Metro Squash Windy City Open 2013

The 2013 Metro Squash Windy City Open was held from January 31 to February 3, 2013 in Chicago , Illinois , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2012/13 and belonged to the International 25 category . At the same time the Swedish Open took place in Linköping .

The defending champion was Saurav Ghosal , who did not run again this year. In the final, the two top seeded players Borja Golán from Spain and Stephen Coppinger from South Africa faced each other. Golán prevailed over Coppinger with 5:11, 11: 8, 11: 6 and 11: 6 and won his 26th career title. It was the third meeting of Golán and Coppinger, the first two games Golán won with 3-0 and 3-2 respectively.

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 pool was $ 26,260.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	440	$ 4,990
final	290	$ 3,413
Semifinals	175	$ 2,232
Quarter finals	105	$ 1,378
First round	60	0$ 787

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Borja Golan victory 02.  Stephen Coppinger final 03.  Alan Clyne Semifinals 04th  Max Lee 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	B. Golan	11	11	13
Q	OA Meguid	5	3	11					1	B. Golan	11	11	11
	KA Fathi	11	11	11						KA Fathi	6th	6th	3
	M. Knight	7th	6th	5														1	B. Golan	11	11	5	11
	S. Razik	8th	11	6th	5													Q	A. Wagih	6th	3	11	4th
Q	A. Wagih	11	7th	11	11				Q	A. Wagih	11	11	10	8th	11
	C. Grayson	9	11	7th	10				4th	M. Lee	6th	7th	12	11	7th
4th	M. Lee	11	6th	11	12																						1	B. Golan	5	11	11	11
3	A. Clyne	11	14th	11																							2	S. Coppinger	11	8th	6th	6th
	L. Au	2	12	9					3	A. Clyne	7th	11	11	11	11
Q	M. Karwalski	11	11	11						M. Karwalski	11	4th	7th	13	6th
	OA Aziz	9	4th	6th														3	A. Clyne	10	7th	5
	C. Salazar	11	1	15th	11													2	S. Coppinger	12	11	11
Q	C. Sharpes	4th	11	13	5					C. Salazar	2	3	4th
WC	F. Reid	2	4th	2					2	S. Coppinger	11	11	11
2	S. Coppinger	11	11	11

Web links

• Tournament report on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved on February 4, 2013.