Pakistan Open Men's Squash Championships 2017

The 2017 Pakistan Open Men's Squash Championships took place from December 19-23 , 2017 in Islamabad , Pakistan . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2017/18 and belonged to the PSA 50 rating category . Parallel one found at the same site tournament of the PSA World Tour ladies instead.

The title was won by Marwan Elshorbagy , who defeated Mohamed Abouelghar in four sets in the final .

The field of participants consisted of 32 players, eight of them for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. Per Wildcard received Israr Ahmed 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 was $ 50,000.

round	Points	Prize money
victory	875	$ 8,075
final	575	$ 4,940
Semifinals	350	$ 3,040
Quarter finals	215	$ 1,069
First round	125	$ 558

Results

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Marwan Elshorbagy victory 02.  Mohamed Abouelghar final 03.  Zahed Mohamed Semifinals 04th  Leo Au Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Max Lee Quarter finals 06th  Yip Tsz-Fung Round of 16 07th  Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Quarter finals 08th.  Mazen Hesham Quarter finals

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	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
	C.-H. Wong	5	7th	7th					1	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
	MS Kamal	11	11	11						MS Kamal	8th	7th	9
Q	K. Asif	8th	7th	7th														1	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
	F. Zaman	11	8th	11	11													8th	M. Hesham	8th	8th	6th
Q	W. Mehboob	5	11	9	5					F. Zaman	9	6th	6th
	B. Masotti	5	4th	5					8th	M. Hesham	11	11	11
8th	M. Hesham	11	11	11																							1	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11
6th	T.-F. Yip	11	11	6th	11																						3	Z. Mohamed	9	4th	3
Q	A. Khan	6th	6th	11	8th				6th	T.-F. Yip	10	7th	r
	E. Yow Ng	11	11	11						E. Yow Ng	10	11
	F. Khan	6th	3	2															E. Yow Ng	9	8th	11	9
OLD	A. Ayaz	11	11	11														3	Z. Mohamed	11	11	6th	11
Q	S. Hassan	9	4th	9					OLD	A. Ayaz	11	6th	4th	2
Q	R. Soares	9	5	9					3	Z. Mohamed	7th	11	11	11
3	Z. Mohamed	11	11	11																																1	M. Elshorbagy	11	7th	11	11
4th	L. Au	11	11	11																																2	M. Abouelghar	3	11	5	6th
	E. López	6th	5	4th					4th	L. Au	11	5	11	11
	S. Essam	11	3	11	2	11				S. Essam	9	11	5	1
Q	S. Khan	5	11	6th	11	2												4th	L. Au	13	4th	11	7th	5
	F. Mehboob	7th	8th	4th														5	M. Lee	11	11	8th	11	4r
	M. Gamal	11	11	11						M. Gamal	5	11	5	1
Q	A. Idrakie	5	4th	3					5	M. Lee	11	5	11	11
5	M. Lee	11	11	11																							4th	L. Au	9	14th	4th	6th
7th	MN Adnan	11	11	11																							2	M. Abouelghar	11	12	11	11
WC	I. Ahmed	7th	9	7th					7th	MN Adnan	11	11	11
	P. Creed	11	11	11						P. Creed	7th	4th	6th
LL	Z. Khan	4th	2	3														7th	MN Adnan	11	6th	11	5	7th
OLD	T. Aslam	11	9	11	11													2	M. Abouelghar	8th	11	9	11	11
Q	A. Bukhari	4th	11	5	6th				OLD	T. Aslam	5	5	11
	A. Dussourd	2	5	2					2	M. Abouelghar	11	11	13
2	M. Abouelghar	11	11	11

Web links

• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)
• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF) Accessed November 21, 2017.