Motor City Open 2012

The 2012 Motor City Open took place January 27-30, 2012 in Detroit , Michigan , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2011/12 and belonged to the International 50 category .

The defending champion was Mohamed Elshorbagy , who reached the semi-finals that year. Ong Beng Hee defeated Hisham Ashour 11: 8, 11: 9 and 11: 7 in the final .

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were reserved for qualifiers. The four best players were seeded. A wildcard was not awarded.

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 $ 50,000.

	Men's
round	Points	Prize money
victory	875	$ 8,550
final	575	$ 5,850
Semifinals	350	$ 3,825
Quarter finals	215	$ 2,360
First round	125	$ 1,350

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Mohamed Elshorbagy Semifinals 02.  Hisham Ashour final 03.  Alister Walker Quarter finals 04th  Cameron Pilley 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	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
Q	M. Castagnet	4th	9	9					1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
	A. Clyne	8th	6th	5						M. Á. Rodríguez	5	9	8th
	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	11														1	Mo. Elshorbagy	9	7th	11
	O. Beng Hee	10	11	11	7th	11													O. Beng Hee	11	11	11
Q	G. Marche	12	3	8th	11	8th				O. Beng Hee	8th	13	11	8th	11
	S. Razik	6th	3	9					4th	C. Pilley	11	11	8th	11	5
4th	C. Pilley	11	11	11																								O. Beng Hee	11	11	11
3	A. Walker	8th	11	11	8th	11																					2	H. Ashour	8th	9	7th
	AA Khan	11	8th	7th	11	8th			3	A. Walker	11	3	9	7th
	S. Coppinger	11	11	13	11					S. Coppinger	9	11	11	11
Q	M. Abbas	5	13	11	5														S. Coppinger	11	6th	9	9
Q	M. Lee	11	12	11														2	H. Ashour	8th	11	11	11
	MN Adnan	7th	10	5					Q	M. Lee	9	8th	5
Q	A. Grant	6th	4th	11	5				2	H. Ashour	11	11	11
2	H. Ashour	11	11	4th	11

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved on February 5, 2014.