PSA World Tour 2008/09

PSA World Tour 2008/09

organizer

Professional Squash Association

Categories

PSA World Championship ,
PSA Super Series Finals ,
PSA Super Series (5) ,
PSA 1–5 Star (55) ,
PSA Satellite (55)

Tournaments

117

Total prize money

$ 2,636,425

Website

psaworldtour.com

World Champion

Ramy Ashour

Most tournament victories

Mike Corren Stéphane Galifi Grégory Gaultier Nicolas Müller (4 each)

last season
2007/08

Current season
2008/09

next season
2009/10

The PSA World Tour 2008/09 includes all squash tournaments of the men's 2008/09 season of the PSA World Tour . It began on August 1, 2008 and ended on July 31, 2009. The overview sorted by month shows the location of the tournament, its name, the total prize money paid out and the winner of the tournament. In the final table, all tournament winners are listed according to the number of their titles. It is irrelevant which value the tournaments won by the player had, even if a corresponding recording is made.

A total of 117 tournaments took place in the 2008/09 season. The total prize pool was $ 2,636,425.

Tour information

Number according to tournament series

Tournament series	WM ¹	Super p. ²	5 star	4 star	3 star	2 star	1 star	Satellite
number	1	6th	7th	2	10	10	26th	55
total	1	6th	55					55

¹ PSA World Championship
² PSA Super Series

Tournament schedule

August

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
08/13 - 08/16	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC 1 Star No. 2 2008	$ 10,000	Malaysia Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan
08/14 - 08/17	Colombia Bogotá	XI Abierto Colombiano de Squash 2008	$ 30,000	Colombia Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
22.08. – 25.08.	United States Atlanta	Dragondoc Squash Championships 2008	$ 5,000	Zambia Patrick Chifunda

September

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
04.09. – 07.09.	Netherlands Amsterdam	Forexx Dutch Open 2008	$ 30,000	England Nick Matthew
06.09. – 09.09.	Chinese Taipei Taipei	Taiwan Open 2008	$ 14,750	England Chris Simpson
09/10 - 09/13	France Bordeaux	Ornano International Squash Open 2008	$ 15,025	India Saurav Ghosal
09/10 - 09/13	United States Charleston	Merrill Lynch Pegasus Charleston Challenge 2008	$ 7,675	Scotland Alan Clyne
09/11 - 09/15	United States Chicago	Sweet Home Chicago Open 2008	$ 30,000	England Peter Barker
09/24 - 09/27	France Paris	Internationaux de France 2008	$ 62,400	France Grégory Gaultier
25.09. – 28.09.	United States Baltimore	Merritt Properties Open 2008	$ 40,000	England Peter Barker

October

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
02.10. – 05.10.	Canada Ontario	The Nash Cup 2008	$ 6,000	Pakistan Farzan Rasheed
	Ireland Dublin	Bymac Leinster Open 2008	$ 12,000	England Chris Ryder
	United Kingdom Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton Open 2008	$ 30,000	England Adrian Grant
04.10. – 05.10.	Netherlands Rotterdam	Turnstone Squash Trophy 2008	$ 3,000	Denmark Rasmus Nielsen
October 13 - October 19	United Kingdom Manchester	World Squash Championship 2008	$ 215,000	Egypt Ramy Ashour
10/17 - 10/19	China People's Republic Shanghai	Bailian New Era Mall China Squash Open 2008	$ 11,250	France Stéphane Galifi
October 20 - October 24	United States Goshen	Goshen Open 2008	$ 4,175	Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad
10/22 - 10/25	Italy Turin	Turin Squash Open 2008	$ 6,000	France Stéphane Galifi
October 23-26	Canada Ottawa	Goodlife Squash Open 2008	$ 6,000	Canada Robin Clarke
10/27 - 10/31	Qatar Doha	Qatar Classic 2008	$ 145,000	Egypt Karim Darwish
29.10. – 01.11.	Nigeria Lagos	African Open Championship 2008	$ 23,500	England Joey Barrington
30.10. – 02.11.	Canada Saskatoon	Saskatoon Boast 2008	$ 10,000	Hungary Márk Krajcsák
30.10. – 02.11.	Ecuador Quito	Ecuador Squash Open 2008	$ 20,000	Mexico Arturo Salazar

