Pittsburgh Open 2014

The 2014 Pittsburgh Open took place January 29 through February 3, 2014 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2013/14 and belonged to the International 25 category .

The defending champion of the last event in 2011 was Alister Walker , who also reached the final this year. In this he was defeated by the Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad with 11: 5, 7:11, 4:11 and 11:13.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Joel Hinds 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 money was $ 25,000.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	440	$ 4,750
final	290	$ 3,250
Semifinals	175	$ 2,125
Quarter finals	105	$ 1,313
First round	60	$ 750

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Alister Walker final 02.  Karim Abdel Gawad victory 03.  Nicolas Müller Semifinals 04th  Olli Tuominen Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Ryan Cuskelly Quarter finals 06th  Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Quarter finals 07th  Henrik Mustonen 1 round 08th.  César Salazar 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

Results

First round									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	A. Walker	11	11	11
Q	V. Rodrigues	0	2	4th					1	A. Walker	11	11	15th
OLD	MA Azan	13	6th	11	6th	11			OLD	MA Azan	9	3	13
7th	H. Mustonen	11	11	2	11	6th												1	A. Walker	11	6th	11	11
8th	C. Salazar	11	11	11														4th	O. Tuominen	6th	11	7th	8th
OLD	C. Gordon	4th	10	9					8th	C. Salazar	11	6th	4th	7th
WC	J. Hinds	5	11	3	5				4th	O. Tuominen	8th	11	11	11
4th	O. Tuominen	11	9	11	11																						1	A. Walker	11	7th	4th	11
3	N. Muller	11	11	5																							2	KA Gawad	5	11	11	13
Q	Y. Butt	6th	8th	1	r				3	N. Muller	11	11	11
LL	B. Ajagbe	5	2	8th					6th	MN Adnan	9	4th	7th
6th	MN Adnan	11	11	11														3	N. Muller	7th	9	11	8th
5	R. Cuskelly	9	14th	11	11	11												2	KA Gawad	11	11	6th	11
Q	F. Zaman	11	16	5	8th	4th			5	R. Cuskelly	9	3	9
Q	SA Bokhari	11	6th	6th	10				2	KA Gawad	11	11	11
2	KA Gawad	8th	11	11	12

Web links

• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money (PDF; 605 kB) Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2014.