Delaware Investments US Open 2012

PSA World Series logo

The Delaware Investments US Open 2012 took place October 6-12, 2012 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2012/13 and belonged to the World Series Gold category . The women's squash tournament was part of the WSA World Tour 2012/13 and belonged to the WSA Gold 60 category .

Defending champion Amr Shabana lost to Nick Matthew in five sets in the quarterfinals in the new edition of last year's final . In the final, Ramy Ashour , who already reached the final in 2009 , defeated his opponent Grégory Gaultier 11: 4, 11: 9 and 11: 9. Nicol David stayed victorious in the women, defeating Raneem El Weleily in the final with 14:12, 8:11, 11: 7 and 11: 7. Defending champion Laura Massaro failed in the semifinals to El Weleily in five sets.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. 16 players competed in the women's competition, eight of whom were also seeded. Of the remaining eight places, four were reserved for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Christopher Gordon and Kristen Long a starting place in the respective main field.

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 was $ 115,000 for the men and $ 70,000 for the women.

	Men's		Ladies
round	Points	Prize money	Points	Prize money
victory	2015	$ 17,500	4800	$ 13,600
final	1325	$ 11,500	3300	$ 9,200
Semifinals	805	$ 7,000	1950	$ 5,400
Quarter finals	490	$ 4,250	1050	$ 3,200
Round of 16	290	$ 3,375	525	$ 1,800
First round	145	$ 1,250	300	$ 1,000

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  James Willstrop Semifinals 02.  Nick Matthew Semifinals 03.  Grégory Gaultier final 04th  Ramy Ashour victory

No. player Round reached 05.  Karim Darwish Quarter finals 06th  Peter Barker Quarter finals 07th  Amr Shabana Quarter finals 08th.  Mohamed Elshorbagy 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	J. Willstrop	11	11	7th	11
	A. Walker	4th	3	11	9				1	J. Willstrop	9	11	12	11
Q	OA Aziz	5	9	10						D. Selby	11	4th	10	5
	D. Selby	11	11	12														1	J. Willstrop	11	7th	12	8th	11
	C. Pilley	11	11	11														8th	Mo. Elshorbagy	6th	11	10	11	5
Q	S. Coppinger	0	5	5						C. Pilley	12	8th	10	12	4th
	S. Rösner	7th	11	9	7th				8th	Mo. Elshorbagy	10	11	12	10	11
8th	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	6th	11	11																						1	J. Willstrop	7th	8th	2
5	K. Darwish	13	11	11																							3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
Q	M. Lee	11	2	9					5	K. Darwish	11	11	11
	H. Ashour	9	11	11	11	6th			WC	C. Gordon	4th	3	8th
WC	C. Gordon	11	8th	13	5	11												5	K. Darwish	11	5	5	4th
	B. Golan	8th	11	11	11													3	G. Gaultier	6th	11	11	11
Q	J. Lee	11	9	6th	5					B. Golan	7th	4th	7th
	O. Tuominen	1	2	3					3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																																3	G. Gaultier	4th	9	9
4th	R. Ashour	11	13	11																																4th	R. Ashour	11	11	11
	S. Ghosal	7th	11	8th					4th	R. Ashour	13	11	11
	N. Muller	11	7th	12	10	6th				T. Momen	11	7th	8th
	T. Momen	5	11	10	12	11												4th	R. Ashour	10	11	11	7th	13
	T. Richards	11	11	10	11													6th	P. Barker	12	5	6th	11	11
	O. Beng Hee	6th	3	12	6th					T. Richards	5	7th	8th
Q	S. Razik	4th	6th	1					6th	P. Barker	12	11	11
6th	P. Barker	11	11	11																							4th	R. Ashour	15th	8th	11	11
7th	A. Shabana	11	11	15th																							2	N. Matthew	13	11	8th	7th
Q	M. Á. Rodríguez	9	6th	13					7th	A. Shabana	9	11	11	11
Q	AA Khan	5	7th	9						LJ Anjema	11	7th	1	5
	LJ Anjema	11	11	11														7th	A. Shabana	6th	11	12	9	9
Q	KA Gawad	9	11	1	11	9												2	N. Matthew	11	4th	10	11	11
	A. Grant	11	8th	11	5	11				A. Grant	11	7th	8th
	O. Mosaad	11	7th	5	9				2	N. Matthew	13	11	11
2	N. Matthew	7th	11	11	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Nicol David victory 02.  Raneem El Weleily final 03.  Jenny Duncalf Quarter finals 04th  Laura Massaro Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Madeline Perry Quarter finals 06th  Annie Au 1 round 07th  Nour El Sherbini 1 round 08th.  Natalie Grinham 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									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	N. David	11	11	11
Q	C. Serme	6th	8th	8th					1	N. David	11	11	11
Q	A. Waters	10	11	11	5	11			Q	A. Waters	5	7th	9
8th	N. Grinham	12	5	8th	11	7th												1	N. David	11	11	5	8th	11
7th	N. El Sherbini	10	6th	5														Q	J. King	8th	6th	11	11	7th
Q	J. King	12	11	11					Q	J. King	8th	11	11	8th	11
	R. Grinham	5	8th	4th					3	J. Duncalf	11	4th	3	11	5
3	J. Duncalf	11	11	11																							1	N. David	14th	8th	11	11
4th	L. Massaro	11	11	11																							2	R. El Weleily	12	11	7th	7th
WC	K. Long	0	3	4th					4th	L. Massaro	11	11	11
Q	D. Urquhart	5	4th	11	2				5	M. Perry	6th	9	7th
5	M. Perry	11	11	7th	11													4th	L. Massaro	11	8th	9	12	4th
6th	A. Au	10	8th	9														2	R. El Weleily	7th	11	11	10	11
	K. Brown	12	11	11						K. Brown	8th	13	10	9
	L. Wee Wern	8th	11	8th	5				2	R. El Weleily	11	11	12	11
2	R. El Weleily	11	5	11	11

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved on April 18, 2013.