JP Morgan Tournament of Champions 2013

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The JP Morgan Tournament of Champions 2013 took place January 18-24, 2013 at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan , New York City , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2012/13 and at the same time the first tournament of the current season of the World Series 2013. The women's tournament was part of the WSA World Tour 2012/13 and belonged to the WSA Silver 25 category .

Defending champion in the men's race was Nick Matthew , who failed in the semi-finals this year against Frenchman Grégory Gaultier . Gaultier, title holder from 2009, faced reigning world champion Ramy Ashour in the final , who won the tournament in 2008 and 2011. The Frenchman lost the final, despite a 2-0 set lead, 3-2 to Ashour, who celebrated his third title at the Tournament of Champions. In the women's category, Natalie Grinham defended her title from last year, defeating Kasey Brown in three sets in the final .

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of which were starting places for qualifiers. 16 players competed in the women's competition, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded in both fields. Per Wildcard received Todd Harrity in the men's and Latasha Khan a spot in the main draw in the women each.

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 enter the main field from qualification receive 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 pool was $ 115,000 for the men and $ 25,000 for the women.

Men's
round	Points	Prize money
victory	2015	$ 17,500
final	1325	$ 11,500
Semifinals	805	$ 7,000
Quarter finals	490	$ 4,230
Round of 16	290	$ 2,500
First round	145	$ 1,250

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  James Willstrop Semifinals 02.  Nick Matthew Semifinals 03.  Grégory Gaultier final 04th  Ramy Ashour victory

No. player Round reached 05.  Peter Barker 1 round 06th  Mohamed Elshorbagy Quarter finals 07th  Karim Darwish Quarter finals 08th.  Omar Mosaad 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	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
	M. Á. Rodriguez	3	5	5					1	J. Willstrop	11	11	11	11
	T. Momen	11	11	11						T. Momen	13	8th	2	6th
Q	S. Delierre	1	6th	8th														1	J. Willstrop	12	11	11
	A. Grant	6th	9	11	11	11													S. Coppinger	10	2	4th
	C. Pilley	11	11	4th	5	8th				A. Grant	6th	9	11	11	1
	S. Coppinger	12	11	6th	11					S. Coppinger	11	11	7th	9	11
5	P. Barker	10	6th	11	1																						1	J. Willstrop	11	8th	10	12	4th
8th	O. Mosaad	11	7th	11	11																						4th	R. Ashour	5	11	12	10	11
	N. Muller	7th	11	8th	5				8th	O. Mosaad	11	11	11
	O. Beng Hee	11	5	11	11					O. Beng Hee	8th	8th	6th
Q	C. Grayson	6th	11	3	9													8th	O. Mosaad	11	3	10	9
	S. Rösner	11	4th	11	11													4th	R. Ashour	4th	11	12	11
Q	Y. Butt	5	11	6th	4th					S. Rösner	8th	8th	5
Q	A. Waller	5	6th	10					4th	R. Ashour	11	11	11
4th	R. Ashour	11	11	12																																4th	R. Ashour	6th	7th	12	11	11
3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																																3	G. Gaultier	11	11	10	3	1
	H. Ashour	6th	2	1					3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	T. Richards	12	11	11						T. Richards	3	6th	4th
WC	T. Harrity	10	3	6th														3	G. Gaultier	11	13	13	11
	O. Tuominen	1	9	11	5													6th	M. Elshorbagy	9	11	15th	4th
Q	G. Marche	11	11	5	11				Q	G. Marche	8th	9	7th
	LJ Anjema	4th	5	9					6th	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
6th	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11																							3	G. Gaultier	11	10	13	11
7th	K. Darwish	11	11	9	11																						2	N. Matthew	8th	12	11	3
Q	R. Cuskelly	7th	6th	11	4th				7th	K. Darwish	11	11	12
	S. Ghosal	13	12	11	11					S. Ghosal	3	5	10
Q	S. Razik	15th	10	9	9													7th	K. Darwish	5	7th	8th
	A. Shabana	11	11	11														2	N. Matthew	11	11	11
Q	C. Simpson	5	7th	9						A. Shabana	8th	6th	8th
LL	J. Lee	4th	11	7th	4th				2	N. Matthew	11	11	11
2	N. Matthew	11	8th	11	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Madeline Perry Semifinals 02.  Dipika Pallikal 1 round 03.  Kasey Brown final 04th  Natalie Grinham victory

No. Player Round reached 05.  Rachael Grinham Semifinals 06th  Amanda Sobhy Quarter finals 07th  Joey Chan Quarter finals 08th.  Sarah Kippax 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	M. Perry	11	11	11
WC	L. Khan	7th	8th	2					1	M. Perry	11	11	11
	L. Briggs	10	8th	6th					7th	J. Chan	9	2	5
7th	J. Chan	12	11	11														1	M. Perry	6th	8th	11	6th
6th	A. Sobhy	11	11	11														3	K. Brown	11	11	8th	11
	D. Arnold	9	5	8th					6th	A. Sobhy	8th	13	10
Q	H. El Torky	11	11	6th	6th	9			3	K. Brown	11	15th	12
3	K. Brown	9	8th	11	11	11																					3	K. Brown	6th	6th	5
4th	N. Grinham	9	11	11	7th	11																					4th	N. Grinham	11	11	11
	N. El Tayeb	11	9	8th	11	4th			4th	N. Grinham	10	11	11	11
Q	S. Cornett	9	5	8th					8th	S. Kippax	12	5	4th	6th
8th	S. Kippax	11	11	11														4th	N. Grinham	11	11	11
5	R. Grinham	13	11	11														5	R. Grinham	9	2	7th
Q	A. Landers-Murphy	11	4th	5					5	R. Grinham	8th	11	11	11
Q	J. Chinappa	11	11	3	11				Q	J. Chinappa	11	9	4th	8th
2	D. Pallikal	7th	7th	11	8th

Web links

• Official tournament website (English)
• Results of the men on squashinfo.com (English)
• Results of the women on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Accessed January 7, 2013.