Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships
The Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships have been an annual squash tournament for men and women since 2002 . It takes place in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia and is part of the men's PSA World Tour and the women's WSA World Series .
The men's tournament, which has only been held since 2006, currently belongs to the International 50 category . The total prize money is 50,000 US dollars . For the women, the tournament belongs to the World Series Gold category and has a total prize pool of US $ 70,000.
With seven titles, Nicol David is the record winner for women, while Karim Darwish is the only one to have won the men's tournament twice in 2011 and 2013.
winner
Men's
year | winner | Final opponent | Final result |
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2014 : no event | |||
2013 | Karim Darwish | Mohamed Elshorbagy | 11: 9, 12:10, 11: 7 |
2012 | Omar Mosaad | Adrian Grant | 11: 6, 13:11, 12:14, 6:11, 11: 8 |
2011 | Karim Darwish | Mohamed Elshorbagy | 11: 9, 11: 9, 11: 3 |
2010 | Ramy Ashour | Karim Darwish | 11: 8, 11: 8, 11: 9 |
2009 | Peter Barker | Adrian Grant | 11: 6, 11: 2, 11: 4 |
2008 | Ong Beng Hee | Mohd Azlan Iskandar | 11: 8, 15:13, 12:10 |
2007 | Mohammed Abbas | Stewart Boswell | 11: 6, 11: 5, 11: 5 |
2006 | Mohd Azlan Iskandar | Ong Beng Hee | 6:11, 11: 8, 12:10, 6:11, 11: 4 |
Ladies
year | winner | Final opponent | Final result |
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2014 : no event 1 | |||
2013 | Laura Massaro | Alison Waters | 11: 9, 11: 7, 11: 6 |
2012 | Nicol David | Annie Au | 11: 4, 12:10, 11: 9 |
2011 | Nicol David | Madeline Perry | 11: 6, 11: 6, 11: 2 |
2010 | Nicol David | Omneya Abdel Kawy | 11: 4, 11: 2, 13:11 |
2009 | Natalie Grainger | Nicol David | 11: 8, 10:12, 11: 7, 5:11, 11: 6 |
2008 | Nicol David | Natalie Grinham | 9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 2 |
2007 | Nicol David | Natalie Grinham | 6: 9, 9: 3, 9: 6, 7: 9, 9: 6 |
2006 | Vanessa Atkinson | Nicol David | 9: 7, 4: 9, 9: 1, 9: 3 |
2005 | Nicol David | Annelize Naudé | 9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 0 |
2003, 2004: no event | |||
2002 | Nicol David | Ellen Petersen | 9: 2, 9: 7, 8:10, 9: 4 |
1 Since theWorld Cup was heldinKuala Lumpur, the tournament was not held that year.
Web links
- Tournament site from squashsite.co.uk (English)
- Results of the men on squashinfo.com (English)
- Results of the women on squashinfo.com (English)