November

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
03.11. – 06.11.	Pakistan Karachi	CNS International 2008	$ 25,000	Pakistan Farhan Mehboob
05.11. – 08.11.	India Chennai	Indian Challenger No. 1 2008	$ 18,000	India Ritwik Bhattacharya
05.11. – 08.11.	Spain Santiago de Compostela	Santiago Open 2008	$ 31,175	Spain Borja Golan
November 6th - November 8th	Czech Republic Prague	Prague Squash Open 2008	$ 3,000	Egypt Omar Abdel Meguid
06.11. – 09.11.	Canada Vancouver	Clearly Contacts Open 2008	$ 10,000	Hungary Márk Krajcsák
06.11. – 09.11.	United States Cincinnati	Flying Pig Open 2008	$ 7,000	Mexico José Ángel Becerril
November 8th - November 9th	Netherlands Rotterdam	Q-Sourcing Squash Trophy 2008	$ 3,000	Australia Steven Finitsis
November 8th - November 9th	Italy Parma	Palasprint Squash Open 2008	$ 3,000	Scotland Stuart Crawford
11/11 - 14/11	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Super Satellite No. 3 2008	$ 6,000	France Stéphane Galifi
11/11 - 14/11	Pakistan Islamabad	Pakistan Open Squash Championships 2008	$ 30,000	Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan
November 12th - November 15th	Kenya Nairobi	Kengen Parklands Open Squash 2008	$ 10,000	Egypt Mohammed Ali Anwar Reda
11/13 - 11/16	United States Baltimore	Baltimore Cup 2008	$ 10,000	Egypt Yasser El Halaby
November 18 - November 21	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Super Satellite No. 4 2008	$ 6,000	Australia Zac Alexander
November 19-22	Kenya Nairobi	Zain Kenya Open 2008	$ 7,000	South Africa Clinton Leeuw
November 19 - November 23	United States Rhode Island	Rhode Island Open 2008	$ 10,000	South Africa Jesse Engelbrecht
November 19 - November 23	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Squash Open 2008	$ 145,000	Egypt Amr Shabana
11/27 - 11/30	Canada Richmond	BC Open PSA 2008	$ 15,000	Mexico Eric Gálvez
11/27 - 11/30	Macau Macau	Macau Open 2008	$ 52,500	France Grégory Gaultier
11/28 - 11/29	Netherlands Delft	Kean Delft Open 2008	$ 3,000	United States Gilly Lane

December

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
04.12. – 07.12.	Spain Santa Cruz de Tenerife	OHL Spanish Open 2008	$ 22,000	Spain Borja Golan
04.12. – 07.12.	Canada Edmonton	The Servus Credit Union Edmonton Open 2008	$ 10,000	England Chris Simpson
09.12. – 12.12.	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Super Satellite No. 5 2008	$ 6,000	Australia Matthew Karwalski
12/12 - 14/12	Russia Moscow	Russian Opportunities Fund Championships 2008	$ 3,000	Switzerland Nicolas Müller
December 14th - December 19th	Saudi Arabia al-Chubar	Saudi International 2008	$ 250,000	Egypt Karim Darwish
December 16 - December 19	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Satellite No. 5 2008	$ 3,000	Australia Zac Alexander
December 19 - December 21	Slovakia Bratislava	Imet PSA Open 2008	$ 3,000	Czech Republic Jan Koukal
December 20 - December 21	Italy Brescia	Progetto 6 PSA Open 2008	$ 3,000	Italy Davide Bianchetti

