Grasshopper Cup

The Grasshopper Cup is an annual squash tournament for men organized by the Grasshopper Club Zurich . It takes place in Zurich , Switzerland and is part of the PSA World Tour .

history

In 1979 the first GC Cup was held. In the final, Norman Ingledew and Colin Fletcher faced each other. After that, the GC-Cup was held every year as a professional tournament on a world-class level. First as an invitation tournament, later as an official tournament of the world association: in 1999 the GC-Cup was held for the first time as a professional tournament with prize money of 11,000 US dollars. In the two following years, too, it took place with unchanged prize money.

After 2001 there was a break until the 2012 season, before the fourth event took place with prize money of 25,000 US dollars. Steve Buchli, Vice President of the Grasshopper Club Squash Section, was the initiator of the new edition. Together with Mark David Meyer and Michael Baer, ​​both members of the GC Squash Club, he succeeded in reviving the GC Cup. The aim was and is to establish the GC Cup in the long term. After the relaunch in 2012, the 2013 edition was upgraded to the International 35 category with total prize money of 35,000 US dollars. In 2014, the tournament already belonged to the International 50 category and was endowed with 50,000 US dollars. For the first time, the tournament was held at a new location in Zurich, the ewz substation Selnau. A glass court and grandstands were set up for the spectators in the halls. A broadcast via PSA Squash TV also took place for the first time. In 2015 the tournament moved to the foundry hall at Puls 5 in Zurich, and the prize money was increased again to 70,000 US dollars.

Grégory Gaultier has been the only one who has won the tournament twice since 1999. Before that, Chris Dittmar , Neil Harvey and Gamal El Amir succeeded several times. Daryl Selby and Olli Tuominen have already been in the final of the tournament twice.

winner

Men: part of the PSA World Tour since 1996

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
2019	Mohamed Elshorbagy	Tarek Momen	11: 8, 13:11, 11: 8
2018	Ramy Ashour	Mohamed Elshorbagy	11: 8, 11: 9, 11: 6
2017	Grégory Gaultier	Ali Farag	11: 8, 11: 9, 14:12
2016	Marwan Elshorbagy	Grégory Gaultier	6:11, 13:11, 11: 9, 9:11, 11: 6
2015	Grégory Gaultier	Simon Rösner	11: 8, 11: 3, 11: 9
2014	Amr Shabana	Tarek Momen	11: 6, 11: 9, 4:11, 8:11, 11: 8
2013	Alister Walker	Daryl Selby	11: 4, 5:11, 12:10, 9:11, 11: 2
2012	Daryl Selby	Nicolas Müller	12:10, 11: 7, 8:11, 11: 4
no event from 2002 to 2011
2001	Mark Cairns	Lars Harms	15: 8, 15: 9, 15: 4
2000	John Williams	Olli Tuominen	15: 8, 15: 7, 15: 1
1999	Olli Tuominen	Bradley Ball	10:15, 13:15, 17:15, 15: 3, 15: 9
1998	Stephen Meads	Thierry Lincou	2:15, 12:15, 15:13, 15: 6, 15: 7
1997	Alex Gough	John White	6: 9, 9: 2, 9: 4, 5: 9, 9: 3
1996	Glen Wilson	Paul Steel	9: 6, 9: 4, 9: 2

Men: amateur and invitation tournaments (1979–1995)

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
1995	Martin Heath	Stefan Leifels
1994	Jansher Khan	Peter Marshall	5: 1, 5: 1
1993	Chris Dittmar	Rodney Eyles
1992	Chris Dittmar	Peter Marshall
1991	Chris Dittmar	Jahangir Khan
1990	Chris Robertson	Rodney Martin
1989	Geoff Williams
1988	Neil Harvey
1987	Neil Harvey
1986	Gamal El Amir
1985	Gamal El Amir
1984	Kevin Karam	Andrew Marshall	3: 1
1983	Mike Sherren
1982	David Fear
1981	Leif Leiner
1980	Paul Hendry
1979	Norman Ingledew	Colin Fletcher

Ladies

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
2002	Natalie Pohrer	Vanessa Atkinson	6: 9, 9: 0, 9: 1, 9: 3
2001	Vanessa Atkinson	Rachael Grinham	9: 6, 9: 1, 9: 7
2000	Jenny Tranfield	Isabelle Stoehr	9: 3, 9: 5, 9: 4
1998–1999: not held
1997	Carol Owens	Robyn Cooper	9: 6, 9: 3, 9: 6

Web links

• Tournament homepage
• Homepage of the GC Squash Section
• Results of the men on squashinfo.com (English)
• Results of the women on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olli Tuominen ousts Bradley Ball to tak Zurich Grasshopper Cup ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )