Holtrand Open 2017

The Holtrand Open 2017 took place February 9-12 , 2017 in Medicine Hat , Canada . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2016/17 and belonged to the PSA 25 category .

The winner of the last event last year was Leo Au , which reached the semi-finals this year. Yip Tsz-Fung won the final against Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi with 8:11, 11: 8, 8:11, 12:10 and 12:10.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Brock Janzer 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 was $ 25,000.

round	Points	Prize money
victory	440	$ 4,750
final	290	$ 3,250
Semifinals	175	$ 2,125
Quarter finals	105	$ 1,313
First round	60	$ 750

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Diego Elías Semifinals 02.  Leo Au Semifinals 03.  Yip Tsz-Fung victory 04th  Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi final

No. player Round reached 05.  Charles Sharpes Quarter finals 06th  Joel Makin Quarter finals 07th  Christopher Gordon 1 round 08th.  Nathan Lake 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									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	D. Elias	11	10	11	11
	A. Avila	7th	12	8th	6th				1	D. Elias	11	11	11
Q	L. Romiglio	1	11	11	11	4th			6th	J. Makin	6th	2	3
6th	J. Makin	11	7th	5	13	11												1	D. Elias	6th	4th	7th
7th	C. Gordon	11	11	7th	4th	5												4th	AM Al Tamimi	11	11	11
	K. El Hammamy	6th	8th	11	11	11				K. El Hammamy	11	15th	3
WC	B. Janzer	5	5	4th					4th	AM Al Tamimi	13	17th	11
4th	AM Al Tamimi	11	11	11																							4th	AM Al Tamimi	11	8th	11	10	10
3	T.-F. Yip	11	11	11																							3	T.-F. Yip	8th	11	8th	12	12
Q	N. Sachvie	9	9	4th					3	T.-F. Yip	11	12	11
	A. Quick	8th	11	11	5	3			5	C. Sharpes	9	10	9
5	C. Sharpes	11	7th	4th	11	11												3	T.-F. Yip	11	12	10	11
8th	N. Lake	11	11	11														2	L. Au	9	10	12	7th
Q	B. Grindrod	6th	4th	5					8th	N. Lake	11	6th	11	2	5
Q	M. McCue	7th	10	3					2	L. Au	6th	11	7th	11	11
2	L. Au	11	12	11

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF) Retrieved January 20, 2017.