January

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
03.01. – 04.01.	France Nîmes	Open du Gard 2009	$ 3,000	France Renan Lavigne
13/01 - 18/01	Canada North Vancouver	Comfort Inn Open 2009	$ 20,000	England Daryl Selby
January 14th - January 17th	United States St. Louis	St. Louis Racquet Club Invitational Open 2009	$ 6,000	Egypt Mohammed Ali Anwar Reda
15/01 - 18/01	Spain Barcelona	XI Open Internacional D'Squash Esportiu Rocafort 2009	$ 4,000	France Grégoire Marche
January 17 - January 18	Netherlands Hoofddorp	Meersquash Heroes Open 2009	$ 3,000	Australia Bradley Hindle
January 20 - January 25	Canada Calgary	Talisman Energy Bankers Hall Club Pro-Am 2009	$ 10,000	Mexico Arturo Salazar
23/01 - 25/01	Wales Cardiff	Welsh Open 2009	$ 3,000	Denmark Rasmus Nielsen
23/01 - 29/01	United States New York City	JP Morgan Tournament of Champions 2009	$ 117,500	France Grégory Gaultier
28.01. – 02.02.	United States Detroit	Motor City Open 2009	$ 30,000	Spain Borja Golan
01/31 - 02/01	Kuwait Kuwait City	Jena Super Satellite 2009	$ 6,000	Kuwait Abdullah Al Muzayen

February

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
03.02. – 06.02.	Iran Tehran	International Fajr No. 1 2009	$ 3,000	Egypt Mazen Gamal
03.02. – 04.02.	Sweden Linkoping	Case Swedish Open 2009	$ 60,000	England Nick Matthew
03.02. – 04.02.	Canada Halifax	Bluenose Squash Classic 2009	$ 40,000	Australia David Palmer
02/10 - 02/15	Finland Mikkeli	Savcor Finnish Open 2009	$ 25,000	Finland Olli Tuominen
02/10 - 02/15	United States Bethesda	National Capital Open 2009	$ 15,000	Canada Shahier Razik
February 16 - February 21	Canada Montreal	National Bank Financial Group Montreal Open 2009	$ 21,050	England Alister Walker
February 16 - February 21	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Series No. 1 (1 Star) 2009	$ 10,000	Switzerland Nicolas Müller
February 21-22	Italy Bergamo	Palestra In Forma PSA Open 2009	$ 3,000	Egypt Amr Khaled Khalifa
02/23 - 02/28	United States Richmond	Davenport North American Open 2009	$ 93,750	Egypt Ramy Ashour
February 23-27	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Series No. 2 (Super Satellite) 2009	$ 6,000	Egypt Mohammed Ali Anwar Reda
02/26 - 03/01	Austria Salzburg	Salzburg Open 2009	$ 3,000	Switzerland Nicolas Müller

March

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
02.03. – 07.03.	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	CIMB KL Open Championship 2009	$ 50,000	England Peter Barker
03.03. – 06.03.	Iran Tehran	International Narooz 2009	$ 3,000	Egypt Mazen Gamal
March 10 - March 13	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Series 3 (Super Satellite) 2009	$ 6,000	Australia Ryan Cuskelly
10.03. – 15.03.	Iran Kish	Kish Persian Gulf Cup 2009	$ 10,000	England Tom Richards
March 12 - March 15	Canada Winnipeg	Manitoba Open Squash Classic 2009	$ 15,000	England Jonathan Kemp
March 14th - March 17th	United Kingdom London	PSA Super Series Finals 2008/09	$ 110,000	France Grégory Gaultier
16.03. – 21.03.	India Calcutta	PSA Indian Challenger No.2 2009	$ 30,000	England Adrian Grant
March 17-22	Guatemala Santa Catarina Pinula	II Torneo Internacional Sporta 2009	$ 15,000	Colombia Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
March 18 - March 21	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Series No. 4 (1 Star) 2009	$ 10,000	Pakistan Waqar Mehboob
19.03. – 22.03.	Switzerland Geneva	36th Swiss Open 2009	$ 4,000	Switzerland Nicolas Müller
March 21-22	Kuwait Kuwait City	Jena Super Satellite No. 2 2009	$ 6,000	Kuwait Abdullah Al Muzayen
March 21-27	United Kingdom London	ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic 2009	$ 52,500	Australia David Palmer
23.03. – 28.03.	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Series No. 5 (2 Star) 2009	$ 20,000	Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
March 24 - March 29	United States Redwood City	Pacific Athletic Open 2009 sponsored by Netsuite	$ 15,000	United States Julian Illingworth
28.03. – 04.04.	Egypt Cairo	Hurghada International 2009	$ 61,250	Egypt Ramy Ashour
March 31 - April 5	Spain Castellon	PSA Magdalena Squash Open 2009	$ 4,500	Scotland Alan Clyne

