Saudi International 2007

The Saudi International 2007 took place from October 23-28 , 2007 in al-Chubar , Saudi Arabia . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2007/08 and belonged to the Super Series Platinum category . It was endowed with 210,000 US dollars, making it the highest-value squash tournament in the history of the PSA World Tour to date .

The final was won by Amr Shabana , who defended his title from the previous year and received prize money of 31,172 US dollars. In the final he defeated Ramy Ashour 11: 5, 11: 5, 1:11 and 11: 9. It was Shabana's 17th title win on the World Tour, and with his victory he defended the world rankings ahead of Ashour for another month.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of which were reserved for qualifiers. The 16 best players were seeded. Per Wildcard received Mohammed Taher Al-Saif a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Amr Shabana victory 02.  Ramy Ashour final 03.  David Palmer Semifinals 04th  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 05.  Thierry Lincou Quarter finals 06th  James Willstrop Quarter finals 07th  Nick Matthew Quarter finals 08th.  Wael El Hindi Round of 16

No. player Round reached 09.  Karim Darwish Round of 16 10.  Stewart Boswell Round of 16 11.  Lee Beachill Round of 16 12.  Mohammed Abbas 1 round 13.  Adrian Grant Round of 16 14th  Peter Barker Round of 16 15th  Olli Tuominen Quarter finals 16.  Ong Beng Hee Round of 16

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									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	A. Shabana	11	11	12	11
Q	O. Mosaad	7th	6th	14th	7th				1	A. Shabana	10	4th	11	11	11
	C. Pilley	12	11	4th	6th				9	K. Darwish	12	11	4th	6th	4th
9	K. Darwish	14th	8th	11	11													1	A. Shabana	11	12	11
10	S. Boswell	11	11	11														5	T. Lincou	7th	10	5
WC	MT Al-Saif	6th	4th	2					10	S. Boswell	10	6th	8th
	MA Iskandar	11	11	9	8th				5	T. Lincou	12	11	11
5	T. Lincou	13	8th	11	11																						1	A. Shabana	13	11	11
7th	N. Matthew	11	11	10	11																						3	D. Palmer	11	8th	4th
Q	A. Walker	6th	6th	12	6th				7th	N. Matthew	12	8th	11	11
	LJ Anjema	12	11	11	11					LJ Anjema	10	11	6th	3
12	M. Abbas	10	13	2	9													7th	N. Matthew	5	12	3	3
13	A. Grant	3	7th	11	11	13												3	D. Palmer	11	10	11	11
Q	J. Barrington	11	11	8th	9	11			13	A. Grant	7th	9	7th
	C. Ryder	3	5	6th					3	D. Palmer	11	11	11
3	D. Palmer	11	11	11																																1	A. Shabana	11	11	1	11
4th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11																																2	R. Ashour	5	5	11	9
LL	J. Harford	0	7th	8th					4th	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
Q	C. Simpson	2	3	3					14th	P. Barker	7th	4th	7th
14th	P. Barker	11	11	11														4th	G. Gaultier	11	2	11	11
11	L. Beachill	7th	11	11	7th	11												6th	J. Willstrop	2	11	7th	9
	A. Gough	11	7th	7th	11	5			11	L. Beachill	4th	6th	4th
Q	D. Selby	6th	7th	5					6th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
6th	J. Willstrop	11	11	11																							4th	G. Gaultier	12	2	11	2	8th
8th	W. El Hindi	7th	11	9	11	11																					2	R. Ashour	10	11	8th	11	11
	B. Golan	11	7th	11	5	5			8th	W. El Hindi	7th	6th	11
Q	D. Bianchetti	1	2	7th					15th	O. Tuominen	11	11	13
15th	O. Tuominen	11	11	11														15th	O. Tuominen	6th	6th	7th
16	O. Beng Hee	11	7th	11	10	11												2	R. Ashour	11	11	11
Q	H. Ashour	8th	11	1	12	8th			16	O. Beng Hee	9	12	6th	5
Q	J. Kemp	11	13	3	7th				2	R. Ashour	11	10	11	11
2	R. Ashour	13	11	11	11

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Shabana Shines In Saudi Showdown , squashinfo.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.