Guggenheim Partners & Equitrust Windy City Open 2016

The 2016 Guggenheim Partners & Equitrust Windy City Open was held from February 25 to March 2, 2016 in Chicago , Illinois , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2015/16 and belonged to the World Series category . The women's squash tournament also belonged to the World Series category and was part of the women's PSA World Tour 2015/16 .

Last year's winners were Nick Matthew for the men and Raneem El Weleily for the women. While El Weleily defended their title in the final against Nour El Sherbini in four sets, Matthew had to give up in the third set against Mohamed Elshorbagy due to injury after he had also reached the final again .

The fields of participation in the men's and women's competition consisted of 32 players each, eight of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Chris Hanson in the men's and Olivia Blatchford a spot in the main draw for the ladies.

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 and women was US $ 150,000 each.

	Men's		Ladies
round	Points	Prize money	Points	Prize money
victory	2625	$ 23,625	4800	$ 22,950
final	1725	$ 15,525	3300	$ 15,525
Semifinals	1050	$ 9,450	1950	$ 9,115
Quarter finals	640	$ 5,740	1050	$ 5,400
Round of 16	375	$ 3,375	525	$ 3,040
First round	190	$ 1,690	300	$ 1,685

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Mohamed Elshorbagy victory 02.  Nick Matthew final 03.  Omar Mosaad Semifinals 04th  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Simon Rösner Quarter finals 06th  Tarek Momen Quarter finals 07th  Karim Abdel Gawad Round of 16 08th.  Mathieu Castagnet 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	12
Q	A. Clyne	5	9	10					1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	18th
OLD	M. Abouelghar	11	11	6th	10	11			OLD	M. Abouelghar	9	6th	16
Q	C. Salazar	9	8th	11	12	6th												1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	9	11
OLD	G. Marche	11	11	5	10	3												5	S. Rösner	8th	6th	11	7th
	M. Lee	9	3	11	12	11				M. Lee	7th	4th	12	10
Q	A. Waller	5	4th	9					5	S. Rösner	11	11	10	12
5	S. Rösner	11	11	11																							1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	12	11
7th	KA Gawad	10	11	9	11	11																					4th	M. Á. Rodríguez	5	10	7th
Q	P. Coll	12	5	11	8th	7th			7th	KA Gawad	8th	8th	11	11	6th
	Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	11	11	11				Ma. Elshorbagy	11	11	4th	5	11
Q	L. Au	7th	13	4th	13	9													Ma. Elshorbagy	9	5	8th
	T. Richards	11	8th	11	11													4th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	11
Q	R. Kandra	5	11	9	7th					T. Richards	8th	11	10	10
	C. Simpson	4th	11	8th	10				4th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	6th	12	12
4th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	6th	11	12																															1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	2
3	O. Mosaad	11	9	11	11																															2	N. Matthew	6th	3	0	r
	J. Willstrop	8th	11	4th	9				3	O. Mosaad	13	11	11	11
	S. Ghosal	11	11	11	7th	11				S. Ghosal	15th	1	7th	1
Q	OA Meguid	13	8th	8th	11	8th												3	O. Mosaad	11	12	11	11
	D. Selby	12	11	11														8th	M. Castagnet	8th	14th	8th	8th
	C. Pilley	10	8th	5						D. Selby	7th	5	11	9
	A. Farag	11	11	6th	6th	11			8th	M. Castagnet	11	11	3	11
8th	M. Castagnet	8th	7th	11	11	13																					3	O. Mosaad	4th	9	11	8th
6th	T. Momen	12	11	7th	11	11																					2	N. Matthew	11	11	7th	11
OLD	N. Muller	14th	9	11	8th	9			6th	T. Momen	8th	11	11	11
	F. Dessouki	11	3	6th	9				Q	D. Elias	11	6th	7th	7th
Q	D. Elias	7th	11	11	11													6th	T. Momen	4th	5	11
	B. Golan	11	13	5	11													2	N. Matthew	11	11	13
	R. Cuskelly	5	11	11	4th					B. Golan	12	11	3	11	12
WC	C. Hanson	6th	5	6th					2	N. Matthew	10	9	11	13	14th
2	N. Matthew	11	11	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Laura Massaro Semifinals 02.  Raneem El Weleily victory 03.  Nicol David Quarter finals 04th  Camille Serme Semifinals 05.  Nour El Sherbini final 06th  Omneya Abdel Kawy Quarter finals 07th  Amanda Sobhy Quarter finals 08th.  Nouran Gohar Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09.  Annie Au Round of 16 10.  Joelle King Round of 16 11.  Sarah-Jane Perry Round of 16 12.  Low Wee Wern 1 round 13.  Jenny Duncalf Round of 16 14th  Delia Arnold Round of 16 15th  Emily Whitlock Round of 16 16.  Victoria Lust Round of 16

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	L. Massaro	11	11	11
	L. Hansen	2	7th	5					1	L. Massaro	11	11	11
	H. El Torky	7th	4th	7th					16	V. Lust	5	2	9
16	V. Lust	11	11	11														1	L. Massaro	11	11	11
15th	E. Whitlock	11	8th	11	11													6th	OA Kawy	7th	7th	9
Q	C. Nunn	6th	11	7th	3				15th	E. Whitlock	10	11	9	4th
WC	O. Blatchford	10	5	9					6th	OA Kawy	12	5	11	11
6th	OA Kawy	12	11	11																							1	L. Massaro	7th	9	9
5	N. El Sherbini	12	11	11																							5	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
Q	S. Teran	10	7th	5					5	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
	T. Evans	11	7th	5	7th				14th	D. Arnold	5	9	8th
14th	D. Arnold	9	11	11	11													5	N. El Sherbini	11	12	11
11	S.-J. Perry	11	11	13														3	N. David	9	10	9
Q	D. Saffery	6th	5	11					11	S.-J. Perry	6th	9	5
Q	F. Moverley	5	1	6th					3	N. David	11	11	11
3	N. David	11	11	11																																5	N. El Sherbini	11	6th	3	6th
4th	C. Serme	11	11	11																																2	R. El Weleily	9	11	11	11
Q	H. El Hammamy	6th	9	3					4th	C. Serme	11	11	11
	J. Chan	7th	12	11	14th					J. Chan	6th	5	2
12	L. Wee Wern	11	10	9	12													4th	C. Serme	6th	11	5	12	11
10	J. King	11	11	6th	11													7th	A. Sobhy	11	4th	11	10	9
	D. Urquhart	8th	4th	11	5				10	J. King	6th	4th	5
	S. Hany	2	4th	5					7th	A. Sobhy	11	11	11
7th	A. Sobhy	11	11	11																							4th	C. Serme	9	11	8th
8th	N. Gohar	11	11	11																							2	R. El Weleily	11	13	11
Q	M. Metwally	9	6th	4th					8th	N. Gohar	11	11	11
OLD	N. Fernandes	10	7th	5					13	J. Duncalf	9	9	4th
13	J. Duncalf	12	11	11														8th	N. Gohar	8th	8th	9
9	A. Au	11	11	11														2	R. El Weleily	11	11	11
Q	N. Gilis	5	8th	1					9	A. Au	13	11	8th	7th
Q	C. Aumard	3	3	1					2	R. El Weleily	15th	7th	11	11
2	R. El Weleily	11	11	11

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Guide 2015 (PDF) Retrieved January 22, 2016.