Montreal Open 2016

The Montreal Open 2016 took place from March 3-6, 2016 in Montreal , Canada . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2015/16 and belonged to the PSA 35 category .

The winner of the last edition in 2014 , Mathieu Castagnet , did not participate again. In the final of the two top seeded players, Ali Farag prevailed against Karim Abdel Gawad with 3:11, 18:16, 9:11, 11: 6 and 11: 7. This was Farag's ninth title on the PSA World Tour and his second this season.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received David Baillargeon 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 pool was $ 35,000.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	615	$ 5,415
final	405	$ 3,705
Semifinals	245	$ 2,423
Quarter finals	150	$ 1,568
First round	90	$ 855

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Karim Abdel Gawad final 02.  Ali Farag victory 03.  Tom Richards Semifinals 04th  Grégoire Marche Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Leo Au Quarter finals 06th  Adrian Waller 1 round 07th  Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Quarter finals 08th.  Alfredo Avila 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	KA Gawad	7th	11	11	11
Q	C. Gordon	11	6th	1	6th				1	KA Gawad	11	20th	11
OLD	T.-F. Yip	12	3	8th	12	11			OLD	T.-F. Yip	9	18th	7th
6th	A. Waller	10	11	11	10	7th												1	KA Gawad	11	11	11
8th	A. Avila	9	9	6th														3	T. Richards	8th	7th	9
Q	T. Harrity	11	11	11					Q	T. Harrity	3	11	5	6th
WC	D. Baillargeon	5	5	6th					3	T. Richards	11	9	11	11
3	T. Richards	11	11	11																							1	KA Gawad	11	16	11	6th	7th
4th	G. Marche	12	11	11																							2	A. Farag	3	18th	9	11	11
	L. Serme	10	6th	9					4th	G. Marche	11	11	11
Q	C. Binnie	9	11	10	4th				5	L. Au	4th	7th	5
5	L. Au	11	9	12	11													4th	G. Marche	4th	3	2
7th	MN Adnan	11	11	11														2	A. Farag	11	11	11
Q	S. Delierre	6th	6th	7th					7th	MN Adnan	9	12	11	11
	LJ Anjema	11	8th	4th	4th				2	A. Farag	11	14th	7th	13
2	A. Farag	8th	11	11	11

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Guide 2015 (PDF) Accessed January 21, 2016.