Harrisdirect Tournament of Champions 2003

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The Harrisdirect Tournament of Champions 2003 took place February 22-27 , 2003 in New York City , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2002/03 and belonged to the Super Series category . It was endowed with $ 72,500.

The defending champion was Jonathon Power , who lost to Thierry Lincou in the semi-finals that year . The winner was the top seeded Peter Nicol , who beat Thierry Lincou in the final with 15:11, 12:15, 15:10 and 15: 4. This was Nicol's second title win at the tournament after reaching the final for the third time in a row. In 2001 he had defeated Jonathan Power before losing to him the following year.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of whom were qualifiers. The 16 best players were seeded. A wildcard was not awarded.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. EnglandEngland Peter Nicol victory
02. CanadaCanada Jonathon Power Semifinals
03. AustraliaAustralia David Palmer Semifinals
04th ScotlandScotland John White Quarter finals

05. AustraliaAustralia Stewart Boswell Quarter finals

06th FranceFrance Thierry Lincou final

07th AustraliaAustralia Anthony Ricketts Quarter finals

08th. EnglandEngland Lee Beachill Quarter finals
No. player Round reached
09. MalaysiaMalaysia Ong Beng Hee Round of 16

10. ScotlandScotland Martin Heath 1 round

11. EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 1 round

12. EnglandEngland Chris Walker 1 round

13. EnglandEngland Mark Chaloner 1 round

14th EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 1 round

15th AustraliaAustralia Joseph Kneipp Round of 16

16. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Alex Gough 1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 15th 15th 15th                      
 EgyptEgypt O. Elborolossy 9 4th 7th     1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 15th 15th 15th
Q  EnglandEngland J. Willstrop 6th 15th 15th 10 15th     Q  EnglandEngland J. Willstrop 7th 10 8th  
11  EgyptEgypt K. Darwish 15th 13 9 15th 7th     1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 15th 6th 15th 15th
16  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg A. Gough 10 10 12     7th  AustraliaAustralia A. Ricketts 8th 15th 11 10  
Q  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Durbach 15th 15th 15th     Q  South AfricaSouth Africa R. Durbach 6th 15th 16 7th  
Q  EnglandEngland A. Grant 2 6th 5     7th  AustraliaAustralia A. Ricketts 15th 9 17th 15th  
7th  AustraliaAustralia A. Ricketts 15th 15th 15th     1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 15th 9 15th 15th
8th  EnglandEngland L. Beachill 15th 15th 15th     3  AustraliaAustralia D. Palmer 8th 15th 12 10  
 FranceFrance R. Lavigne 13 7th 1     8th  EnglandEngland L. Beachill 15th 15th 15th  
Q  EgyptEgypt W. El Hindi 12 15th 9 15th 6th     9  MalaysiaMalaysia O. Beng Hee 9 12 11  
9  MalaysiaMalaysia O. Beng Hee 15th 6th 15th 14th 15th     8th  EnglandEngland L. Beachill 15th 12 4th r
15th  AustraliaAustralia J. Kneipp 15th 15th 15th     3  AustraliaAustralia D. Palmer 13 15th 15th  
 EnglandEngland N. Matthew 12 8th 6th     15th  AustraliaAustralia J. Kneipp 15th 13 12 4th  
Q  FinlandFinland O. Tuominen 15th 15th 13 7th 9     3  AustraliaAustralia D. Palmer 7th 15th 15th 15th  
3  AustraliaAustralia D. Palmer 10 12 15th 15th 15th     1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 15th 12 15th 15th
4th  ScotlandScotland J. White 15th 15th 15th     5  FranceFrance T. Lincou 11 15th 10 4th
 EnglandEngland N. Taylor 6th 6th 8th     4th  ScotlandScotland J. White 15th 17th 15th  
Q  EgyptEgypt M. Abbas 15th 15th 6th 15th 17th     Q  EgyptEgypt M. Abbas 10 15th 5  
14th  EgyptEgypt A. Shabana 11 7th 15th 17th 15th     4th  ScotlandScotland J. White 15th 15th 9 12 6th
12  EnglandEngland C. Walker 15th 15th 14th 9 8th     5  FranceFrance T. Lincou 11 12 15th 15th 15th  
 EnglandEngland S. Parke 14th 6th 15th 15th 15th      EnglandEngland S. Parke 11 4th 9  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg D. Evans 11 6th 6th     5  FranceFrance T. Lincou 15th 15th 15th  
5  FranceFrance T. Lincou 15th 15th 15th     5  FranceFrance T. Lincou 5 15th 15th 15th
6th  AustraliaAustralia S. Boswell 15th 3     2  CanadaCanada J. Power 15th 13 7th 3  
Q  EnglandEngland D. Harris 6th 2 r     6th  AustraliaAustralia S. Boswell 15th 11 15th 17th  
 AustraliaAustralia P. Price 17th 15th 15th      AustraliaAustralia P. Price 12 15th 10 15th  
13  EnglandEngland M. Chaloner 16 8th 8th     6th  AustraliaAustralia S. Boswell 15th 5 5 8th
10  ScotlandScotland M. Heath 11 13 8th     2  CanadaCanada J. Power 8th 15th 15th 15th  
Q  FranceFrance G. Gaultier 15th 15th 15th     Q  FranceFrance G. Gaultier 7th 11 5  
 CanadaCanada G. Ryding 12 13 15th 8th     2  CanadaCanada J. Power 15th 15th 15th  
2  CanadaCanada J. Power 15th 15th 11 15th    

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