El Gouna International 2012

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The El Gouna International 2012 took place from April 8th to 13th, 2012 in el-Guna , Egypt . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2011/12 and belonged to the World Series Gold category .

The defending champion of the last event from the 2010 season was Karim Darwish . Ramy Ashour benefited in the final from James Willstrop's injury-related abandonment with the score of 12:10, 11: 5 and 5: 2 for Ashour and won the title.

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. A wildcard was not awarded.

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 for the men was 115,000 US dollars.

	Men's
round	Points	Prize money
victory	2015	$ 17,500
final	1325	$ 11,500
Semifinals	805	$ 7,000
Quarter finals	490	$ 4,250
Round of 16	290	$ 2,500
First round	145	$ 1,250

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  James Willstrop final 02.  Grégory Gaultier Quarter finals 03.  Nick Matthew Semifinals 04th  Karim Darwish Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Ramy Ashour victory 06th  Amr Shabana Round of 16 07th  Mohamed Elshorbagy Quarter finals 08th.  Laurens Jan Anjema 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	6th	11
	N. Muller	8th	4th	11	4th				1	J. Willstrop	14th	11	11
Q	R. Temple	11	11	9	7th	4th				S. Ghosal	12	2	7th
	S. Ghosal	8th	9	11	11	11												1	J. Willstrop	9	11	11	11
	T. Momen	11	7th	11	11													8th	LJ Anjema	11	2	8th	5
	M. Abbas	8th	11	7th	9					T. Momen	7th	11	9	7th
Q	OA Aziz	5	11	4th	5				8th	LJ Anjema	11	8th	11	11
8th	LJ Anjema	11	6th	11	11																						1	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
7th	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	12	11																							4th	K. Darwish	7th	5	2
Q	I. Yuen	7th	10	6th					7th	Mo. Elshorbagy	5	11	11	8th	11
	T. Lincou	2	11	5	11	11				T. Lincou	11	8th	8th	11	8th
	C. Pilley	11	6th	11	5	6th												7th	Mo. Elshorbagy	9	11	9	11	6th
	J. Kemp	11	11	11														4th	K. Darwish	11	9	11	6th	11
Q	OA Meguid	8th	4th	5						J. Kemp	11	2	2	3
Q	A. Waller	9	6th	6th					4th	K. Darwish	7th	11	11	11
4th	K. Darwish	11	11	11																																1	J. Willstrop	10	5	2	r
3	N. Matthew	11	11	11																																5	R. Ashour	12	11	5
Q	A. Wagih	5	5	3					3	N. Matthew	9	14th	11	11
	MAA Reda	11	11	11						MAA Reda	11	12	6th	6th
Q	W. Farag	5	6th	5														3	N. Matthew	11	12	11
	H. Ashour	9	11	14th	11														H. Ashour	6th	10	7th
Q	M. Castagnet	11	8th	12	9					H. Ashour	13	9	11	11
	KA Gawad	4th	9	9					6th	A. Shabana	11	11	9	8th
6th	A. Shabana	11	11	11																							3	N. Matthew	4th	11	8th	9
5	R. Ashour	11	11	11																							5	R. Ashour	11	9	11	11
Q	AK Khalifa	7th	9	7th					5	R. Ashour	11	9	11	11
	O. Mosaad	11	3	11	1	3				A. Grant	4th	11	5	1
	A. Grant	9	11	5	11	11												5	R. Ashour	11	12	11
	G. Marche	12	6th	14th	9	6th												2	G. Gaultier	7th	10	8th
	S. Rösner	10	11	12	11	11				S. Rösner	6th	9	12	1
	Ma. Elshorbagy	4th	9	2					2	G. Gaultier	11	11	10	11
2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved on February 5, 2014.