April

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
April 3rd - April 5th	United States Rochester	Rochester Proam 2009	$ 7,425	Australia Ryan Cuskelly
April 9th - April 12th	Ireland Galway	Garavan's West of Ireland 2009	$ 6,000	Germany Simon Rösner
April 21-26	United States Williamstown	Berkshire Open 2009	$ 20,000	England Jonathan Kemp
April 22nd - April 25th	Ireland Dublin	Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open 2009	$ 25,000	France Thierry Lincou
April 24th - April 25th	Italy Milan	Festina PSA Squash Open 2009	$ 3,000	Italy Davide Bianchetti

May

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
May 3rd – May 5th	Japan Yokohama	Japan Pro Squash Yokohama 2009	$ 3,000	United States Christopher Gordon
05/05 - 10/05	Italy Rome	Roma Est Squash Open 2009	$ 10,000	France Stéphane Galifi
May 7th - May 10th	Japan Wakayama	Japan Pro Squash Kansai 2009	$ 3,000	England James Snell
May 8th - May 10th	Australia Darwin	Topend Open 2009	$ 7,250	Hong Kong Max Lee
May 13 - May 16	United States Atlanta	Atlanta Open 2009	$ 10,000	England Jonathan Kemp
May 19 - May 24	Switzerland Zurich	Seegarten Vitis Open 2009	$ 10,000	England Tom Richards
May 21 - May 24	United States Connecticut	Fassp St. Luke's Open 2009	$ 8,000	Australia Ryan Cuskelly
May 23 - May 24	Australia Perth	City of Perth International Challenge 2009	$ 3,250	England Ben Ford
May 29th - June 1st	Australia Kalgoorlie	Golden Open PSA Int 2009	$ 3,500	Australia Mike Corren
May 30 - May 31	Netherlands Almere	Hemubo Squash Trophy 2009	$ 3,000	United States Gilly Lane

June

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
03.06. – 07.06.	New Zealand Hamilton	North Island Championships 2009	$ 4,000	Australia Mike Corren
June 11th - June 14th	Sweden Stockholm	Scandinavian Open 2009	$ 4,250	Netherlands Dylan Bennett
June 13th - June 14th	Slovenia Kranj	Cloudy Tour - Kranj Open 2009	$ 3,000	England Adrian Waller
June 15 - June 20	France Toulouse	Squash Open De Toulouse Movida International 2009	$ 15,000	Netherlands Laurens Jan Anjema
June 17 - June 20	Paraguay 1990 Asunción	Tour de las Americas Paraguay Open 2009	$ 6,000	Brazil Rafael Alarçón
June 24th - June 27th	France Saint-Pierre	Internationaux de la Réunion 2009	$ 30,000	France Thierry Lincou
June 25th - June 28th	Australia Sydney	NSW Open 2009	$ 4,000	Australia Mike Corren

July

date	place	competition	Prize money	winner
04.07. – 05.07.	Australia Melbourne	Victorian Open 2009	$ 5,250	Australia Mike Corren
July 8th - July 11th	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Series No. 6 (1 Star) 2009	$ 10,000	Czech Republic Jan Koukal
July 8th - July 11th	Italy Brescia	13th Mega Italia Open 2009	$ 6,000	Italy Davide Bianchetti
July 9th - July 12th	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Crocodile Challenge Cup 2009	$ 6,000	Hong Kong Dick Lau
July 14th - July 17th	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	NSC Series No. 7 (Super Satellite) 2009	$ 6,000	Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar
July 14th - July 19th	Australia Clare	Clare Valley Australian Open 2009	$ 30,000	Australia Stewart Boswell
07/27 - 08/01	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	CIMB Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2009	$ 52,500	Egypt Amr Shabana
July 31 - August 2	Brazil Ponta Grossa	Tour de las Americas Ponta Grossa-Parana 2009	$ 6,000	Brazil Rafael Alarçón

Web links

PSA World Tour tournaments in 2008 on squashinfo.com
PSA World Tour tournaments in 2009 on squashinfo.com