PSA World Series Finals 2017/18

The 23rd PSA World Series Finals for men took place from June 5th to 9th, 2018 in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . The World Series Finals were part of the PSA World Tour 2017/18 and endowed with 160,000 US dollars. The 2017/18 PSA World Series Finals for women also took place at the same time .

Mohamed Elshorbagy , who went to the top of the tournament, prevailed in the final against Ali Farag with 9:11, 11: 3, 11: 9 and 11: 8 and thus defended his title from the previous year .

qualification

The eight best-placed players in the PSA World Series of the 2017/18 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 2017/2018
Pl.	player	Number of tournaments	US Open	Qatar Classic	Hong Kong Open	Tournament of Champions	Windy City Open	El Gouna International	British Open	Total points
			United States	QAT	HKG	United States	United States	EGY	CLOSELY
1	Mohamed Elshorbagy	7th	65	100	100	15th	100	40	65	485
2	Ali Farag	7th	100	25th	65	40	40	65	25th	360
3	Marwan Elshorbagy 1	7th	15th	25th	40	15th	65	100	25th	285
4th	Simon Rösner	7th	25th	40	15th	100	25th	25th	25th	255
5	Tarek Momen	7th	15th	65	25th	65	40	25th	10	245
6th	Grégory Gaultier	5	-	40	25th	40	-	40	40	185
6th	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	6th	10	10	-	15th	25th	25th	100	185
8th	Karim Abdel Gawad	7th	10	15th	40	15th	25th	25th	15th	145
9	Nick Matthew	5	40	25th	-	25th	15th	-	15th	120
10	Omar Mosaad	7th	40	15th	10	10	10	15th	15th	115
11	Diego Elías	6th	25th	25th	-	15th	15th	10	10	100
12	Mohamed Abouelghar	7th	15th	10	25th	10	10	10	15th	95
13	Paul Coll	6th	15th	10	15th	15th	10	-	25th	90
14th	César Salazar	7th	15th	10	10	10	10	15th	15th	85
15th	Cameron Pilley	6th	10	15th	15th	10	25th	-	10	85
15th	Ryan Cuskelly	6th	10	10	15th	25th	15th	-	10	85

¹ Marwan Elshorbagy canceled his participation on May 30, 2018 due to a thigh injury. For him,Nick Matthewmoved up, whohad already ended his careerafter his retirement from theBritish Openand the initially failed qualification for the World Series Finals.

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	8th	Nick Matthew	3-0	6: 1	76:59
2	1	Mohamed Elshorbagy	2: 1	4: 4	67:76
3	4th	Tarek Momen	1: 2	3: 5	75:70
4th	5	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	0: 3	3: 6	80:93

Results

player	player	Result
Mohamed Elshorbagy	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	11: 8, 9:11, 11: 7
Tarek Momen	Nick Matthew	8:11, 9:11
Mohamed Elshorbagy	Tarek Momen	11: 8, 2:11, 11: 9
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Nick Matthew	9:11, 11: 9, 10:12
Mohamed Elshorbagy	Nick Matthew	6:11, 6:11
Tarek Momen	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	11: 5, 8:11, 11: 8

Group B

table

Item	Seeding list	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	3	Simon Rösner	3-0	6: 1	75:57
2	2	Ali Farag	2: 1	5: 2	67:56
3	7th	Karim Abdel Gawad	1: 2	2: 5	57:68
4th	6th	Grégory Gaultier	0: 3	1: 6	58:76

Results

player	player	Result
Simon Rösner	Karim Abdel Gawad	12:10, 11: 6
Ali Farag	Grégory Gaultier	11: 9, 11: 8
Grégory Gaultier	Karim Abdel Gawad	11: 9, 8:11, 4:11
Ali Farag	Simon Rösner	11: 7, 9:11, 3:11
Simon Rösner	Grégory Gaultier	11: 8, 12:10
Ali Farag	Karim Abdel Gawad	11: 5, 11: 5

Semifinals

player	player	Result
Simon Rösner	Mohamed Elshorbagy	10:12, 12:10, 3:11
Nick Matthew	Ali Farag	5:11, 7:11

final

player	player	Result
Mohamed Elshorbagy	Ali Farag	9:11, 11: 3, 11: 9, 11: 8

Web links

• PSA World Series (English)
• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nick Matthew: Three-time world champion delays retirement for World Series Finals. In: bbc.com. British Broadcasting Company , May 30, 2018, accessed May 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book. (PDF) In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , accessed May 27, 2018 .