PSA World Series Finals 2016/17

The 22nd PSA World Series Finals for men took place from June 6th to 10th, 2017 in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . The venue was the Dubai Opera . The World Series Finals were part of the PSA World Tour 2016/17 and endowed with 160,000 US dollars. At the same time, the PSA World Series Finals for women 2016/17 took place on site.

qualification

The eight best-placed players in the PSA World Series in the 2016/17 season qualified for this competition. Qualified players are marked in bold .

Legend
10	First round	15th	Round of 16
25th	Quarter finals	40	Semifinals
65	final	100	victory

PSA World Series 2016/2017
Pl.	player	Number of tournaments	Hong Kong Open	US Open	Qatar Classic	Tournament of Champions	Windy City Open	British Open	El Gouna International	Total points
			HKG	United States	QAT	United States	United States	CLOSELY	EGY
1	Karim Abdel Gawad	7th	65	40	100	100	25th	15th	65	410
2	Grégory Gaultier	6th	15th	25th	-	65	100	100	100	405
3	Mohamed Elshorbagy	7th	15th	100	65	40	25th	40	25th	310
4th	Marwan Elshorbagy	7th	15th	25th	25th	25th	65	10	40	205
5	Nick Matthew	5	-	65	40	15th	-	65	10	195
6th	James Willstrop	7th	25th	40	15th	40	25th	10	15th	170
7th	Simon Rösner	7th	25th	15th	25th	25th	25th	15th	25th	155
8th	Ramy Ashour	3	100	-	-	-	15th	40	-	155
9	Ali Farag	6th	15th	25th	-	15th	40	25th	10	130
10	Fares Dessouki	6th	25th	15th	-	15th	15th	10	40	120
11	Ryan Cuskelly	7th	40	10	15th	15th	10	10	15th	115
12	Cameron Pilley	7th	25th	10	25th	15th	10	15th	15th	115
13	Mohamed Abouelghar	7th	10	15th	10	10	15th	25th	15th	100
14th	Max Lee	6th	40	15th	10	10	10	15th	-	100
15th	Paul Coll	6th	-	15th	10	25th	10	15th	25th	100
15th	Tarek Momen	6th	15th	-	15th	25th	10	25th	10	100

Prize money and world ranking points

In the tournament, the following prize money was paid out for reaching the respective round. The total prize pool was $ 160,000. World ranking points were not awarded.

round	Prize money
victory	$ 48,000
final	$ 32,000
Semifinals	$ 20,000
Group third	$ 12,000
Group fourth	$ 8,000

Final round

Group stage

Group A

table

Item	Seeding list	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	1	Karim Abdel Gawad	2: 1	5: 2	72:60
2	7th	Simon Rösner	2: 1	5: 3	79:72
3	4th	Marwan Elshorbagy	2: 1	4: 4	76:76
4th	5	Nick Matthew	0: 3	1: 6	60:79

Results

player	player	Result
Marwan Elshorbagy	Nick Matthew	11:13, 11: 8, 11: 7
Karim Abdel Gawad	Simon Rösner	9:11, 11: 8, 7:11
Karim Abdel Gawad	Nick Matthew	11: 7, 11: 6
Marwan Elshorbagy	Simon Rösner	11: 8, 4:11, 11: 6
Nick Matthew	Simon Rösner	11:13, 8:11
Karim Abdel Gawad	Marwan Elshorbagy	11: 7, 12:10

Group B

table

Item	Seeding list	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	3	Mohamed Elshorbagy	3-0	6: 1	74:63
2	6th	James Willstrop	2: 1	4: 3	66:61
3	8th	Ali Farag	1: 2	4: 4	77:69
4th	2	Grégory Gaultier	0: 3	0: 6	42:68

Results

player	player	Result
Mohamed Elshorbagy	James Willstrop	11: 8, 11: 9
Grégory Gaultier	Ali Farag	5:11, 7:11
Grégory Gaultier	James Willstrop	9:11, 4:11
Mohamed Elshorbagy	Ali Farag	8:11, 11: 8, 12:10
James Willstrop	Ali Farag	4:11, 11: 9, 11: 6
Grégory Gaultier	Mohamed Elshorbagy	10:12, 7:11

Semifinals

player	player	Result
Karim Abdel Gawad	James Willstrop	12:14, 6:11
Mohamed Elshorbagy	Simon Rösner	9:11, 11: 8, 14:12

final

player	player	Result
James Willstrop	Mohamed Elshorbagy	10:12, 9:11, 8:11

Web links

• PSA World Series (English)
• Official website (English)
• Reporting by Squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF) Retrieved June 6, 2017.