Marsh & McLennan Apawamis Open 2005

The Marsh & McLennan Apawamis Open 2005 took place January 5-10 , 2005 in Rye , New York , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2004/05 and belonged to Category 3 Star . It was endowed with $ 30,000. The women's competition was part of the WSA World Tour 2004/05 and belonged to the Silver 15 category . The prize money was $ 24,000.

Last year's winner Karim Darwish reached the final again as the top seeded player and met Jonathon Power, who was second . Power won the final 14:16, 11: 5, 12:10 and 11: 2 and thus the 34th title of his career. Last year's winner Linda Elriani did not compete again in the women's category . In the final, Omneya Abdel Kawy and Vicky Botwright met each other. Kawy won the game 5: 9, 9: 1, 2: 9, 9: 7 and 9: 5.

The field of participants in the men's and women's competition consisted of 16 players each, four of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were each seeded. Wildcards were not given.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Karim Darwish final 02.  Jonathon Power victory 03.  Dan Jenson Semifinals 04th  Renan Lavigne Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Mark Chaloner Quarter finals 06th  Rodney Durbach Quarter finals 07th  Alex Gough 1 round 08th.  Shahid Zaman 1 round

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	K. Darwish	11	5	11	11	11
	S. Razik	9	11	4th	13	6th			1	K. Darwish	6th	11	11	11
	B. Ball	11	8th	11	11					B. Ball	11	4th	7th	1
7th	A. Gough	8th	11	7th	3													1	K. Darwish	11	9	11	11	11
6th	R. Durbach	12	10	11	11													3	D. Jenson	13	11	6th	8th	4th
Q	M. Heather	10	12	6th	7th				6th	R. Durbach	5	11	11	9	5
Q	A. Walker	10	11	7th	9				3	D. Jenson	11	9	8th	11	11
3	D. Jenson	12	4th	11	11																						1	K. Darwish	16	5	10	2
4th	R. Lavigne	11	10	11	11																						2	J. Power	14th	11	12	11
Q	R. Nanda	2	12	4th	9				4th	R. Lavigne	11	11	9	1	11
Q	J.-M. Arcucci	11	12	11					Q	J.-M. Arcucci	4th	8th	11	11	6th
8th	S. Zaman	6th	10	6th														4th	R. Lavigne	3	4th	2
5	M. Chaloner	11	12	11														2	J. Power	11	11	11
	H. Ashour	5	10	3					5	M. Chaloner	7th	5	9
	G. Jones	4th	4th	2					2	J. Power	11	11	11
2	J. Power	11	11	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Omneya Abdel Kawy victory 02.  Vicky Botwright final 03.  Jenny Duncalf Semifinals 04th  Isabelle Stoehr Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Rebecca Chiu Quarter finals 06th  Pamela Nimmo Quarter finals 07th  Latasha Khan Quarter finals 08th.  Laura Lengthorn 1 round

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	OA Kawy	9	9	9
Q	M. Jans	1	2	3					1	OA Kawy	10	9	9
	D. Lloyd-Walter	7th	9	9	4th	5			7th	L. Khan	8th	0	1
7th	L. Khan	9	4th	2	9	9												1	OA Kawy	4th	9	9	10
6th	P. Nimmo	9	10	9														4th	I. Stoehr	9	5	2	8th
	R. Botwright	1	8th	4th					6th	P. Nimmo	5	3	9	6th
Q	T. Mullins	1	4th	5					4th	I. Stoehr	9	9	2	9
4th	I. Stoehr	9	9	9																							1	OA Kawy	5	9	2	9	9
3	J. Duncalf	6th	5	9	9	10																					2	V. Botwright	9	1	9	7th	5
Q	A. Miller	9	9	3	6th	8th			3	J. Duncalf	9	9	9
Q	K. Brown	7th	9	9	4th	9			Q	K. Brown	1	1	1
8th	L. Lengthorn	9	7th	6th	9	2												3	J. Duncalf	7th	1	3
5	R. Chiu	9	9	5	9													2	V. Botwright	9	9	9
	M. Martin	3	6th	9	5				5	R. Chiu	3	2	8th
	H. Mather	6th	3	2					2	V. Botwright	9	9	10
2	V. Botwright	9	9	9

Web links

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