El Gouna International 2017

The El Gouna International 2017 took place from 7 to 14 April 2017 in El Gouna , Egypt instead. The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2016/17 and belonged to the PSA World Series rating category . At the same time, the women's world championship for 2016 took place on site.

Last year's winner was Mohamed Elshorbagy , who lost to his brother Marwan in three sets in the quarterfinals . The winner was Grégory Gaultier , who despite winning the title on May 1, lost the lead in the world rankings to his final opponent Karim Abdel Gawad .

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 Marwan Tarek 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 money for the men was 150,000 US dollars.

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 Quarter finals 02.  Karim Abdel Gawad final 03.  Grégory Gaultier victory 04th  Nick Matthew 1 round

No. player Round reached 05.  James Willstrop Round of 16 06th  Marwan Elshorbagy Semifinals 07th  Ali Farag 1 round 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	11	11	13
	M. Castagnet	9	7th	11					1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	10	2	11
	M. Abouelghar	11	11	11						M. Abouelghar	6th	9	12	11	9
Q	A. Waller	5	9	7th														1	Mo. Elshorbagy	5	2	4th
Q	C. Grayson	11	11	3	11	9												6th	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
	C. Pilley	6th	5	11	13	11				C. Pilley	4th	8th	4th
	O. Mosaad	5	11	5					6th	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
6th	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	13	11																							6th	Ma. Elshorbagy	10	4th	4th
5	J. Willstrop	9	11	9	11	11																					3	G. Gaultier	12	11	11
	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	8th	11	7th	9			5	J. Willstrop	4th	8th	7th
	P. Coll	11	11	11						P. Coll	11	11	11
Q	T. Richards	7th	4th	3															P. Coll	6th	6th	13	6th
	T. Momen	9	13	10	8th													3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11	11
Q	M. Hesham	11	11	12	11				Q	M. Hesham	2	2	3
WC	M. Tarek	6th	2	6th					3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																																3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
4th	N. Matthew	12	4th	11	5	6th																														2	KA Gawad	6th	8th	7th
	F. Dessouki	10	11	7th	11	11				F. Dessouki	11	11	1	11
	R. Cuskelly	11	11	11						R. Cuskelly	9	7th	11	8th
Q	M. Reda	8th	3	5															F. Dessouki	11	7th	12	12
Q	G. Marche	12	7th	4th	9														D. Elias	7th	11	10	10
	C. Salazar	10	11	11	11					C. Salazar	9	11	4th
	D. Elias	11	12	11						D. Elias	11	13	11
7th	A. Farag	9	10	8th																								F. Dessouki	11	5	10	8th
8th	S. Rösner	11	12	11																							2	KA Gawad	7th	11	12	11
Q	R. Kandra	6th	10	8th					8th	S. Rösner	11	11	11
Q	KA Fathi	5	12	11	11				Q	KA Fathi	4th	6th	8th
	S. Ghosal	11	10	7th	9													8th	S. Rösner	11	9	11	2
LL	OA Meguid	9	7th	8th														2	KA Gawad	13	11	9	11
	B. Golan	11	11	11						B. Golan	11	1	8th	5
	Z. Mohamed	8th	9	9					2	KA Gawad	9	11	11	11
2	KA Gawad	11	11	11

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF) Retrieved April 2, 2017.