UCS Swedish Open 2017

The UCS Swedish Open 2017 took place from February 2nd to 5th, 2017 in Linköping , Sweden . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2016/17 and belonged to the PSA 70 category .

Last year's winner was Karim Abdel Gawad , who again reached the final. In this he was defeated by Grégory Gaultier with 11: 7, 3:11, 0:11 and 8:11.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Rasmus Hult 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 pool was $ 70,000.

round	Points	Prize money
victory	1225	$ 11,875
final	805	$ 8,125
Semifinals	490	$ 5,315
Quarter finals	300	$ 3,280
First round	175	$ 1,875

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Karim Abdel Gawad final 02.  Grégory Gaultier victory 03.  Mathieu Castagnet Quarter finals 04th  Simon Rösner Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  Tarek Momen Quarter finals 06th  Cameron Pilley Quarter finals 07th  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 1 round 08th.  Daryl Selby 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	11	11	11
	MN Adnan	8th	4th	9					1	KA Gawad	11	9	11	12	11
Q	J. Makin	6th	9	9					6th	C. Pilley	7th	11	9	14th	6th
6th	C. Pilley	11	11	11														1	KA Gawad	10	11	11	11
7th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	9	6th	3													OLD	A. Clyne	12	4th	8th	5
OLD	A. Clyne	6th	11	11	11				OLD	A. Clyne	w.	O.
WC	R. Hult	11	8th	7th	4th				3	M. Castagnet
3	M. Castagnet	9	11	11	11																						1	KA Gawad	11	3	0	8th
4th	S. Rösner	11	11	9	11																						2	G. Gaultier	7th	11	11	11
Q	A. Waller	8th	7th	11	5				4th	S. Rösner	w.	O.
	OA Meguid	11	11	2	8th				8th	D. Selby
8th	D. Selby	13	5	11	11													4th	S. Rösner	9	11	8th
5	T. Momen	11	11	11														2	G. Gaultier	11	13	11
Q	D. James	9	5	9					5	T. Momen	11	11	5	11	2
Q	J. Lee	4th	3	3					2	G. Gaultier	3	7th	11	13	11
2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11

Web links

• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)
• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book (PDF) Retrieved December 18, 2016.