El Gouna International 2016

The El Gouna International 2016 took place from 21 to 29 April 2016 in El Gouna , Egypt instead. The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2015/16 and belonged to the PSA World Series rating category .

Last year's winner was Ramy Ashour , who retired in the first round due to injury. In the final, the two top seeded, Mohamed Elshorbagy and Grégory Gaultier faced each other. Elshorbagy won the game 7:11, 9:11, 11: 3, 11: 9 and 11: 8 and thus his 22nd title on the World Tour.

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

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 $ 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 victory 02.  Grégory Gaultier final 03.  Omar Mosaad Quarter finals 04th  Ramy Ashour 1 round

No. player Round reached 05.  Tarek Momen Round of 16 06th  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Semifinals 07th  Karim Abdel Gawad Round of 16 08th.  Simon Rösner 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	12	11	13
	M. Hesham	10	9	11					1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	12
	C. Simpson	13	11	11						C. Simpson	8th	8th	10
Q	P. Coll	11	7th	6th														1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	7th	11
OLD	M. Abouelghar	8th	11	12	7th	6th												8th	S. Rösner	8th	6th	11	4th
Q	C. Salazar	11	1	10	11	11			Q	C. Salazar	6th	11	2	7th
Q	G. Lobban	9	4th	2					8th	S. Rösner	11	6th	11	11
8th	S. Rösner	11	11	11																							1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
7th	M. Á. Rodríguez	14th	11	11																							7th	M. Á. Rodríguez	7th	4th	5
Q	MN Adnan	12	6th	5					7th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	11
OLD	L. Au	7th	11	13	14th				OLD	L. Au	6th	6th	7th
	S. Ghosal	11	4th	11	12													7th	M. Á. Rodríguez	9	11	11	12
	M. Castagnet	6th	11	11	11													3	O. Mosaad	11	6th	7th	10
WC	Z. Mohamed	11	5	8th	7th					M. Castagnet	13	4th	4th
	C. Pilley	11	6th	8th	2				3	O. Mosaad	15th	11	11
3	O. Mosaad	9	11	11	11																															1	Mo. Elshorbagy	7th	9	11	11	11
4th	R. Ashour	10	6th	r																																2	G. Gaultier	11	11	3	9	8th
	Ma. Elshorbagy	12	11							Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
Q	OA Meguid	2	12	4th	16	11			Q	OA Meguid	6th	7th	5
	M. Lee	11	10	11	14th	6th													Ma. Elshorbagy	12	13	3	12	10
	F. Dessouki	8th	11	11	5	11													F. Dessouki	10	11	11	14th	12
	D. Selby	11	5	3	11	8th				F. Dessouki	11	11	11
	R. Cuskelly	11	7th	7th	5				6th	KA Gawad	8th	6th	6th
6th	KA Gawad	8th	11	11	11																							F. Dessouki	11	4th	7th	3
5	T. Momen	6th	12	11	11																						2	G. Gaultier	7th	11	11	11
Q	G. Marche	11	10	9	6th				5	T. Momen	5	4th	r
Q	N. Muller	7th	6th	7th						A. Farag	11	8th
	A. Farag	11	11	11															A. Farag	11	6th	11	4th	4th
	S. Coppinger	11	11	9	3	11												2	G. Gaultier	4th	11	6th	11	11
Q	AM Al Tamimi	9	9	11	11	3				S. Coppinger	2	8th	6th
	T. Richards	6th	8th	4th					2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF) Retrieved March 15, 2016.