Gawad	11	7th	11	11
Q	MN Adnan	5	8th	7th						M. Hesham	5	6th	12	7th
	B. Golan	4th	5	9					6th	KA Gawad	11	11	10	11
6th	KA Gawad	11	11	11																							6th	KA Gawad	11	11	6th	12
8th	T. Momen	16	11	11																								R. Cuskelly	7th	6th	11	10
Q	A. Clyne	14th	9	9					8th	T. Momen	11	10	3	5
	T. Richards	13	6th	11	4th					J. Willstrop	5	12	11	11
	J. Willstrop	15th	11	9	11														J. Willstrop	9	8th	11	7th
	R. Cuskelly	11	12	11															R. Cuskelly	11	11	9	11
Q	OA Meguid	7th	10	2						R. Cuskelly	11	11	11
WC	T.-F. Yip	13	10	2	11	11			WC	T.-F. Yip	5	9	4th
3	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	12	11	3	6th																														6th	KA Gawad	9	11	5	11	6th
4th	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	6th	9	11																															R. Ashour	11	8th	11	5	11
Q	N. Muller	3	8th	11	11	7th			4th	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	15th	8th	8th	8th
	R. Ashour	11	11	12						R. Ashour	9	13	11	11	11
	S. Ghosal	7th	6th	10															R. Ashour	12	7th	11	11
OLD	C. Salazar	10	4th	2															S. Rösner	10	11	4th	9
	S. Rösner	12	11	11						S. Rösner	11	11	10	11
Q	Z. Mohamed	9	6th	9					5	M. Castagnet	6th	8th	12	4th
5	M. Castagnet	11	11	11																								R. Ashour	11	11	11
7th	A. Farag	11	11	10	11																							M. Lee	8th	9	6th
Q	R. Kandra	9	5	12	7th				7th	A. Farag	8th	11	11	9
	M. Lee	11	11	11						M. Lee	11	7th	13	11
Q	J. Lee	6th	4th	7th															M. Lee	11	8th	11	11
	F. Dessouki	11	11	11															F. Dessouki	6th	11	9	8th
	M. Abouelghar	8th	9	6th						F. Dessouki	6th	15th	9	11	12
Q	G. Marche	7th	4th	4th					2	G. Gaultier	11	13	11	6th	10
2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Nour El Sherbini Semifinals 02.  Laura Massaro Quarter finals 03.  Raneem El Weleily Round of 16 04th  Nicol David Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Nouran Gohar victory 06th  Camille Serme Quarter finals 07th  Amanda Sobhy final 08th.  Omneya Abdel Kawy 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	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
	H. El Torky	8th	4th	8th					1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	6th	11
Q	T.-L. Liu	11	6th	5	6th					A. Au	16	5	11	7th
	A. Au	9	11	11	11													1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
	J. Chinappa	12	11	11														8th	OA Kawy	6th	7th	5
Q	N. Shahin	10	3	6th						J. Chinappa	8th	10	4th
	L. Hansen	5	5	7th					8th	OA Kawy	11	12	11
8th	OA Kawy	11	11	11																							1	N. El Sherbini	10	5	6th
7th	A. Sobhy	11	11	11																							7th	A. Sobhy	12	11	11
	J. Chan	3	4th	6th					7th	A. Sobhy	11	11	9	11
	V. Lust	5	4th	11	16	10				S.-J. Perry	3	6th	11	7th
	S.-J. Perry	11	11	7th	14th	12												7th	A. Sobhy	11	11	11
	N. El Tayeb	8th	11	8th	13	11													N. El Tayeb	6th	4th	8th
	D. Urquhart	11	9	11	11	7th				N. El Tayeb	11	7th	11	11
	R. Grinham	11	3	4th	6th				3	R. El Weleily	9	11	7th	5
3	R. El Weleily	4th	11	11	11																															7th	A. Sobhy	11	10	7th	7th
4th	N. David	11	8th	11	5	11																														5	N. Gohar	6th	12	11	11
Q	T. Evans	8th	11	4th	11	5			4th	N. David	11	7th	9	11	11
Q	N. Fernandes	5	5	8th						J. King	7th	11	11	8th	5
	J. King	11	11	11														4th	N. David	11	13	7th	11
	J. Duncalf	11	11	7th	16	7th												6th	C. Serme	8th	11	11	2
WC	T.-L. Ho	1	4th	11	18th	11			WC	T.-L. Ho	5	5	4th
	D. Pallikal	4th	6th	11	11	6th			6th	C. Serme	11	11	11
6th	C. Serme	11	11	8th	6th	11																					4th	N. David	9	7th	13	9
5	N. Gohar	11	11	11																							5	N. Gohar	11	11	11	11
Q	O. Blatchford	8th	7th	7th					5	N. Gohar	11	11	11
Q	L. Wee Wern	5	8th	7th						A. Waters	5	6th	7th
	A. Waters	11	11	11														5	N. Gohar	11	11	8th	8th	14th
	E. Whitlock	11	11	11														2	L. Massaro	8th	9	11	11	12
Q	M. Metwally	5	4th	9						E. Whitlock	7th	11	5	2
Q	H. El Hammamy	6th	11	13	11	3			2	L. Massaro	11	9	11	11
2	L. Massaro	11	9	15th	7th	11

Web links

• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)
• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF) Retrieved July 13, 2016.