North American Open 2012

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The 2012 North American Open was held February 20-25, 2012 in Richmond , Virginia , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2011/12 and belonged to the World Series Gold category .

Defending champion was Nick Matthew , who was eliminated in the semifinals that year. James Willstrop defeated Ramy Ashour in the final 11: 7, 11: 8 and 11: 7.

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 Patrick Chifunda 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 for the men was 115,000 US dollars.

	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.  James Willstrop victory 02.  Nick Matthew Semifinals 03.  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 04th  Ramy Ashour final

No. player Round reached 05.  Karim Darwish Quarter finals 06th  Amr Shabana Quarter finals 07th  Laurens Jan Anjema 1 round 08th.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar Round of 16

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	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
	N. Muller	9	6th	6th					1	J. Willstrop	16	11	11
WC	P. Chifunda	3	3	8th						T. Lincou	14th	7th	6th
	T. Lincou	11	11	11														1	J. Willstrop	11	2
	A. Grant	11	11	11														6th	A. Shabana	2	0	r
	H. Ashour	7th	6th	3						A. Grant	8th	5	11	6th
Q	S. Suchde	3	5	5					6th	A. Shabana	11	11	4th	11
6th	A. Shabana	11	11	11																							1	J. Willstrop	11	6th	11	11
8th	MA Iskandar	11	11	11																							3	G. Gaultier	9	11	7th	5
Q	C. Grayson	6th	8th	5					8th	MA Iskandar	8th	4th	r
Q	KA Gawad	11	11	11					Q	KA Gawad	11	11
	R. Cuskelly	8th	9	9														Q	KA Gawad	6th	2	6th
	S. Razik	13	6th	11	11													3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	S. Ghosal	11	11	9	6th					S. Razik	1	4th	4th
Q	O. Pett	5	6th	7th					3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
3	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																																1	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
4th	R. Ashour	11	11	11																																4th	R. Ashour	7th	8th	7th
Q	M. Karwalski	8th	1	8th					4th	R. Ashour	11	11	11
	C. Pilley	11	11	9	11					C. Pilley	6th	7th	9
Q	S. Delierre	6th	8th	11	8th													4th	R. Ashour	12	8th	11	11
	A. Clyne	6th	3	8th														5	K. Darwish	10	11	5	3
Q	Z. Alexander	11	11	11					Q	Z. Alexander	5	4th	2
Q	M. Castagnet	10	6th	11	5				5	K. Darwish	11	11	11
5	K. Darwish	12	11	7th	11																						4th	R. Ashour	12	14th	11
7th	LJ Anjema	11	8th	11	5	10																					2	N. Matthew	10	11	3
	A. Walker	7th	11	8th	11	12				A. Walker	6th	6th	6th
	C. Ryder	11	5	5	9					S. Rösner	11	11	11
	S. Rösner	5	11	11	11														S. Rösner	7th	6th	11	6th
	J. Illingworth	11	6th	2	13													2	N. Matthew	11	11	9	11
	O. Tuominen	8th	11	11	15th					O. Tuominen	9	11	8th	2
	M. Á. Rodríguez	12	12	9	11	5			2	N. Matthew	11	4th	11	11
2	N. Matthew	14th	10	11	9	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.