North American Open 2011

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The 2011 North American Open took place February 20-26, 2011 in Richmond , Virginia , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2010/11 and belonged to the World Series Gold category .

Defending champion was Nick Matthew , who won the tournament again. He defeated Ramy Ashour in the final 11: 9, 11: 5, 8:11, 8:11 and 11: 6.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. Per Wildcard received Gilly Lane 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 $ 115,000.

	Men's
round	Points	Prize money
victory	2015	$ 17,500
final	1325	$ 11,500
Semifinals	805	$ 7,000
Quarter finals	490	$ 4,250
Round of 16	290	$ 2,500
First round	145	$ 1,250

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Nick Matthew victory 02.  Ramy Ashour final 03.  James Willstrop Semifinals 04th  Amr Shabana Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Grégory Gaultier Quarter finals 06th  Peter Barker Quarter finals 07th  Daryl Selby 1 round 08th.  Wael El Hindi 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									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	N. Matthew	9	11	11	11
	J. Illingworth	11	6th	6th	7th				1	N. Matthew	11	11	11
	S. Razik	12	11	11						S. Razik	7th	4th	8th
WC	G. Lane	10	7th	7th														1	N. Matthew	8th
	S. Boswell	10	9	11	4th														D. Palmer	9	r
	A. Walker	12	11	5	11					A. Walker	6th	11	6th	9
	D. Palmer	11	11	11						D. Palmer	11	3	11	11
8th	W. El Hindi	2	8th	7th																							1	N. Matthew	11	5	11	11
7th	D. Selby	11	4th	3	5																						4th	A. Shabana	8th	11	6th	5
	MA Iskandar	9	11	11	11					MA Iskandar	9	11	11	11
	S. Rösner	11	11	9	11					S. Rösner	11	1	5	7th
	J. Barrington	3	8th	11	5														MA Iskandar	7th	11	10	10
	J. Kemp	11	11	11														4th	A. Shabana	11	6th	12	12
Q	C. Salazar	7th	5	5						J. Kemp	8th	15th	11	7th	8th
	A. Salazar	8th	8th	5					4th	A. Shabana	11	13	8th	11	11
4th	A. Shabana	11	11	11																																1	N. Matthew	11	11	8th	8th	11
3	J. Willstrop	12	11	11																																2	R. Ashour	9	5	11	11	6th
Q	Y. Perrin	10	8th	6th					3	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
Q	M. Castagnet	7th	11	7th	7th				Q	M. Knight	7th	7th	5
Q	M. Knight	11	2	11	11													3	J. Willstrop	7th	11	11	11
Q	MN Adnan	6th	11	11	6th	13												6th	P. Barker	11	4th	4th	5
Q	S. Galifi	11	8th	5	11	11			Q	MN Adnan	2	3	5
	OA Aziz	2	6th	4th					6th	P. Barker	11	11	11
6th	P. Barker	11	11	11																							3	J. Willstrop	8th	10	11	6th
5	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																							2	R. Ashour	11	12	5	11
	A. Frankcomb	4th	6th	4th					5	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	O. Tuominen	11	10	11	11					O. Tuominen	6th	6th	1
	M. Abbas	8th	12	2	9													5	G. Gaultier	5	11	4th	11	8th
	H. Ashour	11	13	8th	7th													2	R. Ashour	11	9	11	6th	11
	T. Richards	9	15th	11	11					T. Richards	11	10	6th	9
	N. Muller	14th	5	5	10				2	R. Ashour	6th	12	11	11
2	R. Ashour	12	11	11	12

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.