Saudi International 2008

The Saudi International 2008 took place from December 14th to 19th, 2008 in al-Chubar , Saudi Arabia . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2008/09 and belonged to the Super Series Platinum category . It was endowed with US $ 250,000, the highest amount of prize money to date on the PSA World Tour .

Karim Darwish won the final against Grégory Gaultier 11: 9, 11: 5, 3:11 and 11: 8. Darwish, who won the 15th title of his career, secured himself the first takeover of the world rankings on January 1, 2009 by winning the tournament .

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 Naif Aburegah a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

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

No. player Round reached 09.  Wael El Hindi Round of 16 10.  Ong Beng Hee Round of 16 11.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar 1 round 12.  Peter Barker Round of 16 13.  Lee Beachill Round of 16 14th  Adrian Grant 1 round 15th  Laurens Jan Anjema 1 round 16.  Olli Tuominen 1 round

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	13	11
	S. Razik	9	11	6th					1	A. Shabana	11	11	2	11
	B. Golan	11	11	11						B. Golan	9	6th	11	8th
15th	LJ Anjema	8th	8th	6th														1	A. Shabana	11	9	5	6th
14th	A. Grant	6th	11	11	8th													7th	K. Darwish	6th	11	11	11
Q	A. Walker	11	2	13	11				Q	A. Walker	4th	4th	7th
Q	OA Aziz	0	1	5					7th	K. Darwish	11	11	11
7th	K. Darwish	11	11	11																							7th	K. Darwish	14th	11	11	11
8th	N. Matthew	7th	11	12	11																						8th	N. Matthew	12	3	13	6th
Q	AA Khan	11	4th	10	8th				8th	N. Matthew	11	11	8th	11	15th
Q	D. Bianchetti	5	11	2	7th				12	P. Barker	7th	9	11	11	13
12	P. Barker	11	9	11	11													8th	N. Matthew	11	9	11	11
10	O. Beng Hee	11	11	6th	5	11												4th	R. Ashour	9	11	3	6th
Q	J. Barrington	9	7th	11	11	7th			10	O. Beng Hee	12	8th	8th
	O. Mosaad	11	8th	4th	8th				4th	R. Ashour	14th	11	11
4th	R. Ashour	5	11	11	11																															7th	K. Darwish	11	11	3	11
3	J. Willstrop	11	11	11																																2	G. Gaultier	9	5	11	8th
Q	J. Kemp	6th	5	7th					3	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
Q	D. Selby	11	11	11					Q	D. Selby	9	6th	7th
11	MA Iskandar	6th	3	2														3	J. Willstrop	10	8th	11	10
9	W. El Hindi	11	11	13														5	D. Palmer	12	11	4th	12
	M. Á. Rodríguez	5	5	11					9	W. El Hindi	6th	7th	11	14th	2
WC	N. Aburegah	2	5	6th					5	D. Palmer	11	11	3	12	11
5	D. Palmer	11	11	11																							5	D. Palmer	11	13	7th
6th	T. Lincou	7th	11	11	11																						2	G. Gaultier	13	15th	11
	M. Abbas	11	9	4th	7th				6th	T. Lincou	11	11	11
Q	A. Swelim	11	7th	6th	5				13	L. Beachill	8th	3	9
13	L. Beachill	9	11	11	11													6th	T. Lincou	9	7th	5
16	O. Tuominen	10	6th	9														2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
	C. Pilley	12	11	11						C. Pilley	4th	11	7th	5
	S. Boswell	4th	7th	11	9				2	G. Gaultier	11	5	11	11
2	G. Gaultier	11	11	4th	11

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karim Claims Squash's Richest Prize In Saudi , squashinfo.com, December 20, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2016.