Pittsburgh Open 2015

The 2015 Pittsburgh Open took place from January 27 to February 1, 2015 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2014/15 and belonged to the International 25 category .

The defending champion was Karim Abdel Gawad , who also won the tournament this year. In the final he defeated Alan Clyne 11:13, 11: 7, 11: 9 and 11: 7.

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.  Karim Abdel Gawad victory 02.  Alister Walker 1 round 03.  Grégoire Marche Quarter finals 04th  Alan Clyne final

No. player Round reached 05.  Karim Ali Fathi Quarter finals 06th  Ryan Cuskelly Semifinals 07th  Mahesh Mangaonkar 1 round 08th.  Diego Elías 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	KA Gawad	9	14th	12	12
Q	A. Farag	11	12	10	10				1	KA Gawad	11	18th	11
OLD	A. Avila	6th	11	11	10	6th			8th	D. Elias	8th	16	6th
8th	D. Elias	11	4th	7th	12	11												1	KA Gawad	11	11	3	11
6th	R. Cuskelly	12	11	11														6th	R. Cuskelly	9	7th	11	8th
Q	MA Azan	10	9	8th					6th	R. Cuskelly	11	6th	11	13
	C. Grayson	11	11	9	5	3			3	G. Marche	9	11	8th	11
3	G. Marche	6th	8th	11	11	11																					1	KA Gawad	11	11	11	11
4th	A. Clyne	13	7th	11	11																						4th	A. Clyne	13	7th	9	7th
WC	J. Hinds	11	11	3	3				4th	A. Clyne	6th	11	12	11
OLD	C. Gordon	7th	10	9					5	KA Fathi	11	9	10	7th
5	KA Fathi	11	12	11														4th	A. Clyne	11	11	8th	11
7th	M. Mangaonkar	5	11	13	9	1												Q	C. Sharpes	5	4th	11	6th
Q	AM Al Tamimi	11	5	11	11	11			Q	AM Al Tamimi	11	4th	11	10	6th
Q	C. Sharpes	13	11	11					Q	C. Sharpes	5	11	1	12	11
2	A. Walker	11	9	4th

Web links

• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money ( Memento from December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 605 kB)