El Gouna International 2015

The El Gouna International 2015 took place from April 5th to 10th 2015 in el-Guna , Egypt . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2014/15 and belonged to the PSA World Series rating category .

Defending champion was Ramy Ashour , who won the tournament again. In the final he defeated Mohamed Elshorbagy 11: 9, 11: 6, 4:11, 10:12 and 12:10. Ashour had been out of the game due to meniscus surgery since winning the 2014 World Cup and played his first tournament in five months with the El Gouna International.

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. Per Wildcard received Zahed Mohamed a spot in the main draw.

Prize money and world ranking points

In the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points are 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 $ 150,000.

	Men's
round	Points	Prize money
victory	2625	$ 23,625
final	1725	$ 15,525
Semifinals	1050	$ 9,450
Quarter finals	640	$ 5,740
Round of 16	375	$ 3,375
First round	190	$ 1,690

Men's

Seeding list

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

No. player Round reached 05.  Amr Shabana 1 round 06th  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Round of 16 07th  Tarek Momen 1 round 08th.  Peter Barker 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	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	13	11
Q	A. Farag	9	11	5					1	Mo. Elshorbagy	8th	11	11	11
Q	M. Hesham	12	11	11	11				Q	M. Hesham	11	5	6th	6th
	S. Rösner	10	7th	13	7th													1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
Q	MN Adnan	11	11	5	5	8th												8th	P. Barker	7th	8th	9
	M. Lee	7th	8th	11	11	11				M. Lee	2	13	5
	A. Waller	5	7th	3					8th	P. Barker	11	15th	11
8th	P. Barker	11	11	11																							1	Mo. Elshorbagy	6th	6th
7th	T. Momen	10	1	11	14th	9																					3	N. Matthew	11	3	r
	S. Ghosal	12	11	7th	12	11				S. Ghosal	4th	3	11	8th
Q	O. Tuominen	5	8th	11						O. Mosaad	11	11	9	11
	O. Mosaad	11	11	13															O. Mosaad	11	4th	9	10
	M. Castagnet	6th	7th	11	12	11												3	N. Matthew	8th	11	11	12
Q	OA Meguid	11	11	5	10	9				M. Castagnet	11	5	5	5
WC	Z. Mohamed	7th	6th	6th					3	N. Matthew	6th	11	11	11
3	N. Matthew	11	11	11																																1	Mo. Elshorbagy	9	6th	11	12	10
4th	R. Ashour	10	11	11	11																															4th	R. Ashour	11	11	4th	10	12
	Ma. Elshorbagy	12	8th	6th	6th				4th	R. Ashour	6th	11	11	11
Q	L. Au	5	4th	7th						F. Dessouki	11	8th	7th	8th
	F. Dessouki	11	11	11														4th	R. Ashour	11	14th	9	11
	S. Coppinger	11	12	7th	8th														J. Willstrop	7th	12	11	4th
	J. Willstrop	4th	14th	11	11					J. Willstrop	11	6th	11	11
	C. Simpson	5	7th	11	11	11				C. Simpson	8th	11	6th	6th
5	A. Shabana	11	11	5	4th	5																					4th	R. Ashour	7th	11	11	11
6th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	13																							2	G. Gaultier	11	9	9	9
Q	KA Fathi	5	2	11					6th	M. Á. Rodríguez	8th	11	13	9	4th
	N. Muller	11	9	9	14th	8th				D. Selby	11	9	11	11	11
	D. Selby	8th	11	11	12	11													D. Selby	4th	3	1
	KA Gawad	13	8th	11	3	11												2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
Q	M. Abouelghar	11	11	9	11	7th				KA Gawad	8th	8th	3
	C. Pilley	12	7th	4th	4th				2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
2	G. Gaultier	10	11	11	11

Web links

• Official tournament website
• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)

Individual evidence

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