Seville Spanish Open 2003

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The Seville Spanish Open 2003 took place from June 24-29, 2003 in Seville , Spain . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2002/03 and belonged to Category 4 Star . It was endowed with US $ 45,000 in prize money.

The tournament winner was Amr Shabana , who had started the tournament unset. In the first round he defeated Anthony Ricketts , who was in second place, and then Mohd Azlan Iskandar and Ong Beng Hee . In the final, he met third-placed Karim Darwish , whom he defeated after an hour and 24 minutes with 15:13, 13:15, 15:14, 8:15 and 15:13.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were reserved for qualifiers. The eight best players were seeded. Per Wildcard received Borja Golán a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. EnglandEngland Peter Nicol Semifinals
02. AustraliaAustralia Anthony Ricketts 1 round
03. EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish final
04th MalaysiaMalaysia Ong Beng Hee Semifinals
No. player Round reached
05. AustraliaAustralia Joseph Kneipp Quarter finals

06th EnglandEngland Simon Parke 1 round

07th EnglandEngland Mark Chaloner 1 round

08th. EnglandEngland Nick Taylor 1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 15th 15th 17th                  
Q  EnglandEngland B. Garner 6th 7th 15th   1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 15th 15th 15th
WC  SpainSpain B. Golan 6th 9 6th   5  AustraliaAustralia J. Kneipp 9 9 4th  
5  AustraliaAustralia J. Kneipp 15th 15th 15th     1  EnglandEngland P. Nicol 13 15th 15th 14th 13
8th  EnglandEngland N. Taylor 12 17th 9 3     3  EgyptEgypt K. Darwish 15th 8th 9 15th 15th  
Q  EnglandEngland J. Willstrop 15th 14th 15th 15th   Q  EnglandEngland J. Willstrop 15th 9 7th 7th  
 EnglandEngland S. Meads 8th 10 13   3  EgyptEgypt K. Darwish 12 15th 15th 15th  
3  EgyptEgypt K. Darwish 15th 15th 15th     3  EgyptEgypt K. Darwish 13 15th 14th 15th 13
4th  MalaysiaMalaysia O. Beng Hee 15th 16 16 15th 15th      EgyptEgypt A. Shabana 15th 13 15th 8th 15th
Q  CanadaCanada S. Razik 10 17th 17th 9 12   4th  MalaysiaMalaysia O. Beng Hee 8th 15th 15th 15th 15th  
 EgyptEgypt M. Abbas 15th 15th    EgyptEgypt M. Abbas 15th 11 17th 13 10  
7th  EnglandEngland M. Chaloner 13 10 r     4th  MalaysiaMalaysia O. Beng Hee 13 12 15th 12
6th  EnglandEngland S. Parke 8th 15th 13 15th 11      EgyptEgypt A. Shabana 15th 15th 5 15th  
Q  MalaysiaMalaysia MA Iskandar 15th 12 15th 6th 15th   Q  MalaysiaMalaysia MA Iskandar 13 11 9  
 EgyptEgypt A. Shabana 15th 10 15th 15th    EgyptEgypt A. Shabana 15th 15th 15th  
2  AustraliaAustralia A. Ricketts 9 15th 13 10    

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