Northwestern Mutual Lifetime Houston Open 2019

The Northwestern Mutual Lifetime Houston Open 2019 took place August 7-11, 2019 in Houston , Texas , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2019/20 and belonged to the PSA Challenger Tour 30 category .

Campbell Grayson won the tournament after beating Alan Clyne in the final , whom he defeated 11: 5, 11: 9, 9:11 and 11: 7. Grayson secured the 14th title of his career on the PSA World Tour and also the biggest to date.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 24 players. The eight best players were seeded and given a bye in the first round. Per Wildcard received Nick Sutcliffe and Hasnaat Farooqi each 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. The amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 30,000.

round	Points	Prize money
victory	525	$ 5,415
final	345	$ 3,420
Semifinals	210	$ 2,138
Quarter finals	130	$ 1,283
Round of 16	78	$ 784
First round	47.5	$ 499

Results

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Ryan Cuskelly Semifinals 02.  Arturo Salazar Round of 16 03.  Campbell Grayson victory 04th  Alan Clyne final

No. player Round reached 05.  Vikram Malhotra Quarter finals 06th  Dimitri Steinmann Round of 16 07th  Chris Hanson Round of 16 08th.  Alfredo Avila 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

Main round

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
									1	R. Cuskelly	11	11	11
	H. Varela	8th	4th	4th						L. Cardenas	8th	6th	6th
	L. Cardenas	11	11	11														1	R. Cuskelly	11	11	11
	M. Yáñez	11	11	11															M. Yáñez	5	6th	6th
	C. Seth	7th	6th	2						M. Yáñez	1	11	8th	11	11
									6th	D. Steinmann	11	8th	11	5	4th
																											1	R. Cuskelly	11	11	3	8th	5
																											3	C. Grayson	6th	7th	11	11	11
									5	V. Malhotra	11	11	4th	5	11
	T. Brownell	7th	6th	9						S. Delierre	7th	7th	11	11	6th
	S. Delierre	11	11	11														5	V. Malhotra	7th	0	4th
	C. Cornes	11	11	7th	11													3	C. Grayson	11	11	11
	F. Khan	7th	9	11	8th					C. Cornes	4th	3	10
									3	C. Grayson	11	11	12
																																				3	C. Grayson	11	11	9	11
																																				4th	A. Clyne	5	9	11	7th
									4th	A. Clyne	11	11	11
	J.-P. Brits	10	6th	4th						D. Baillargeon	3	6th	3
	D. Baillargeon	12	11	11														4th	A. Clyne	11	11	11
	J. Camacho	11	11	11															J. Camacho	3	2	4th
WC	N. Sutcliffe	5	5	7th						J. Camacho	8th	11	11	6th	11
									7th	C. Hanson	11	9	9	11	6th
																											4th	A. Clyne	11	12	11
																												S. Bonmalais	7th	10	1
									8th	A. Avila	11	6th	3	4th
	L. Fuller	8th	6th	8th						A. Jagtap	6th	11	11	11
	A. Jagtap	11	11	11															A. Jagtap	9	7th	13	11	9
	S. Bonmalais	11	11	11															S. Bonmalais	11	11	11	6th	11
WC	H. Farooqi	4th	3	3						S. Bonmalais	11	11
									2	A. Salazar	7th	2	r

Web links

• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)
• Reporting on thesquashsite.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book. (PDF) In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , accessed August 6, 2019 .