Davenport North American Open 2009

The 2009 Davenport North American Open was held February 21-28, 2009 in Richmond , Virginia , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2008/09 and belonged to the Super Series category . It was endowed with $ 93,000.

The defending champion of the last edition from the 2007 season was Mohd Azlan Iskandar , who did not run again. In the final, Ramy Ashour met Nick Matthew , whom he defeated 11: 8, 13:11, 10:12, 5:11 and 11: 8.

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 Patrick Chifunda a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Karim Darwish Semifinals 02.  Amr Shabana Quarter finals 03.  Ramy Ashour victory 04th  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 05.  David Palmer Quarter finals 06th  Thierry Lincou Quarter finals 07th  Wael El Hindi Quarter finals 08th.  Nick Matthew final

No. player Round reached 09.  Cameron Pilley Round of 16 10.  Olli Tuominen Round of 16 11.  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Round of 16 12.  Joey Barrington Round of 16 13.  Daryl Selby Round of 16 14th  Renan Lavigne Round of 16 15th  Saurav Ghosal Round of 16 16.  Julian Illingworth 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	K. Darwish	11	11	11
Q	A. Iqbal Burki	6th	1	3					1	K. Darwish	6th	11	11	14th
Q	Y. Perrin	7th	9	5					14th	R. Lavigne	11	3	9	12
14th	R. Lavigne	11	11	11														1	K. Darwish	11	11	11
15th	S. Ghosal	11	11	11														5	D. Palmer	4th	5	7th
	Y. El Halaby	6th	5	2					15th	S. Ghosal	10	6th	8th
Q	R. Alarcon	5	0	6th					5	D. Palmer	12	11	11
5	D. Palmer	11	11	11																							1	K. Darwish	11	7th	7th	11	7th
6th	T. Lincou	11	11	11																							3	R. Ashour	8th	11	11	6th	11
Q	R. Cuskelly	5	8th	9					6th	T. Lincou	11	11	11
Q	A. Gaskin	2	5	6th					11	M. Á. Rodríguez	8th	4th	4th
11	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	11														6th	T. Lincou	8th	4th	9
14th	J. Barrington	13	11	12														3	R. Ashour	11	11	11
Q	D. Phillips	11	5	10					14th	J. Barrington	9	8th	5
	S. Coppinger	11	10	8th	6th				3	R. Ashour	11	11	11
3	R. Ashour	7th	12	11	11																															3	R. Ashour	11	13	10	5	11
4th	G. Gaultier	11	8th	11	11																															8th	N. Matthew	8th	11	12	11	8th
WC	P. Chifunda	1	11	4th	5				4th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
Q	R. Clarke	11	6th	5					9	C. Pilley	7th	9	9
9	C. Pilley	13	11	11														4th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
10	O. Tuominen	8th	11	11	6th	11												7th	W. El Hindi	5	8th	1
	J. Balbo	11	8th	9	11	5			10	O. Tuominen	0	5	4th
	S. Arnold	5	12	7th	5				7th	W. El Hindi	11	11	11
7th	W. El Hindi	11	10	11	11																						4th	G. Gaultier	12	9	11	3
8th	N. Matthew	11	12	11																							8th	N. Matthew	14th	11	6th	11
	L. Kenny	8th	10	5					8th	N. Matthew	11	11	11
	T. Richards	11	12	8th	11	12				T. Richards	8th	4th	5
16	J. Illingworth	8th	14th	11	9	10												8th	N. Matthew	11	11	5
13	D. Selby	11	11															2	A. Shabana	9	7th	3	r
Q	A. Maqbool	0	6th	r					13	D. Selby	9	11	11	6th	5
	J. Koukal	7th	8th	10					2	A. Shabana	11	6th	3	11	11
2	A. Shabana	11	11	12

Web links

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